../../java/util/regex/Pattern.html#DOTALL"><CODE>DOTALL</CODE></A> flag is specified.

 <p> By default, the regular expressions <tt>^</tt> and <tt>$</tt> ignore
 line terminators and only match at the beginning and the end, respectively,
 of the entire input sequence. If <A HREF="../../../java/util/regex/Pattern.html#MULTILINE"><CODE>MULTILINE</CODE></A> mode is activated then
 <tt>^</tt> matches at the beginning of input and after any line terminator
 except at the end of input. When in <A HREF="../../../j