Basic regex

basic-regex

Metachar.  	Name							Matches

.			dot								Any one character
[...]			class							Any character listed
[^...] 		negated class				Any character NOT listed
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^				caret							Start of line
$				dollar							End of line
\<				backslash less-than		Start of word
\>				backslash greater-than	End of word
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|				bar, pipe						Matches either expression is separates
(...)			parantheses					Limits expressions (with use of ex. pipe)