use YAPE::Regex::Explain;
print YAPE::Regex::Explain->new(
'\w?\$AVG\b'
)->explain;
__END__The regular expression:

(?-imsx:\w?\$AVG\b)

matches as follows:
  
NODE                     EXPLANATION
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(?-imsx:                 group, but do not capture (case-sensitive)
                         (with ^ and $ matching normally) (with . not
                         matching \n) (matching whitespace and #
                         normally):
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  \w?                      word characters (a-z, A-Z, 0-9, _)
                           (optional (matching the most amount
                           possible))
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  \$                       '$'
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  AVG                      'AVG'
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  \b                       the boundary between a word char (\w) and
                           something that is not a word char
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)                        end of grouping
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