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Metacharacter ↔ \ ^ $ . * + ? ( ) [ ] { } | special reserved RegExp character with special (non-literal) meaning to define search criteria/manipulation

\

regex Escape Metacharacter to escape reserved regex characters

.​

regex Metacharacter to match any single character (excl \n & line terminator)

References​

  1. Pattern Character ↔ any characters (except for Metacharacter) that match themselves

  2. . ↔ regex Metacharacter to match any single character (excl \n & line terminator)

  3. \xxx ↔ regex Metacharacter for Octal number xxx

  4. \xdd ↔ regex Metacharacter for Hexadecimal number dd

  5. \uxxxx ↔ regex Metacharacter for unicode character specified by Hexadecimal number xxxx

  6. \ ↔ regex Escape Metacharacter to escape reserved regex characters

  7. \0 ↔ regex Metacharacter for NUL character

  8. . ↔ Metacharacter to match any character (excl line terminators)