Slick V3.3 manual Brief Regular Expression Examples

	Brief Regular Expressions
Brief Regular Expression		Definition
		char. The predefined expressions are:
		• \:a [A-Za-z0-9- Matches an alphanumeric char-
		acter.
		• \:b\([ \t]#\) - Matches blanks.
		• \:c [A-Za-z]- Matches an alphabetic character.
		• \:d [0-9]- Matches a digit.
		• \:f \([~\[\]\:\\/<>=+;, \t"’]#\) - Matches a file name
		part.
		• \:f \([~/ \t"’]#\) - UNIX: Matches a file name part.
		• \:h\([0-9A-Fa-f]#\)- Matches a hex number.
		• \:i\([0-9]#\)- Matches an integer.
		• \:n\([0-9]#\(.[0-9]#\).[0-9]#\)\([Ee]\(\+-\)[0-9]#\)
		\) - Matches a floating number.
		• \:p\(\([A-Za-z]\:\)\(\\/\)\(:f\(\\/\)\)@:f\) - Windows:
		Matches a path.
		• \:p\(\(/\)\(:f\(/\)\)@:f\) - UNIX: Matches a path.
		• \:q\(\"[~\"]@\"'[~']@'\) - Matches a quoted string.
		• \:v\ ([A-Za-z_$][A-Za-z0-9_$]@\) - Matches a C
		variable.
		• \:w\ ([A-Za-z]#\)- Matches a word.

Brief Regular Expression Examples

The table below shows example of Brief regular expressions.

Table 11.17. Brief Regular Expression Examples

Sample Brief Regular Expression	Description
<defproc	Matches lines that begin with the word defproc.
<definit>	Matches lines that only contain the word definit.
<\*name	Matches lines that begin with the string *name. No-

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