/d.f/ matches d, followed by any non-newline character, followed by f : Pattern matching « Regular Expression « Perl






  1. Perl
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  3. Pattern matching

/d.f/ matches d, followed by any non-newline character, followed by f

    

The . character is often used in conjunction with the * character. 
/d.*f/ matches any string that contains the character d preceding the character f








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