MATLAB Programming

Regular Expressions
Character Classes
Operator
Usage
. Any single character, including white space
[c 1
c 2
c 3
] Any character contained within the brackets: c 1
or c 2
or c 3
[^c 1
c 2
c 3
]
Any character not contained within the brackets:
anything but c 1
or c 2
or c 3
[c 1
-c 2
] Any character in the range of c 1
through c 2
\s Any white-space character; equivalent to [
\f\n\r\t\v]
\S Any non-whitespace character; equivalent to
[^ \f\n\r\t\v]
\w Any alphabetic, numeric, or underscore character;
equivalent to [a-zA-Z_0-9]. (True only for English
character sets).
\W Any character that is not alphabetic, numeric, or
underscore; equivalent to [^a-zA-Z_0-9]. (Trueonly
for English character sets).
\d Any numeric digit; equivalent to [0-9]
\D Any nondigit character; equivalent to [^0-9]
\oN or \o{N}
\xN or \x{N}
Character of octal value N
Character of hexadecimal value N
Character Representation
Operator Usage
\\ Backslash
\$ Dollar sign
\a Alarm (beep)
\b Backspace
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