Slick V3.3 User Manual
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Regular Expression Examples
The table below shows examples of SlickEdit regular expressions.
Table 11.15. SlickEdit Regular Expression Examples
Sample SlickEdit 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-
tice that the backslash must prefix the colon charac-
ter (:).
tice that the backslash must prefix the colon charac-
ter (:).
[\t ]
Matches tab and space characters.
[\9\32]
Matches tab and space characters.
[\x9\x20]
Matches tab and space characters.
p?t
Matches any three-letter string starting with the let-
ter p and ending with the letter t. Two possible
matches are pot and pat.
ter p and ending with the letter t. Two possible
matches are pot and pat.
s?*t
Matches the letter s followed by any number of
characters followed by the nearest letter t. Two pos-
sible matches are seat and st.
characters followed by the nearest letter t. Two pos-
sible matches are seat and st.
for|while
Matches the strings for or while.
^:p
Matches lines beginning with a file name.
xy+z
Matches x followed by one or more occurrences of
y followed by z.
y followed by z.
Brief Regular Expressions
Brief Regular Expressions
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