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Meta-Characters
Example
Matches
/ ...
/
/a/
Any "a"
.
/a./
An "a" followed by any character
*
/ab*c/
An "a", then 0 or more "b's", then a "c"
+
/ab+c/
An "a", then 1 or more "b's", then a "c"
[ ...
]
/[ab]/
An "a" or a "b"
-
/[a-z]/
An "a" or "b" or "c" ... or "z"
^
/[^a-z]/
Any character except "a-z"
^
/^ace/
Begins with "ace"
$
/ace$/
Ends with "ace"