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--- docs:programming:javascript:pattern_matching_with_regular_expressions [2007/11/11 14:56] – created billh
+++ docs:programming:javascript:pattern_matching_with_regular_expressions [2008/08/03 00:25] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 |\D  |Any character other than an ASCII digit; Equivalent to [''^''0-9]  |
 |[\b]  |A literal backspace (special case)  |
+===== Repetition =====
+^Character  ^Meaning  ^
+|{n,m}  |Match the previous item at least n times but no more than m times  |
+|{n,}  |Match the previous item n or more times  |
+|{n}  |Match exactly n occurences of the previous item  |
+|?  |Match zero or one ocurrences of the previous item.  That is, the previous item is optional.  Equivalent to {0,1}.  |
+|+  |Match one or more occurrences of the previous item.  Equivalent to {1,}  |
+|*  |Match zero or more occurrences of the previous item.  Equivalent to {0,}  |
+FIXME - enter more table references