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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1999-01-19 20:00:08 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1999-01-19 20:00:08 (GMT)
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Revised comments on null bytes in pattern string.
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\section{\module{re} ---
- New Perl-style regular expression search and match operations.}
+ Perl-style regular expression operations.}
\declaremodule{standard}{re}
\moduleauthor{Andrew M. Kuchling}{akuchling@acm.org}
\sectionauthor{Andrew M. Kuchling}{akuchling@acm.org}
-\modulesynopsis{New Perl-style regular expression search and match
+\modulesynopsis{Perl-style regular expression search and match
operations.}
This module provides regular expression matching operations similar to
those found in Perl. It's 8-bit clean: the strings being processed
may contain both null bytes and characters whose high bit is set. Regular
-expression patterns may not contain null bytes, but they may contain
-characters with the high bit set. The \module{re} module is always
-available.
+expression pattern strings may not contain null bytes, but can specify
+the null byte using the \code{\e\var{number}} notation.
+Characters with the high bit set may be included. The \module{re}
+module is always available.
Regular expressions use the backslash character (\character{\e}) to
indicate special forms or to allow special characters to be used