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3.3 Regular Expression Operators
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You can combine regular expressions with special characters, called
"regular expression operators" or "metacharacters", to increase the
power and versatility of regular expressions.

* Menu:

* Regexp Operator Details::     The actual details.
* Interval Expressions::        Notes on interval expressions.