svn commit: r609804 - /jakarta/jmeter/trunk/xdocs/usermanual/regular_expressions.xml

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Author: sebb
Date: Mon Jan  7 15:21:04 2008
New Revision: 609804

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=609804&view=rev
Log:
Add list of meta characters

Modified:
    jakarta/jmeter/trunk/xdocs/usermanual/regular_expressions.xml

Modified: jakarta/jmeter/trunk/xdocs/usermanual/regular_expressions.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/jakarta/jmeter/trunk/xdocs/usermanual/regular_expressions.xml?rev=609804&r1=609803&r2=609804&view=diff
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--- jakarta/jmeter/trunk/xdocs/usermanual/regular_expressions.xml (original)
+++ jakarta/jmeter/trunk/xdocs/usermanual/regular_expressions.xml Mon Jan  7 15:21:04 2008
@@ -148,6 +148,23 @@
 </li>
 </ul>
 </subsection>
+<subsection name="&sect-num;.4 Meta characters" anchor="meta_chars">
+<p>
+Regular expressions use certain characters as meta characters - these characters have a special meaning to the RE engine.
+Such characters must be escaped by preceeding them with \ (backslash) in order to treat them as ordinary characters.
+Here is a list of the meta characters and their meaning (please check the ORO documentation if in doubt).
+</p>
+<ul>
+<li>( ) - grouping</li>
+<li>[ ] - character classes</li>
+<li>{ } - repetition</li>
+<li>* + ? - repetition</li>
+<li>. - wild-card character</li>
+<li>\ - escape character</li>
+<li>| - alternatives</li>
+<li>^ $ - start and end of string or line</li>
+</ul>
+</subsection>
 </section>
 
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