Regular Expressions in Abstract Generator

This topic contains guidelines on how to use regular expressions in Abstract Generator. This information is useful if you use regular expressions to complete particular entry fields in the Abstract Generator GUI. Abstract Generator does not check the entered regular expressions against any syntax rules.

Regular expression are strings of characters used for pattern matching. The characters in a regular expression are classified as either special or ordinary.

This topic lists the special characters and describes how to use them. Any character in a regular expression that is not special is considered ordinary, unless preceded by the character \. You can concatenate any two regular expressions to produce a new regular expression. For example, concatenating the regular expressions f and i produces a regular expression that matches the string fi. By incorporating special characters, you can create more sophisticated regular expressions that matches variety of strings.

Related Topics

Support for Special Constructs “\” in Regular Expressions

Support for Special Characters in Regular Expressions