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@@ -136,15 +136,16 @@ The following characters have special meaning in regular expressions:
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or ``\\`` for a literal backslash ``\``. Escaping a non-special
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character is unnecessary but allowed, e.g. ``\a`` matches ``a``.
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``[ ]``
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- Matches any character(s) inside the brackets
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+ Matches any character(s) inside the brackets.
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+ To match a literal ``]``, make it the first character, e.g., ``[]ab]``.
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``[^ ]``
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- Matches any character(s) not inside the brackets
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+ Matches any character(s) not inside the brackets.
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+ To not match a literal ``]``, make it the first character, e.g., ``[^]ab]``.
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``-``
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- Inside brackets, specifies an inclusive range between
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- characters on either side e.g. ``[a-f]`` is ``[abcdef]``
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- To match a literal ``-`` using brackets, make it the first
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- or the last character e.g. ``[+*/-]`` matches basic
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- mathematical operators.
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+ Inside brackets, specifies an inclusive range between characters on
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+ either side, e.g., ``[a-f]`` is ``[abcdef]``.
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+ To match a literal ``-`` using brackets, make it the first or the last
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+ character, e.g., ``[+*/-]`` matches basic mathematical operators.
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``*``
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Matches preceding pattern zero or more times
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``+``
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