C and C++ SoftBench User's Guide

Using Regular Expressions

Pattern Matching

Appendix C354

Pattern Matching

Table C-1 describes the following types of pattern matching:

• Match any character.

• Treat a special character as a literal.

• Specify a list of matching values.

• Match the beginning of a line.

• Match the end of a line.

• Match entire lines.

• Exclude speciﬁed values.

• Match a range of values.

• Repeat a single character any number of times.

• Repeat an expression any number of times.

• Treat a composite expression within parentheses as a single

expression to be repeated any number of times.

Table C-1 Description of Special Characters in Regular Expressions

To… Use… Example

Match a particular

string

match_string

To match the string st,

enter:

In response, SoftBench

matches any string

containingthestringst

(forexample,stock and

lists).