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@@ -34,18 +34,18 @@ Meta characters are the building blocks of the regular expressions. Some meta ch
|Meta character|Description|
|:----:|----|
-|**.**|Period matches any single character except a line break.|
-|**[ ]**|Character class. Matches any character contained between the square brackets.|
-|**[^ ]**|Negated character class. Matches any character that is not contained between the square brackets|
-|*****|Matches 0 or more repetitions of the preceding symbol.|
-|**+**|Matches 1 or more repetitions of the preceding symbol.
-|**?**|Makes the preceding symbol optional.|
-|**{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 `[ ] ( ) { } . * + ? ^ $ \ |`|
-|**^**|Matches the beginning of the input.|
-|**$**|Matches the end of the input.|
+|.|Period matches any single character except a line break.|
+|[ ]|Character class. Matches any character contained between the square brackets.|
+|[^ ]|Negated character class. Matches any character that is not contained between the square brackets|
+|*|Matches 0 or more repetitions of the preceding symbol.|
+|+|Matches 1 or more repetitions of the preceding symbol.
+|?|Makes the preceding symbol optional.|
+|{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 `[ ] ( ) { } . * + ? ^ $ \ |`|
+|^|Matches the beginning of the input.|
+|$|Matches the end of the input.|
# 2.1 Full stop