From bf689d9057f8e4974ddb202c62f5b707bcfc468f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Iain Gillis Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2017 18:23:14 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Replace braces word with parentheses (#23) Change wording to reflect notation in section covering lookaheads and lookbehinds: braces (i.e., ` { } `) --> parentheses (i.e., ` ( ) `) --- README.md | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 94a6081..7f06cee 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -341,10 +341,10 @@ by `$` character. Following are the lookarounds that are used in regular express ### 4.1 Positive Lookahead The positive lookahead asserts that the first part of the expression must be followed by the lookahead expression. The returned match -only contains the text that is matched by the first part of the expression. To define a positive lookahead braces are used and within -those braces question mark with equal sign is used like this `(?=...)`. Lookahead expression is written after the equal sign inside -braces. For example, the regular expression `(T|t)he(?=\sfat)` means: optionally match lowercase letter `t` or uppercase letter `T`, -followed by letter `h`, followed by letter `e`. In braces we define positive lookahead which tells regular expression engine to match +only contains the text that is matched by the first part of the expression. To define a positive lookahead, parentheses are used. Within +those parentheses, a question mark with equal sign is used like this: `(?=...)`. Lookahead expression is written after the equal sign inside +parentheses. For example, the regular expression `(T|t)he(?=\sfat)` means: optionally match lowercase letter `t` or uppercase letter `T`, +followed by letter `h`, followed by letter `e`. In parentheses we define positive lookahead which tells regular expression engine to match `The` or `the` which are followed by the word `fat`.