SlickEdit V3.3 User Manual page 549

SlickEdit Regular Expression
X:n1,
X:n1,n2
X:*n1,
X:*n1,n2
~X
(X)
{X}
{#dX}
X|Y
[char-set]
[~char-set]
SlickEdit Regular Expressions
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Definition
avoid ambiguous expressions. For example a:9()1
searches for nine instance of the letter a followed
by a 1.
Maximal match of at least n1 occurrences of X.
Maximal match of at least n1 occurrences but not
more than n2 occurrences of X.
Minimal match of at least n1 occurrences of X.
Minimal match of at least n1 occurrences but not
more than n2 occurrences of X.
Search fails if expression X is matched. The ex-
pression ^~(if) matches the beginning of all lines
that do not start with if.
Matches sub-expression X.
Matches sub-expression X and specifies a new
tagged expression. See
pressions
Matches sub-expression X and specifies to use
tagged expression number d where 0<=d<=9.
Matches X or Y.
Matches any one of the characters specified by
char-set. A dash (-) character may be used to
specify ranges. The expression [A-Z] matches any
uppercase letter. Backslash (\) may be used inside
the square brackets to define literal characters or
define ASCII characters. For example, \- specifies a
literal dash character. The expression [\0-\27]
matches ASCII character codes 0..27. The expres-
sion [] matches no characters. In UNIX regular ex-
pressions, []] matches a right bracket. In both syn-
taxes, the expression [\]] matches a right bracket.
The expression [\^] matches a caret (^) character in
both syntaxes.
Matches any character not specified by char-set.
A dash (-) character may be used to specify ranges.
The expression [~A-Z] matches all characters ex-
Using Tagged Search Ex-
for more information.
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