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@@ -54,18 +54,18 @@ The meta character are as follows:
|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 ānā 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 ānā 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
@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ expression `[Tt]he` means: an uppercase `T` or lowercase `t`, followed by the le
"[Tt]he" => The car parked in the garage.
+Just like above example the regular expression `ar[.]` means: an lowercase character `a`, followed by letter `r`, followed by any character.
+
+
+"ar[.]" => The car parked in the garage. ++ ### 2.2.1 Negated character set In general the caret symbol represents the start of the string, but when it is typed after the opening square bracket it negates the @@ -98,11 +104,49 @@ the letter `r`. -### 2.2.2 Repeating character set +## 2.3 Repetitions -We can repeat a character class by using `+`, `*` or `?` operators. For example the regular expression `[a-z]+` means: any number of -lowercase letters in a row. +Following meta characters `+`, `*` or `?` are used to specify how many times a subpattern can occurs. These meta characters act +differently in different situations. + +### 2.3.1 The Star + +The symbol `*` matches zero or more repetitions of the preceding matcher. The regular expression `a*` means: zero or more repetitions +of preceding lowercase character `a`. But if it apperas after a character set or class that it finds the repetitions of the whole +character set. For example the regular expression `[a-z]*` means: any number of lowercase letters in a row.
-"[a-z]+" => The car parked in the garage. +"[a-z]*" => The car parked in the garage #21.+ +The `*` symbol can be used with the meta character `.` to match any string of characters `.*`. The `*` symbol can be used with the +whitespace character `\s` to match a string of whitespace characters. For example the expression `\s*cat\s*` means: zero or more +spaces, followed by lowercase character `c`, followed by lowercase character `a`, followed by lowercase character `t`, followed by +zero or more spaces. + +
+"\s*cat\s*" => The fat cat sat on the cat. ++ +### 2.3.2 The Plus + +The symbol `+` matches one or more repetitions of the preceding character. For example the regular expression `c.+t` means: lowercase +letter `c`, followed by any number of character, followed by the lowercase character `t`. + +
+"c.+t" => The fat cat sat on the mat. ++ +### 2.3.3 The Question Mark + +In regular expression the meta character `?` makes the preceding character optional. This symbol matches zero or more repetitions of +the preceding character. For example the regular expression `[T]?he` means: Optional the uppercase letter `T`, followed by the lowercase +character `h`, followed by the lowercase character `e`. + +
+"[T]he" => The car is parked in the garage. ++
+"[T]?he" => The car is parked in the garage. ++