1 | Sequence is c1c2c3.. -- a sequence of single characters |
2 | * or {0,} is "zero or more" of previous character |
3 | + or {1,} is "one or more" of previous character |
4 | ? or {0,1} is "zero or one" of previous character |
5 | All matching is greedy -- they maximize number of characters "eaten up" starting with leftmost matching |
6 | Curly Brace Notation: |
7 | c{n1,n2} means from n1 to n2 instances of character c |
8 | c{n1,} means n1 or more instances of character c |
9 | c{n1} means exactly n1 instances of character c |
10 | c{0,n2} means n2 or less instances of character c |