Symbol
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Function
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/
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Indicates the next character has a special meaning. "n" on it
抯
own matches the character "n". "/n" matches a linefeed or newline character. See examples below (/d, /f, /n etc).
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^
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Matches/anchors the beginning of line.
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$
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Matches/anchors the end of line.
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*
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Matches the preceding character zero or more times.
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+
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Matches the preceding character one or more times. Does not match repeated newlines.
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.
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Matches any single character except a newline character. Does not match repeated newlines.
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(expression)
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Brackets or tags an expression to use in the replace command.A regular expression may have up to 9 tagged expressions, numbered according to their order in the regular expression.
The corresponding replacement expression is /x, for x in the range 1-9. Example: If (h.*o) (f.*s) matches "hello folks", /2 /1 would replace it with "folks hello". |
[xyz]
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A character set. Matches any characters between brackets.
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[^xyz]
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A negative character set. Matches any characters NOT between brackets.
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/d
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Matches a digit character. Equivalent to [0-9].
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/D
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Matches a nondigit character. Equivalent to [^0-9].
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/f
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Matches a form-feed character.
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/n
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Matches a linefeed character.
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/r
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Matches a carriage return character.
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/s
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Matches any whitespace including space, tab, form-feed, etc but not newline.
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/S
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Matches any non-whitespace character but not newline.
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/t
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Matches a tab character.
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/v
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Matches a vertical tab character.
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/w
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Matches any word character including underscore.
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/W
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Matches any nonword character.
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/p
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Matches CR/LF (same as /r/n) to match a DOS line terminator
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Symbol
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Function
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%
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Matches the start of line - Indicates the search string must be at the beginning of a line but does not include any line terminator characters in the resulting string selected.
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$
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Matches the end of line - Indicates the search string must be at the end of line but does not include any line terminator characters in the resulting string selected.
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?
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Matches any single character except newline.
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*
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Matches any number of occurrences of any character except newline.
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+
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Matches one or more of the preceding character/expression. At least one occurrence of the character must be found. Does not match repeated newlines.
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++
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Matches the preceding character/expression zero or more times. Does not match repeated newlines.
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^b
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Matches a page break.
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^p
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Matches a newline (CR/LF) (paragraph) (DOS Files)
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^r
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Matches a newline (CR Only) (paragraph) (MAC Files)
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^n
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Matches a newline (LF Only) (paragraph) (UNIX Files)
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^t
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Matches a tab character
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[ ]
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Matches any single character or range in the brackets
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^{A^}^{B^}
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Matches expression A OR B
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^
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Overrides the following regular expression character
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^(sub-regex)
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Brackets or tags an expression to use in the replace command. A regular expression may have up to 9 tagged expressions, numbered according to their order in the regular expression.
The corresponding replacement expression is ^x, for x in the range 1-9. Example: If ^(h*o^) ^(f*s^) matches "hello folks", ^2 ^1 would replace it with "folks hello". |
Regular Expression
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Description
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.
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(Period.) Any single character.
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[ ]
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Any one of the characters contained in the brackets, or any of an ASCII range of characters separated by a hyphen (-). For example, b[aeiou]d matches bad, bed, bid, bod, and bud, and r[eo]+d matches red, rod, reed, and rood, but not reod or roed. x[0-9] matches x0, x1, x2, and so on. If the first character in the brackets is a caret (^), then the regular expression matches any characters except those in the brackets.
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^
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The beginning of a line.
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$
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The end of a line.
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/( /)
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Indicates a tagged expression to retain for replacement purposes. If the expression in the Find What text box is /(lpsz/)BigPointer, and the expression in the Replace With box is /1NewPointer, all selected occurrences of lpszBigPointer are replaced with lpszNewPointer. Each occurrence of a tagged expression is numbered according to its order in the Find What text box, and its replacement expression is /n, where 1 corresponds to the first tagged expression, 2 to the second, and so on. You can have up to nine tagged expressions.
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/~
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No match if the following character or characters occur. For example, b/~a+d matches bbd, bcd, bdd, and so on, but not bad.
You can use this expression to prefix a group of characters you want to exclude, which is useful for excluding matches of particular words. For example, foo/~/(lish/) matches "foo" in "food" and "afoot" but not in "foolish."
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/{c/!c/}
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Any one of the characters separated by the alternation symbol (/!). For example, /{j/!u/}+fruit finds jfruit, jjfruit, ufruit, ujfruit, uufruit, and so on.
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*
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None or more of the preceding characters or expressions. For example, ba*c matches bc, bac, baac, baaac, and so on.
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+
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At least one or more of the preceding characters or expressions. For example, ba+c matches bac, baac, baaac, but not bc.
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/{/}
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Any sequence of characters between the escaped braces. For example, /{ju/}+fruit finds jufruit, jujufruit, jujujufruit, and so on. Note that it will not find jfruit, ufruit, or ujfruit, because the sequence ju is not in any of those strings.
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[^]
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Any character except those following the caret (^) character in the brackets, or any of an ASCII range of characters separated by a hyphen (-). For example, x[^0-9] matches xa, xb, xc, and so on, but not x0, x1, x2, and so on.
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/:a
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Any single alphanumeric character [a – zA – Z0 – 9].
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/:b
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Any white-space character. The /:b finds tabs and spaces. There is no alternate syntax to express :b.
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/:c
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Any single alphabetic character [a – zA – Z].
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/:d
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Any decimal digit [0 – 9].
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/:n
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Any unsigned number /{[0-9]+/.[0-9]*/![0-9]*/.[0-9]+/![0-9]+/}. For example, /:n should match 123, .45, and 123.45.
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/:z
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Any unsigned decimal integer [0 – 9]+.
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/:h
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Any hexadecimal number [0 – 9a – fA – F]+.
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/:i
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Any C/C++ identifier [a – zA – Z_$][a – zA – Z0 – 9_$]+.
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/:w
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Any alphabetic string [a – zA – Z]+. The string need not be bounded by white space or appear at the beginning or the end of a line.
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/:q
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Any quoted string /{"[^"]*"/!'[^']*'/}.
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/
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Removes the pattern match characteristic in the Find What text box from the special characters listed above. For example, 100$ matches 100 at the end of a line, but 100/$ matches the character string 100$ anywhere on a line.
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Expression
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Syntax
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Description
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Any character
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.
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Matches any one character except a line break.
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Maximal — zero or more
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*
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Matches zero or more occurrences of the preceding expression.
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Maximal — one or more
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+
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Matches at least one occurrence of the preceding expression.
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Minimal — zero or more
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@
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Matches zero or more occurrences of the preceding expression, matching as few characters as possible.
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Minimal — one or more
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#
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Matches one or more occurrences of the preceding expression, matching as few characters as possible.
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Repeat n times
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^n
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Matches n occurrences of the preceding expression. For example,
[0-9]^4
matches any 4-digit sequence.
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Set of characters
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[]
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Matches any one of the characters within the []. To specify a range of characters, list the starting and ending character separated by a dash (-), as in [a-z].
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Character not in set
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[^...]
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Matches any character not in the set of characters following the ^.
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Beginning of line
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^
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Anchors the match to the beginning of a line.
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End of line
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$
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Anchors the match to the end of a line.
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Beginning of word
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<
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Matches only when a word begins at this point in the text.
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End of word
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>
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Matches only when a word ends at this point in the text.
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Grouping
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()
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Groups a subexpression.
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Or
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Matches the expression before or after the OR symbol (|). Mostly used within a group. For example,
(sponge|mud) bath
matches "sponge bath" and "mud bath."
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Escape
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/
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Matches the character following the backslash (/). This allows you to find characters used in the regular expression notation, such as { and ^. For example,
/^
Searches for the ^ character.
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Tagged expression
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{}
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Tags the text matched by the enclosed expression.
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n
th tagged text
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/n
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In a Find or Replace expression, indicates the text matched by the nth tagged expression, where n is a number from 1 to 9.
In a Replace expression, /0 inserts the entire matched text.
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Right-justified field
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/(w,n)
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In a Replace expression, right-justifies the nth tagged expression in a field at least w characters wide.
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Left-justified field
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/(-w,n)
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In a Replace expression, left-justifies the nth tagged expression in a field at least w characters wide.
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Prevent match
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~(X)
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Prevents a match when X appears at this point in the expression. For example,
real~(ity)
matches the "real" in "realty" and "really," but not the "real" in "reality."
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Alphanumeric character
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:a
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Matches the expression ([a-zA-Z0-9]). |
Alphabetic character
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:c
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Matches the expression ([a-zA-Z]). |
Decimal digit
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:d
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Matches the expression ([0-9]). |
Hexadecimal digit
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:h
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Matches the expression ([0-9a-fA-F]+).. |
Identifier
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:i
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Matches the expression ([a-zA-Z_$][a-zA-Z0-9_$]*). |
Rational number
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:n
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Matches the expression (([0-9]+.[0-9]*)|([0-9]*.[0-9]+)|([0-9]+)). |
Quoted string
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:q
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Matches the expression (("[^"]*")|('[^']*'))
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Alphabetic string
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:w
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Matches the expression ([a-zA-Z]+) |
Decimal integer
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:z
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Matches the expression ([0-9]+). |
Escape
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/e
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Unicode U+001B.
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Bell
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/g
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Unicode U+0007.
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Backspace
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/h
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Unicode U+0008.
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Line break
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/n
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Matches a platform-independent line break. In a Replace expression, inserts a line break.
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Tab
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/t
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Matches a tab character, Unicode U+0009.
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Unicode character
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/x#### or /u####
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Matches a character given by Unicode value where #### is hexadecimal digits. You can specify a character outside the Basic Multilingual Plane (that is, a surrogate) with the ISO 10646 code point or with two Unicode code points giving the values of the surrogate pair.
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Expression
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Syntax
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Description
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Uppercase letter
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:Lu
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Matches any one capital letter. For example,
:Luhe
matches "The" but not "the".
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Lowercase letter
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:Ll
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Matches any one lower case letter. For example,
:Llhe
matches "the" but not "The".
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Title case letter
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:Lt
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Matches characters that combine an uppercase letter with a lowercase letter, such as Nj and Dz.
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Modifier letter
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:Lm
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Matches letters or punctuation, such as commas, cross accents, and double prime, used to indicate modifications to the preceding letter.
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Other letter
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:Lo
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Matches other letters, such as gothic letter ahsa.
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Decimal digit
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:Nd
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Matches decimal digits such as 0-9 and their full-width equivalents.
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Letter digit
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:Nl
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Matches letter digits such as roman numerals and ideographic number zero.
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Other digit
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:No
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Matches other digits such as old italic number one.
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Open punctuation
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:Ps
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Matches opening punctuation such as open brackets and braces.
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Close punctuation
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:Pe
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Matches closing punctuation such as closing brackets and braces.
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Initial quote punctuation
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:Pi
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Matches initial double quotation marks.
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Final quote punctuation
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:Pf
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Matches single quotation marks and ending double quotation marks.
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Dash punctuation
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:Pd
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Matches the dash mark.
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Connector punctuation
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:Pc
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Matches the underscore or underline mark.
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Other punctuation
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:Po
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Matches commas (,), ?, ", !, @, #, %, &, *, /, colons (:), semi-colons (;), ', and /.
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Space separator
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:Zs
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Matches blanks.
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Line separator
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:Zl
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Matches the Unicode character U+2028.
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Paragraph separator
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:Zp
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Matches the Unicode character U+2029.
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Non-spacing mark
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:Mn
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Matches non-spacing marks.
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Combining mark
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:Mc
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Matches combining marks.
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Enclosing mark
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:Me
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Matches enclosing marks.
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Math symbol
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:Sm
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Matches +, =, ~, |, <, and >.
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Currency symbol
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:Sc
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Matches $ and other currency symbols.
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Modifier symbol
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:Sk
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Matches modifier symbols such as circumflex accent, grave accent, and macron.
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Other symbol
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:So
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Matches other symbols, such as the copyright sign, pilcrow sign, and the degree sign.
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Other control
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:Cc
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Matches end of line.
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Other format
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:Cf
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Formatting control character such as the bidirectional control characters.
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Surrogate
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:Cs
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Matches one half of a surrogate pair.
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Other private-use
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:Co
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Matches any character from the private-use area.
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Other not assigned
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:Cn
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Matches characters that do not map to a Unicode character.
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Expression
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Syntax
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Description
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Alpha
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:Al
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Matches any one character. For example,
:Alhe
matches words such as "The", "then", and "reached".
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Numeric
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:Nu
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Matches any one number or digit.
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Punctuation
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:Pu
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Matches any one punctuation mark, such as ?, @, ', and so on.
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White space
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:Wh
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Matches all types of white space, including publishing and ideographic spaces.
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Bidi
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:Bi
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Matches characters from right-to-left scripts such as Arabic and Hebrew.
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Hangul
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:Ha
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Matches Korean Hangul and combining Jamos.
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Hiragana
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:Hi
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Matches hiragana characters.
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Katakana
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:Ka
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Matches katakana characters.
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Ideographic/Han/Kanji
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:Id
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Matches ideographic characters, such as Han and Kanji.
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