What is wrong with this really really simple RegEx expression?

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Published on 2010-04-14T02:22:39Z Indexed on 2010/04/14 2:33 UTC
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Hi folks,

this one is really easy.

I'm trying to create a Regular Expression that will result in a Successful Match when against the following text

/default.aspx?

So i tried the following...

^/default.aspx$

and it's failing to match it.

Can someone help, please?

(i'm guessing i'm screwing up becuase of the \ and the ? in the input expression).

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