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@@ -110,17 +110,10 @@ expression `[Tt]he` means: an uppercase `T` or lowercase `t`, followed by the le
 "[Tt]he" => <a href="#learn-regex"><strong>The</strong></a> car parked in <a href="#learn-regex"><strong>the</strong></a> garage.
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-Just like above example the regular expression `ge[.]` means: a lowercase character `g`, followed by letter `e`, followed by `.` character.
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-"ge[.]" => The car parked in the gara<a href="#learn-regex"><strong>ge.</strong></a>
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-A period inside a character set, however, means a literal period. The regular expression `ar[.]` means: a lowercase character `a`, followed by letter `r`, followed by a period.
+A period inside a character set, however, means a literal period. The regular expression `ar[.]` means: a lowercase character `a`, followed by letter `r`, followed by a period `.` character.
 
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 "ar[.]" => A garage is a good place to park a c<a href="#learn-regex"><strong>ar.</strong></a>
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 ### 2.2.1 Negated character set