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@ -284,11 +284,13 @@ of the pattern you may get problems matching the next word. If you need to use t
you can double quote it so that it gets expanded and then put a string parameter containing a null char afterwards,
like this: "$somevar"$'\0'
The regular expressions used in / PATTERN/ specs can use the following special chars:
| * | wildcard - any number of chars |
| ? | wildcard - single char |
| # | zero or more of the previous char |
| ## | one or more of the previous char |
The regular expression syntax for patterns seems to be a bit different from normal regular expressions,
and I can't find documentation anywhere.
However I have managed to work out what the following special chars are for:
| * | wildcard - any number of chars |
| ? | wildcard - single char |
| # | zero or more of the previous char (like * in a normal regular expression) |
| ## | one or more of the previous char (like + in a normal regular expression) |
*** _regex_words
The _regex_words function makes it much easier to create specifications for _regex_arguments.
The results of calling _regex_words can be stored in a variable which can then be used instead