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Brief Regular Expression
Definition
char
. The predefined expressions are:
• \:a [A-Za-z0-9 - Matches an alphanumeric char-
acter.
• \:b\([ \t]#\) - Matches blanks.
• \:c [A-Za-z] - Matches an alphabetic character.
• \:d [0-9] - Matches a digit.
• \:f \([~\[\]\:\\/<>|=+;, \t"’]#\) - Matches a file name
part.
• \:f \([~/ \t"’]#\) - UNIX: Matches a file name part.
• \:h\([0-9A-Fa-f]#\) - Matches a hex number.
• \:i\([0-9]#\) - Matches an integer.
• \:n\([0-9]#\(.[0-9]#|\)|.[0-9]#\)\([Ee]\(\+|-|\)[0-9]#|\)
\) - Matches a floating number.
• \:p\(\([A-Za-z]\:|\)\(\\|/|\)\(:f\(\\|/\)\)@:f\) - Windows:
Matches a path.
• \:p\(\(/|\)\(:f\(/\)\)@:f\) - UNIX: Matches a path.
• \:q\(\"[~\"]@\"|'[~']@'\) - Matches a quoted string.
• \:v\ ([A-Za-z_$][A-Za-z0-9_$]@\) - Matches a C
variable.
• \:w\ ([A-Za-z]#\) - Matches a word.
Brief Regular Expression Examples
The table below shows example of Brief regular expressions.
Table 11.17. Brief Regular Expression Examples
Sample Brief Regular Expression
Description
Matches lines that begin with the word defproc.
Matches lines that only contain the word definit.
<\*name
Matches lines that begin with the string *name. No-
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