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- [S] means any of a set of characters described by S.
[ S] means any character not described by S.
- [abc] is the same as EBNF ("a" | "b" | "c")
- [a-cxyz] is the same as EBNF ("a" | "b" | "c" | "x" | "y" | "z")
- [ xz] matches anything but x or z
- . matches everything but a newline. It is the same as [ n]
Examples:
- [0-9]+ describes integer numbers.
- "[ "]*" describes simple strings without escapes.
Q: Write JLex regular expressions for noStarOrSlash and floating
point numbers!
Christoph Zenger
3/23/2000