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           Summary: method subst() on RegExp "^" should work different
           Product: Regexp
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P5
         Component: Other
        AssignedTo: regexp-dev@jakarta.apache.org
        ReportedBy: pvojtechovsk@seznam.cz
                CC: pvojtechovsk@seznam.cz


code:

RE loRE = new RE("^");
String loResult = loRE.subst("abc", "x");

returns loResult=="xbc" //replaces first character
but I would expect it should return loResult=="xabc" //inserts before first 
character.

I agree that it is probably not defined by RE specification, but it seems to 
me similar to another case:

RE loRE = new RE("$");
String loResult = loRE.subst("abc", "x");

which returns (as I would expect) loResult=="abcx"

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