Caret (^)

Use the caret to match the following adjacent characters at the beginning of a string.

For example, ^St matches the following:

• Start here
• Stand here
• Stop here

However, ^St doesn't match the following:

• 1 Start here
• 2 Stand here
• 3 Stop here

The preceding three lines start with a digit and a space, not with the letters "St".

Use this type of regular expression to create segments, filters, or goal steps that match a URI. For example, if you need to isolate data for a particular directory of pages, you can use expressions such as the following:

• ^/mens/ (matches www.example.com/mens/)
• ^/womens/ (matches www.example.com/womens/)