Regular Expression Basic Syntax Reference
Characters
Character
Description
Example
Any character except [\^$.|?*+()
All characters except the listed special characters match a single instance of themselves. { and } are literal characters, unless they’re part of a valid regular expression token (e.g. the {n} quantifier).
a matches a
\ (backslash) followed by any of [\^$.|?*+(){}
A backslash escapes special characters to suppress their special meaning.
\+ matches +
\Q...\E
Matches [...]
