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any-text |
Syntax
any-text (+|*|?)? (except pattern)?
Used in a pattern to represent a single character. any-text
matches any character except one in a newline sequence ("%n"). It is used instead of any
to confine pattern matching to a single line.
any-text
can be used with any of the pattern repetition and optionality modifiers:
any-text+
: any character must occur at least once, and may occur several times.
any-text*
: any character can occur several times, or not at all.
any-text?
: any character may occur once, or may be omitted.
Related Syntax any blank digit lc letter space uc white-space |