summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/src/regexp/syntax/doc.go
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'src/regexp/syntax/doc.go')
-rw-r--r--src/regexp/syntax/doc.go48
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/src/regexp/syntax/doc.go b/src/regexp/syntax/doc.go
index 8e72c90d3..e5e71f14f 100644
--- a/src/regexp/syntax/doc.go
+++ b/src/regexp/syntax/doc.go
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ Single characters:
[^xyz] negated character class
\d Perl character class
\D negated Perl character class
- [:alpha:] ASCII character class
- [:^alpha:] negated ASCII character class
+ [[:alpha:]] ASCII character class
+ [[:^alpha:]] negated ASCII character class
\pN Unicode character class (one-letter name)
\p{Greek} Unicode character class
\PN negated Unicode character class (one-letter name)
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@ Repetitions:
x{n,}? n or more x, prefer fewer
x{n}? exactly n x
-Implementation restriction: The counting forms x{n} etc. (but not the other
-forms x* etc.) have an upper limit of n=1000. Negative or higher explicit
-counts yield the parse error ErrInvalidRepeatSize.
+Implementation restriction: The counting forms x{n,m}, x{n,}, and x{n}
+reject forms that create a minimum or maximum repetition count above 1000.
+Unlimited repetitions are not subject to this restriction.
Grouping:
(re) numbered capturing group (submatch)
(?P<name>re) named & numbered capturing group (submatch)
- (?:re) non-capturing group (submatch)
+ (?:re) non-capturing group
(?flags) set flags within current group; non-capturing
(?flags:re) set flags during re; non-capturing
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Empty strings:
$ at end of text (like \z not \Z) or line (flag m=true)
\A at beginning of text
\b at ASCII word boundary (\w on one side and \W, \A, or \z on the other)
- \B not an ASCII word boundary
+ \B not at ASCII word boundary
\z at end of text
Escape sequences:
@@ -103,29 +103,29 @@ Named character classes as character class elements:
[\p{Name}] named Unicode property inside character class (== \p{Name})
[^\p{Name}] named Unicode property inside negated character class (== \P{Name})
-Perl character classes:
+Perl character classes (all ASCII-only):
\d digits (== [0-9])
\D not digits (== [^0-9])
\s whitespace (== [\t\n\f\r ])
\S not whitespace (== [^\t\n\f\r ])
- \w ASCII word characters (== [0-9A-Za-z_])
- \W not ASCII word characters (== [^0-9A-Za-z_])
+ \w word characters (== [0-9A-Za-z_])
+ \W not word characters (== [^0-9A-Za-z_])
ASCII character classes:
- [:alnum:] alphanumeric (== [0-9A-Za-z])
- [:alpha:] alphabetic (== [A-Za-z])
- [:ascii:] ASCII (== [\x00-\x7F])
- [:blank:] blank (== [\t ])
- [:cntrl:] control (== [\x00-\x1F\x7F])
- [:digit:] digits (== [0-9])
- [:graph:] graphical (== [!-~] == [A-Za-z0-9!"#$%&'()*+,\-./:;<=>?@[\\\]^_`{|}~])
- [:lower:] lower case (== [a-z])
- [:print:] printable (== [ -~] == [ [:graph:]])
- [:punct:] punctuation (== [!-/:-@[-`{-~])
- [:space:] whitespace (== [\t\n\v\f\r ])
- [:upper:] upper case (== [A-Z])
- [:word:] word characters (== [0-9A-Za-z_])
- [:xdigit:] hex digit (== [0-9A-Fa-f])
+ [[:alnum:]] alphanumeric (== [0-9A-Za-z])
+ [[:alpha:]] alphabetic (== [A-Za-z])
+ [[:ascii:]] ASCII (== [\x00-\x7F])
+ [[:blank:]] blank (== [\t ])
+ [[:cntrl:]] control (== [\x00-\x1F\x7F])
+ [[:digit:]] digits (== [0-9])
+ [[:graph:]] graphical (== [!-~] == [A-Za-z0-9!"#$%&'()*+,\-./:;<=>?@[\\\]^_`{|}~])
+ [[:lower:]] lower case (== [a-z])
+ [[:print:]] printable (== [ -~] == [ [:graph:]])
+ [[:punct:]] punctuation (== [!-/:-@[-`{-~])
+ [[:space:]] whitespace (== [\t\n\v\f\r ])
+ [[:upper:]] upper case (== [A-Z])
+ [[:word:]] word characters (== [0-9A-Za-z_])
+ [[:xdigit:]] hex digit (== [0-9A-Fa-f])
*/
package syntax