Slick EDIT V3.3 - Manual (Page 553)

• +, #, *, @, :, :* (These operators have the same precedence.)
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Regular Expression Examples
The table below shows examples of SlickEdit regular expressions.
Table 11.15. SlickEdit Regular Expression Examples
Sample SlickEdit Regular Expression Description
^defproc Matches lines that begin with the word defproc.
^definit$ Matches lines that only contain the word definit.
^\:name Matches lines that begin with the string :name. No-
tice that the backslash must prefix the colon charac-
ter (:).
[\t ] Matches tab and space characters.
[\9\32] Matches tab and space characters.
[\x9\x20] Matches tab and space characters.
p?t Matches any three-letter string starting with the let-
ter p and ending with the letter t. Two possible
matches are pot and pat.
s?*t Matches the letter s followed by any number of
characters followed by the nearest letter t. Two pos-
sible matches are seat and st.
for|while Matches the strings for or while.
^:p Matches lines beginning with a file name.
xy+z Matches x followed by one or more occurrences of
y followed by z.
Brief Regular Expressions
Brief Regular Expressions
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