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   \n         newline (hex 0A)    \n         newline (hex 0A)
   \r         carriage return (hex 0D)    \r         carriage return (hex 0D)
   \t         tab (hex 09)    \t         tab (hex 09)
     \0dd       character with octal code 0dd
   \ddd       character with octal code ddd, or backreference    \ddd       character with octal code ddd, or backreference
     \o{ddd..}  character with octal code ddd..
   \xhh       character with hex code hh    \xhh       character with hex code hh
   \x{hhh..}  character with hex code hhh..    \x{hhh..}  character with hex code hhh..
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 Note that \0dd is always an octal code, and that \8 and \9 are the literal
 characters "8" and "9".
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 <br><a name="SEC4" href="#TOC1">CHARACTER TYPES</a><br>  <br><a name="SEC4" href="#TOC1">CHARACTER TYPES</a><br>
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   \V         a character that is not a vertical white space character    \V         a character that is not a vertical white space character
   \w         a "word" character    \w         a "word" character
   \W         a "non-word" character    \W         a "non-word" character
  \X         an extended Unicode sequence  \X         a Unicode extended grapheme cluster
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In PCRE, by default, \d, \D, \s, \S, \w, and \W recognize only ASCIIBy default, \d, \s, and \w match only ASCII characters, even in UTF-8 mode
characters, even in a UTF mode. However, this can be changed by setting theor in the 16- bit and 32-bit libraries. However, if locale-specific matching is
PCRE_UCP option.happening, \s and \w may also match characters with code points in the range
 128-255. If the PCRE_UCP option is set, the behaviour of these escape sequences
 is changed to use Unicode properties and they match many more characters.
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 <br><a name="SEC5" href="#TOC1">GENERAL CATEGORY PROPERTIES FOR \p and \P</a><br>  <br><a name="SEC5" href="#TOC1">GENERAL CATEGORY PROPERTIES FOR \p and \P</a><br>
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   Xan        Alphanumeric: union of properties L and N    Xan        Alphanumeric: union of properties L and N
   Xps        POSIX space: property Z or tab, NL, VT, FF, CR    Xps        POSIX space: property Z or tab, NL, VT, FF, CR
  Xsp        Perl space: property Z or tab, NL, FF, CR  Xsp        Perl space: property Z or tab, NL, VT, FF, CR
   Xuc        Univerally-named character: one that can be
                represented by a Universal Character Name
   Xwd        Perl word: property Xan or underscore    Xwd        Perl word: property Xan or underscore
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 Perl and POSIX space are now the same. Perl added VT to its space character set
 at release 5.18 and PCRE changed at release 8.34.
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 <br><a name="SEC7" href="#TOC1">SCRIPT NAMES FOR \p AND \P</a><br>  <br><a name="SEC7" href="#TOC1">SCRIPT NAMES FOR \p AND \P</a><br>
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 The following are recognized only at the start of a pattern or after one of the  The following are recognized only at the start of a pattern or after one of the
 newline-setting options with similar syntax:  newline-setting options with similar syntax:
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     (*LIMIT_MATCH=d) set the match limit to d (decimal number)
     (*LIMIT_RECURSION=d) set the recursion limit to d (decimal number)
   (*NO_START_OPT) no start-match optimization (PCRE_NO_START_OPTIMIZE)    (*NO_START_OPT) no start-match optimization (PCRE_NO_START_OPTIMIZE)
   (*UTF8)         set UTF-8 mode: 8-bit library (PCRE_UTF8)    (*UTF8)         set UTF-8 mode: 8-bit library (PCRE_UTF8)
   (*UTF16)        set UTF-16 mode: 16-bit library (PCRE_UTF16)    (*UTF16)        set UTF-16 mode: 16-bit library (PCRE_UTF16)
     (*UTF32)        set UTF-32 mode: 32-bit library (PCRE_UTF32)
     (*UTF)          set appropriate UTF mode for the library in use
   (*UCP)          set PCRE_UCP (use Unicode properties for \d etc)    (*UCP)          set PCRE_UCP (use Unicode properties for \d etc)
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 Note that LIMIT_MATCH and LIMIT_RECURSION can only reduce the value of the
 limits set by the caller of pcre_exec(), not increase them.
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 <br><a name="SEC17" href="#TOC1">LOOKAHEAD AND LOOKBEHIND ASSERTIONS</a><br>  <br><a name="SEC17" href="#TOC1">LOOKAHEAD AND LOOKBEHIND ASSERTIONS</a><br>
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 <br><a name="SEC22" href="#TOC1">NEWLINE CONVENTIONS</a><br>  <br><a name="SEC22" href="#TOC1">NEWLINE CONVENTIONS</a><br>
 <P>  <P>
 These are recognized only at the very start of the pattern or after a  These are recognized only at the very start of the pattern or after a
(*BSR_...), (*UTF8), (*UTF16) or (*UCP) option.(*BSR_...), (*UTF8), (*UTF16), (*UTF32) or (*UCP) option.
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   (*CR)           carriage return only    (*CR)           carriage return only
   (*LF)           linefeed only    (*LF)           linefeed only
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 <br><a name="SEC27" href="#TOC1">REVISION</a><br>  <br><a name="SEC27" href="#TOC1">REVISION</a><br>
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