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|{n}|Braces. Matches “n” repetitions of the preceding symbol.|
|(xyz)|Character group. Matches the characters xyz in that exact order.|
|||Alternation. Matches either the characters before or the characters after the symbol.|
-|\|Escapes the next character. This allows you to match reserved characters `[ ] ( ) { } . * + ? ^ $ \ |`|
+|\|Escapes the next character. This allows you to match reserved characters `[ ] ( ) { } . * + ? ^ $ \ |`|
|^|Matches the beginning of the input.|
|$|Matches the end of the input.|