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\\B<\/code> is the negated version of \\b<\/code>. \\B<\/code> matches at every position where \\b<\/code> does not. Effectively, \\B<\/code> matches at any position between two word characters as well as at any position between two non-word characters.<\/p>\n

\\b<\/code> allows you to perform a “whole words only” search using a regular expression in the form of \\bword\\b<\/code>. A “word character” is a character that can be used to form words. All characters that are not “word characters” are “non-word characters”. It is more exact to say \\b<\/code> matches before and after an alphanumeric sequence<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Above is from here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In your example of \\bdog\\B<\/code>, it will match “doggie” because you asked it to match words and partial words. <\/p>\n

\\bdog\\b<\/code> will fail on “doggie” because “dog” is the whole word whereas “dog” in “doggie” is a partial word.<\/p>\n

It’s conditional depending on what it’s touching.<\/em><\/p>\n

Moreover, dog\\B<\/code> will match “dog”<\/strong> in the phrase “I have a doggie”<\/p>\n

dog\\b<\/code> will match “dog”<\/strong> in the phrase “I have adog gie”<\/p>\n

dog\\B<\/code> will not match “dog”<\/strong> in the phrase “I have adog gie”<\/p>\n

\\bdog\\b<\/code> will not match “dog”<\/strong> in the phrase “I have adog gie”<\/p>\n

but \\Bdog\\b<\/code> will match “dog”<\/strong> in the phrase “I have adog gie”<\/p>\n

This SO answer provides a detailed explanation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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