Shortcut Expansion Description : Greedy « Regular Expression « Perl






  1. Perl
  2. Regular Expression
  3. Greedy

Shortcut Expansion Description

    
\d [0-9]           Digits 0 to 9.
\w [0-9A-Za-z_]    A 'word' character allowable in a Perl variable name.
\s [ \t\n\r]       A whitespace character that is, a space, a tab, a newline or a return.
\D [^0-9]          Any non-digit.
\W [^0-9A-Za-z_]   A non-'word' character.
\S [^ \t\n\r]      A non-blank character.








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