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.TH PCRESYNTAX 3	.TH PCRESYNTAX 3 "10 January 2012" "PCRE 8.30"
.SH NAME	.SH NAME
PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressions	PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressions
.SH "PCRE REGULAR EXPRESSION SYNTAX SUMMARY"	.SH "PCRE REGULAR EXPRESSION SYNTAX SUMMARY"
Line 9 PCRE are described in the	Line 9 PCRE are described in the
.\" HREF	.\" HREF
\fBpcrepattern\fP	\fBpcrepattern\fP
.\"	.\"
documentation. This document contains just a quick-reference summary of the	documentation. This document contains a quick-reference summary of the syntax.
syntax.
.	.
.	.
.SH "QUOTING"	.SH "QUOTING"
Line 26 syntax.	Line 25 syntax.
\ea alarm, that is, the BEL character (hex 07)	\ea alarm, that is, the BEL character (hex 07)
\ecx "control-x", where x is any ASCII character	\ecx "control-x", where x is any ASCII character
\ee escape (hex 1B)	\ee escape (hex 1B)
\ef formfeed (hex 0C)	\ef form feed (hex 0C)
\en newline (hex 0A)	\en newline (hex 0A)
\er carriage return (hex 0D)	\er carriage return (hex 0D)
\et tab (hex 09)	\et tab (hex 09)
Line 40 syntax.	Line 39 syntax.
.sp	.sp
. any character except newline;	. any character except newline;
in dotall mode, any character whatsoever	in dotall mode, any character whatsoever
\eC one byte, even in UTF-8 mode (best avoided)	\eC one data unit, even in UTF mode (best avoided)
\ed a decimal digit	\ed a decimal digit
\eD a character that is not a decimal digit	\eD a character that is not a decimal digit
\eh a horizontal whitespace character	\eh a horizontal white space character
\eH a character that is not a horizontal whitespace character	\eH a character that is not a horizontal white space character
\eN a character that is not a newline	\eN a character that is not a newline
\ep{\fIxx\fP} a character with the \fIxx\fP property	\ep{\fIxx\fP} a character with the \fIxx\fP property
\eP{\fIxx\fP} a character without the \fIxx\fP property	\eP{\fIxx\fP} a character without the \fIxx\fP property
\eR a newline sequence	\eR a newline sequence
\es a whitespace character	\es a white space character
\eS a character that is not a whitespace character	\eS a character that is not a white space character
\ev a vertical whitespace character	\ev a vertical white space character
\eV a character that is not a vertical whitespace character	\eV a character that is not a vertical white space character
\ew a "word" character	\ew a "word" character
\eW a "non-word" character	\eW a "non-word" character
\eX an extended Unicode sequence	\eX an extended Unicode sequence
.sp	.sp
In PCRE, by default, \ed, \eD, \es, \eS, \ew, and \eW recognize only ASCII	In PCRE, by default, \ed, \eD, \es, \eS, \ew, and \eW recognize only ASCII
characters, even in UTF-8 mode. However, this can be changed by setting the	characters, even in a UTF mode. However, this can be changed by setting the
PCRE_UCP option.	PCRE_UCP option.
.	.
.	.
Line 128 Armenian,	Line 127 Armenian,
Avestan,	Avestan,
Balinese,	Balinese,
Bamum,	Bamum,
	Batak,
Bengali,	Bengali,
Bopomofo,	Bopomofo,
	Brahmi,
Braille,	Braille,
Buginese,	Buginese,
Buhid,	Buhid,
Canadian_Aboriginal,	Canadian_Aboriginal,
Carian,	Carian,
	Chakma,
Cham,	Cham,
Cherokee,	Cherokee,
Common,	Common,
Line 177 Lisu,	Line 179 Lisu,
Lycian,	Lycian,
Lydian,	Lydian,
Malayalam,	Malayalam,
	Mandaic,
Meetei_Mayek,	Meetei_Mayek,
	Meroitic_Cursive,
	Meroitic_Hieroglyphs,
	Miao,
Mongolian,	Mongolian,
Myanmar,	Myanmar,
New_Tai_Lue,	New_Tai_Lue,
Line 196 Rejang,	Line 202 Rejang,
Runic,	Runic,
Samaritan,	Samaritan,
Saurashtra,	Saurashtra,
	Sharada,
Shavian,	Shavian,
Sinhala,	Sinhala,
	Sora_Sompeng,
Sundanese,	Sundanese,
Syloti_Nagri,	Syloti_Nagri,
Syriac,	Syriac,
Line 206 Tagbanwa,	Line 214 Tagbanwa,
Tai_Le,	Tai_Le,
Tai_Tham,	Tai_Tham,
Tai_Viet,	Tai_Viet,
	Takri,
Tamil,	Tamil,
Telugu,	Telugu,
Thaana,	Thaana,
Line 236 Yi.	Line 245 Yi.
lower lower case letter	lower lower case letter
print printing, including space	print printing, including space
punct printing, excluding alphanumeric	punct printing, excluding alphanumeric
space whitespace	space white space
upper upper case letter	upper upper case letter
word same as \ew	word same as \ew
xdigit hexadecimal digit	xdigit hexadecimal digit
Line 337 The following are recognized only at the start of a pa	Line 346 The following are recognized only at the start of a pa
newline-setting options with similar syntax:	newline-setting options with similar syntax:
.sp	.sp
(*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 (PCRE_UTF8)	(*UTF8) set UTF-8 mode: 8-bit library (PCRE_UTF8)
	(*UTF16) set UTF-16 mode: 16-bit library (PCRE_UTF16)
(*UCP) set PCRE_UCP (use Unicode properties for \ed etc)	(*UCP) set PCRE_UCP (use Unicode properties for \ed etc)
.	.
.	.
Line 411 The following act immediately they are reached:	Line 421 The following act immediately they are reached:
.sp	.sp
(*ACCEPT) force successful match	(*ACCEPT) force successful match
(FAIL) force backtrack; synonym (F)	(FAIL) force backtrack; synonym (F)
	(MARK:NAME) set name to be passed back; synonym (:NAME)
.sp	.sp
The following act only when a subsequent match failure causes a backtrack to	The following act only when a subsequent match failure causes a backtrack to
reach them. They all force a match failure, but they differ in what happens	reach them. They all force a match failure, but they differ in what happens
Line 419 pattern is not anchored.	Line 430 pattern is not anchored.
.sp	.sp
(*COMMIT) overall failure, no advance of starting point	(*COMMIT) overall failure, no advance of starting point
(*PRUNE) advance to next starting character	(*PRUNE) advance to next starting character
(*SKIP) advance start to current matching position	(PRUNE:NAME) equivalent to (MARK:NAME)(*PRUNE)
	(*SKIP) advance to current matching position
	(*SKIP:NAME) advance to position corresponding to an earlier
	(MARK:NAME); if not found, the (SKIP) is ignored
(*THEN) local failure, backtrack to next alternation	(*THEN) local failure, backtrack to next alternation
	(THEN:NAME) equivalent to (MARK:NAME)(*THEN)
.	.
.	.
.SH "NEWLINE CONVENTIONS"	.SH "NEWLINE CONVENTIONS"
.rs	.rs
.sp	.sp
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_...) or (UTF8) or (*UCP) option.	(BSR_...), (UTF8), (UTF16) or (UCP) option.
.sp	.sp
(*CR) carriage return only	(*CR) carriage return only
(*LF) linefeed only	(*LF) linefeed only
Line 440 These are recognized only at the very start of the pat	Line 455 These are recognized only at the very start of the pat
.rs	.rs
.sp	.sp
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
(*...) option that sets the newline convention or UTF-8 or UCP mode.	(*...) option that sets the newline convention or a UTF or UCP mode.
.sp	.sp
(*BSR_ANYCRLF) CR, LF, or CRLF	(*BSR_ANYCRLF) CR, LF, or CRLF
(*BSR_UNICODE) any Unicode newline sequence	(*BSR_UNICODE) any Unicode newline sequence
Line 474 Cambridge CB2 3QH, England.	Line 489 Cambridge CB2 3QH, England.
.rs	.rs
.sp	.sp
.nf	.nf
Last updated: 21 November 2010	Last updated: 10 January 2012
Copyright (c) 1997-2010 University of Cambridge.	Copyright (c) 1997-2012 University of Cambridge.
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