Why the regexp returns wrong result?

Hi,
I use who function and '-regexp' to help me sort data that matches my criteria.
dataList = who(subBatchData,'-regexp','^X.*2');
It works well in other data. While in this data, it returns wrong result. And in the same batch, using '^X.*4'/ '^X.*8' can also get correct results.
So, why it returns wrong answer?

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Having lots of numbered variable names is usually a sign that something is going wrong:
The MATLAB documentation states "Avoid functions that query the state of MATLAB such as inputname, which, whos, exist(var), and dbstack. Run-time introspection is computationally expensive."
The most important question is: how did you get all of those variables into the workspace? There is probably a more robust and more efficient approach to processing this data.

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Askic V
Askic V 2022-11-8
编辑:Askic V 2022-11-8
Because you have a match, for example, for the first element:
X2300IF_S1
Did you perhaps want:
'^X.*2$'
so that 2 must be at the end?

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Thank you for your answer!
I didn't realize that I forgot the `$` in the expression.
Thanks for your time again.
If you are satisfied with the answer, please accept the reply as an answer to your question. Thank you.

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