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Filtering
+
The plus sign matches on one or more sequences of a pattern. For example, the following 
regular expression matches on an AS-path that contains a sequence of “g”s, such as “deg”, 
“degg”, “deggg”, and so on:
deg+
?
The question mark matches on zero occurrences or one occurrence of a pattern. For example, 
the following regular expression matches on an AS-path that contains “dg” or “deg”:
de?g
^
A caret (when not used within brackets) matches on the beginning of an input string. For 
example, the following regular expression matches on an AS-path that begins with “3”:
^3
$
A dollar sign matches on the end of an input string. For example, the following regular 
expression matches on an AS-path that ends with “deg”:
deg$
_
An underscore matches on one or more of the following:
•
, (comma)
•
{ (left curly brace)
•
} (right curly brace)
•
( (left parenthesis)
•
) (right parenthesis)
•
The beginning of the input string
•
The end of the input string
•
A blank space
For example, the following regular expression matches on “100” but not on “1002”, “2100”, 
and so on.
_100_
[
]
Square brackets enclose a range of single-character patterns. For example, the following 
regular expression matches on an AS-path that contains “1”, “2”, “3”, “4”, or “5”:
[1-5
]
You can use the following expression symbols within the brackets. These symbols are allowed 
only inside the brackets:
•
^ – The caret matches on any characters except the ones in the brackets. For example, 
the following regular expression matches on an AS-path that does not contain “1”, “2”, 
“3”, “4”, or “5”:
[^1-5
]
•
- The hyphen separates the beginning and ending of a range of characters. A match 
occurs if any of the characters within the range is present. See the example above.
|
A vertical bar (sometimes called a pipe or a “logical or”) separates two alternative values or 
sets of values. The AS-path can match one or the other value. For example, the following 
regular expression matches on an AS-path that contains either “abc” or “defg”:
(abc)|(defg)
NOTE: The parentheses group multiple characters to be treated as one value. See the 
following row for more information about parentheses.
( )
Parentheses allow you to create complex expressions. For example, the following complex 
expression matches on “abc”, “abcabc”, or “abcabcabcdefg”, but not on “abcdefgdefg”:
((abc)+)|((defg)?)
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Character
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