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hmDescription:"Expression Meaning ^abc Match \"abc\" at beginning of line abc\$ Match \"abc\" at end of line ^abc\$ Match the line \"abc\" exactly ^\\s*abc Match \"abc\" at beginning of line, but a",
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hmHeader:"<h1 class=\"p_Heading1\"><span class=\"f_Heading1\">Sample Regular Expressions<\/span><\/h1>\n\r",
hmBody:"<div style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; padding: 0 0 0 0; margin: 0.1875rem 0 0.8750rem 0;\"><table style=\"border:none; border-spacing:0; border-collapse:collapse;\">\n\r<tr>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#DADADA; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">Expression<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#DADADA; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">Meaning<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<\/tr>\n\r<tr>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#EEEEEE; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">^abc<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#EEEEEE; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">Match &quot;abc&quot; at beginning of line<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<\/tr>\n\r<tr>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#EEEEEE; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">abc\$<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#EEEEEE; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">Match &quot;abc&quot; at end of line<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<\/tr>\n\r<tr>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#EEEEEE; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">^abc\$<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#EEEEEE; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">Match the line &quot;abc&quot; exactly<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<\/tr>\n\r<tr>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#EEEEEE; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">^\\s*abc<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#EEEEEE; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">Match &quot;abc&quot; at beginning of line, but allow leading whitespace<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<\/tr>\n\r<tr>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#EEEEEE; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">^\\s*end;?\\s*\$<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#EEEEEE; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">Match a line containing only &quot;end&quot; or &quot;end;&quot; with leading or trailing whitespace<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<\/tr>\n\r<tr>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#EEEEEE; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">abc|def<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#EEEEEE; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">Matches either &quot;abc&quot; or &quot;def&quot;<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<\/tr>\n\r<tr>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#EEEEEE; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">a(b|c)d<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#EEEEEE; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">Matches &quot;abd&quot; or &quot;acd&quot;<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<\/tr>\n\r<tr>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#EEEEEE; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">a(b|c)d\\1<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#EEEEEE; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">Matches &quot;abdb&quot; or &quot;acdc&quot;, but it does not match &quot;abdc&quot;<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<\/tr>\n\r<\/table>\n\r<\/div>\n\r<p class=\"p_Subtitle\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 0;\"><span class=\"f_Subtitle\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Subtitle\"><span class=\"f_Subtitle\">Control characters used in above samples<\/span><\/p>\n\r<div style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; padding: 0 0 0 0; margin: 0.1875rem 0 0.8750rem 0;\"><table style=\"border:none; border-spacing:0; border-collapse:collapse;\">\n\r<tr>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#DADADA; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">Character<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#DADADA; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">Meaning<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<\/tr>\n\r<tr>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#EEEEEE; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">^<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#EEEEEE; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">Beginning of line<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<\/tr>\n\r<tr>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#EEEEEE; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">\$<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#EEEEEE; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">End of line<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<\/tr>\n\r<tr>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#EEEEEE; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">\\s<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#EEEEEE; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">Whitespace (a tab or space)<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<\/tr>\n\r<tr>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#EEEEEE; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">*<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#EEEEEE; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">Zero or more of the preceding character<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<\/tr>\n\r<tr>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#EEEEEE; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">?<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#EEEEEE; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">Preceding character is optional<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<\/tr>\n\r<tr>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#EEEEEE; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">|<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#EEEEEE; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">Alternative expression<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<\/tr>\n\r<tr>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#EEEEEE; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">( )<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#EEEEEE; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">Subexpressions<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<\/tr>\n\r<tr>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#EEEEEE; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">\\1<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<td style=\"vertical-align:top; background-color:#EEEEEE; padding:0.1250rem; border:solid 0.1250rem #ffffff;\"><p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\">Back reference to 1st subexpression<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<\/tr>\n\r<\/table>\n\r<\/div>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 0;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\"><span class=\"f_SeeAlso\">See also<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\"><a href=\"regular_expression_reference.html\" class=\"topiclink\">Regular Expression Reference<\/a><\/p>\n\r"
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