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Feature: Quantifiers

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Quantifiers specify repetition of an Atom. By default, quantifiers are “greedy” in that they attempt to match as many instances of the preceding Atom as possible to satisfy the pattern before backtracking.

Syntax

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NOTE: The following syntax is an example based on some of the supported engines. For specific engine support, see Engines.

Engines

Engine Supported
Perl
PCRE
Boost.Regex
.NET
Oniguruma
Hyperscan
ICU
Glib/GRegex
ECMAScript

See Also

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