The following table lists and describes character escapes in iWay DQS.
|
Escaped Character |
Description |
|---|---|
ordinary characters |
Characters other than . $ ^ { [ ( | ) ] } * + ? \ match themselves. |
\t |
Matches a tab \u0009. |
\r |
Matches a carriage return \u000D. |
\f |
Matches a form feed \u000C. |
\n |
Matches a new line \u000A. |
\040 |
Matches an ASCII character as an octal (up to three digits); numbers with no leading zero are backreferences if they have only one digit or if they correspond to a capturing group number. For example, the character \040 represents a space. |
\x20 |
Matches an ASCII character using hexadecimal representation (exactly two digits). |
\u0020 |
Matches a Unicode character using a hexadecimal representation (exactly four digits). |
\* |
When followed by a character that is not recognized as an escaped character, matches that character. For example, \* is the same as \x2A. |
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