diff --git a/test/test-android/app/language/regexp/anchors_spec.rb b/test/test-android/app/language/regexp/anchors_spec.rb
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+describe "Regexps with anchors" do
+  it 'supports ^ (line start anchor)' do
+    # Basic matching
+    /^foo/.match("foo").to_a.should == ["foo"]
+    /^bar/.match("foo\nbar").to_a.should == ["bar"]
+    # Basic non-matching
+    /^foo/.match(" foo").should be_nil
+    /foo^/.match("foo\n\n\n").should be_nil
+
+    # A bit advanced
+    /^^^foo/.match("foo").to_a.should == ["foo"]
+    (/^[^f]/ =~ "foo\n\n").should == "foo\n".size and $~.to_a.should == ["\n"]
+    (/($^)($^)/ =~ "foo\n\n").should == "foo\n".size and $~.to_a.should == ["", "", ""]
+
+    # Different start of line chars
+=begin # MacRuby's regexps consider \r as a new line
+    /^bar/.match("foo\rbar").should be_nil
+=end
+    /^bar/.match("foo\0bar").should be_nil
+
+    # Trivial
+    /^/.match("foo").to_a.should == [""]
+
+    # Grouping
+    /(^foo)/.match("foo").to_a.should == ["foo", "foo"]
+    /(^)/.match("foo").to_a.should == ["", ""]
+    /(foo\n^)(^bar)/.match("foo\nbar").to_a.should == ["foo\nbar", "foo\n", "bar"]
+  end
+
+  it 'does not match ^ after trailing \n' do
+    /^(?!\A)/.match("foo\n").should be_nil # There is no (empty) line after a trailing \n
+  end
+
+  it 'supports $ (line end anchor)' do
+    # Basic  matching
+    /foo$/.match("foo").to_a.should == ["foo"]
+    /foo$/.match("foo\nbar").to_a.should == ["foo"]
+    # Basic non-matching
+    /foo$/.match("foo ").should be_nil
+    /$foo/.match("\n\n\nfoo").should be_nil
+
+    # A bit advanced
+    /foo$$$/.match("foo").to_a.should == ["foo"]
+    (/[^o]$/ =~ "foo\n\n").should == ("foo\n".size - 1) and $~.to_a.should == ["\n"]
+
+    # Different end of line chars
+=begin # MacRuby's regexps consider \r as a new line
+    /foo$/.match("foo\r\nbar").should be_nil
+=endif
+    /foo$/.match("foo\0bar").should be_nil
+
+    # Trivial
+    (/$/ =~ "foo").should == "foo".size and $~.to_a.should == [""]
+
+    # Grouping
+    /(foo$)/.match("foo").to_a.should == ["foo", "foo"]
+    (/($)/ =~ "foo").should == "foo".size and $~.to_a.should == ["", ""]
+    /(foo$)($\nbar)/.match("foo\nbar").to_a.should == ["foo\nbar", "foo", "\nbar"]
+  end
+
+  it 'supports \A (string start anchor)' do
+    # Basic matching
+    /\Afoo/.match("foo").to_a.should == ["foo"]
+    # Basic non-matching
+    /\Abar/.match("foo\nbar").should be_nil
+    /\Afoo/.match(" foo").should be_nil
+
+    # A bit advanced
+    /\A\A\Afoo/.match("foo").to_a.should == ["foo"]
+    /(\A\Z)(\A\Z)/.match("").to_a.should == ["", "", ""]
+
+    # Different start of line chars
+    /\Abar/.match("foo\0bar").should be_nil
+
+    # Grouping
+    /(\Afoo)/.match("foo").to_a.should == ["foo", "foo"]
+    /(\A)/.match("foo").to_a.should == ["", ""]
+  end
+
+  it 'supports \Z (string end anchor, including before trailing \n)' do
+    # Basic matching
+    /foo\Z/.match("foo").to_a.should == ["foo"]
+    /foo\Z/.match("foo\n").to_a.should == ["foo"]
+    # Basic non-matching
+    /foo\Z/.match("foo\nbar").should be_nil
+    /foo\Z/.match("foo ").should be_nil
+
+    # A bit advanced
+    /foo\Z\Z\Z/.match("foo\n").to_a.should == ["foo"]
+    (/($\Z)($\Z)/ =~ "foo\n").should == "foo".size and $~.to_a.should == ["", "", ""]
+    (/(\z\Z)(\z\Z)/ =~ "foo\n").should == "foo\n".size and $~.to_a.should == ["", "", ""]
+
+    # Different end of line chars
+    /foo\Z/.match("foo\0bar").should be_nil
+=begin # MacRuby's regexps consider \r as a new line
+    /foo\Z/.match("foo\r\n").should be_nil
+=end
+
+    # Grouping
+    /(foo\Z)/.match("foo").to_a.should == ["foo", "foo"]
+    (/(\Z)/ =~ "foo").should == "foo".size and $~.to_a.should == ["", ""]
+  end
+
+  it 'supports \z (string end anchor)' do
+    # Basic matching
+    /foo\z/.match("foo").to_a.should == ["foo"]
+    # Basic non-matching
+    /foo\z/.match("foo\nbar").should be_nil
+    /foo\z/.match("foo\n").should be_nil
+    /foo\z/.match("foo ").should be_nil
+
+    # A bit advanced
+    /foo\z\z\z/.match("foo").to_a.should == ["foo"]
+    (/($\z)($\z)/ =~ "foo").should == "foo".size and $~.to_a.should == ["", "", ""]
+
+    # Different end of line chars
+    /foo\z/.match("foo\0bar").should be_nil
+    /foo\z/.match("foo\r\nbar").should be_nil
+
+    # Grouping
+    /(foo\z)/.match("foo").to_a.should == ["foo", "foo"]
+    (/(\z)/ =~ "foo").should == "foo".size and $~.to_a.should == ["", ""]
+  end
+
+  it 'supports \b (word boundary)' do
+    # Basic matching
+    /foo\b/.match("foo").to_a.should == ["foo"]
+    /foo\b/.match("foo\n").to_a.should == ["foo"]
+    LanguageSpecs.white_spaces.scan(/./).each do |c|
+      /foo\b/.match("foo" + c).to_a.should == ["foo"]
+    end
+    LanguageSpecs.non_alphanum_non_space.scan(/./).each do |c|
+      /foo\b/.match("foo" + c).to_a.should == ["foo"]
+    end
+    /foo\b/.match("foo\0").to_a.should == ["foo"]
+    # Basic non-matching
+    /foo\b/.match("foobar").should be_nil
+    /foo\b/.match("foo123").should be_nil
+    /foo\b/.match("foo_").should be_nil
+  end
+
+  it 'supports \B (non-word-boundary)' do
+    # Basic matching
+    /foo\B/.match("foobar").to_a.should == ["foo"]
+    /foo\B/.match("foo123").to_a.should == ["foo"]
+    /foo\B/.match("foo_").to_a.should == ["foo"]
+    # Basic non-matching
+    /foo\B/.match("foo").should be_nil
+    /foo\B/.match("foo\n").should be_nil
+    LanguageSpecs.white_spaces.scan(/./).each do |c|
+      /foo\B/.match("foo" + c).should be_nil
+    end
+    LanguageSpecs.non_alphanum_non_space.scan(/./).each do |c|
+      /foo\B/.match("foo" + c).should be_nil
+    end
+    /foo\B/.match("foo\0").should be_nil
+  end
+
+  it 'supports (?= ) (positive lookahead)' do
+    /foo.(?=bar)/.match("foo1 foo2bar").to_a.should == ["foo2"]
+  end
+
+  it 'supports (?! ) (negative lookahead)' do
+    /foo.(?!bar)/.match("foo1bar foo2").to_a.should == ["foo2"]
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/test-android/app/language/regexp/back-references_spec.rb b/test/test-android/app/language/regexp/back-references_spec.rb
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+++ b/test/test-android/app/language/regexp/back-references_spec.rb
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+describe "Regexps with back-references" do
+  it 'saves match data in the $~ pseudo-global variable' do
+    "hello" =~ /l+/
+    $~.to_a.should == ["ll"]
+  end
+
+  it 'saves captures in numbered $[1-9] variables' do
+    "1234567890" =~ /(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(0)/
+    $~.to_a.should == ["1234567890", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "0"]
+    $1.should == "1"
+    $2.should == "2"
+    $3.should == "3"
+    $4.should == "4"
+    $5.should == "5"
+    $6.should == "6"
+    $7.should == "7"
+    $8.should == "8"
+    $9.should == "9"
+  end
+
+  it 'will not clobber capture variables across threads' do
+    cap1, cap2, cap3 = nil
+    "foo" =~ /(o+)/
+    cap1 = [$~.to_a, $1]
+    Thread.start do
+      cap2 = [$~.to_a, $1]
+      "bar" =~ /(a)/
+      cap3 = [$~.to_a, $1]
+    end.join
+    cap4 = [$~.to_a, $1]
+    cap1.should == [["oo", "oo"], "oo"]
+    cap2.should == [[], nil]
+    cap3.should == [["a", "a"], "a"]
+    cap4.should == [["oo", "oo"], "oo"]
+  end
+
+  it 'supports \<n> (backreference to previous group match)' do
+    /(foo.)\1/.match("foo1foo1").to_a.should == ["foo1foo1", "foo1"]
+    /(foo.)\1/.match("foo1foo2").should be_nil
+  end
+
+=begin  
+  not_compliant_on :ironruby, :macruby do
+    it 'resets nested \<n> backreference before match of outer subexpression' do
+      /(a\1?){2}/.match("aaaa").to_a.should == ["aa", "a"]
+    end
+  end
+=end
+end