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data-pltdoc="x" onclick="return GotoPLTRoot("6.1");">top</a></span><span class="navright"> <a href="regexp-assert.html" title="backward to "9.3 Basic Assertions"" data-pltdoc="x">← prev</a> <a href="regexp.html" title="up to "9 Regular Expressions"" data-pltdoc="x">up</a> <a href="regexp-quant.html" title="forward to "9.5 Quantifiers"" data-pltdoc="x">next →</a></span> </div><h4 x-source-module="(lib "scribblings/guide/guide.scrbl")" x-part-tag=""regexp-chars"">9.4<tt> </tt><a name="(part._regexp-chars)"></a>Characters and Character Classes</h4><p>Typically, a character in the regexp matches the same character in the
text string. Sometimes it is necessary or convenient to use a regexp
<a href="regexp-intro.html#%28tech._metasequence%29" class="techoutside" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="techinside">metasequence</span></a> to refer to a single character. For example, the
metasequence <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">\.</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> matches the period character.</p><p>The <a href="regexp-intro.html#%28tech._metacharacter%29" class="techoutside" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="techinside">metacharacter</span></a> <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">.</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> matches <span style="font-style: italic">any</span> character
(other than newline in <a href="regexp-clusters.html#%28tech._multi._line._mode%29" class="techoutside" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="techinside">multi-line mode</span></a>; see
<a href="regexp-clusters.html#%28part._regexp-cloister%29" data-pltdoc="x">Cloisters</a>):</p><blockquote class="SCodeFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=regexp.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._regexp-match%2529%2529&version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">regexp-match</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">#rx"p.t"</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">"pet"</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktRes">'("pet")</span></p></td></tr></table></blockquote><p>The above pattern also matches <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">pat</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>, <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">pit</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>,
<span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">pot</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>, <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">put</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>, and <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">p8t</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>, but not
<span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">peat</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> or <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">pfffft</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>.</p><p>A <a name="(tech._character._clas)"></a><span style="font-style: italic">character class</span> matches any one character from a set of
characters. A typical format for this is the <a name="(tech._bracketed._character._clas)"></a><span style="font-style: italic">bracketed
character class</span> <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">[</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>...<span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">]</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>, which matches any one
character from the non-empty sequence of characters enclosed within
the brackets. Thus, <span class="RktVal">#rx"p[aeiou]t"</span> matches <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">pat</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>,
<span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">pet</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>, <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">pit</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>, <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">pot</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>, <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">put</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>, and
nothing else.</p><p>Inside the brackets, a <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">-</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> between two characters specifies
the Unicode range between the characters. For example,
<span class="RktVal">#rx"ta[b-dgn-p]"</span> matches <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">tab</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>, <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">tac</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>,
<span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">tad</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>, <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">tag</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>, <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">tan</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>, <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">tao</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>, and
<span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">tap</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>.</p><p>An initial <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">^</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> after the left bracket inverts the set
specified by the rest of the contents; i.e., it specifies the set of
characters <span style="font-style: italic">other than</span> those identified in the brackets. For
example, <span class="RktVal">#rx"do[^g]"</span> matches all three-character sequences
starting with <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">do</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> except <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">dog</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>.</p><p>Note that the <a href="regexp-intro.html#%28tech._metacharacter%29" class="techoutside" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="techinside">metacharacter</span></a> <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">^</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> inside brackets means
something quite different from what it means outside. Most other
<a href="regexp-intro.html#%28tech._metacharacter%29" class="techoutside" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="techinside">metacharacters</span></a> (<span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">.</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>, <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">*</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>, <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">+</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>,
<span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">?</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>, etc.) cease to be <a href="regexp-intro.html#%28tech._metacharacter%29" class="techoutside" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="techinside">metacharacters</span></a> when inside
brackets, although you may still escape them for peace of mind. A
<span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">-</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> is a <a href="regexp-intro.html#%28tech._metacharacter%29" class="techoutside" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="techinside">metacharacter</span></a> only when it’s inside brackets,
and when it is neither the first nor the last character between the
brackets.</p><p>Bracketed character classes cannot contain other bracketed character
classes (although they contain certain other types of character
classes; see below). Thus, a <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">[</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> inside a bracketed character
class doesn’t have to be a metacharacter; it can stand for itself.
For example, <span class="RktVal">#rx"[a[b]"</span> matches <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">a</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>, <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">[</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>, and
<span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">b</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>.</p><p>Furthermore, since empty bracketed character classes are disallowed, a
<span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">]</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> immediately occurring after the opening left bracket also
doesn’t need to be a metacharacter. For example, <span class="RktVal">#rx"[]ab]"</span>
matches <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">]</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>, <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">a</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>, and <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">b</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>.</p><h5 x-source-module="(lib "scribblings/guide/guide.scrbl")" x-part-tag=""Some_Frequently_Used_Character_Classes"">9.4.1<tt> </tt><a name="(part._.Some_.Frequently_.Used_.Character_.Classes)"></a>Some Frequently Used Character Classes</h5><p>In <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">#px</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> syntax, some standard character classes can be
conveniently represented as metasequences instead of as explicit
bracketed expressions: <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">\d</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> matches a digit
(the same as <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">[0-9]</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>); <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">\s</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> matches an ASCII whitespace character; and
<span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">\w</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> matches a character that could be part of a
“word”.</p><blockquote class="refpara"><blockquote class="refcolumn"><blockquote class="refcontent"><p>Following regexp custom, we identify “word” characters
as <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">[A-Za-z0-9_]</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>, although these are too restrictive for what
a Racketeer might consider a “word.”</p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p>The upper-case versions of these metasequences stand for the
inversions of the corresponding character classes: <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">\D</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>
matches a non-digit, <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">\S</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> a non-whitespace character, and
<span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">\W</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> a non-“word” character.</p><p>Remember to include a double backslash when putting these
metasequences in a Racket string:</p><blockquote class="SCodeFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=regexp.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._regexp-match%2529%2529&version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">regexp-match</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">#px"\\d\\d"</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">"0 dear, 1 have 2 read catch 22 before 9"</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktRes">'("22")</span></p></td></tr></table></blockquote><p>These character classes can be used inside a bracketed expression. For
example, <span class="RktVal">#px"[a-z\\d]"</span> matches a lower-case letter or a
digit.</p><h5 x-source-module="(lib "scribblings/guide/guide.scrbl")" x-part-tag=""POSIX_character_classes"">9.4.2<tt> </tt><a name="(part._.P.O.S.I.X_character_classes)"></a>POSIX character classes</h5><p>A <a name="(tech._posix._character._clas)"></a><span style="font-style: italic">POSIX character class</span> is a special <a href="regexp-intro.html#%28tech._metasequence%29" class="techoutside" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="techinside">metasequence</span></a> of
the form <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">[:</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>...<span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">:]</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> that can be used only inside a
bracketed expression in <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">#px</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> syntax. The POSIX classes
supported are</p><ul class="compact"><li class="compactItem"><p><span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">[:alnum:]</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> —<wbr></wbr> ASCII letters and digits</p></li><li class="compactItem"><p><span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">[:alpha:]</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> —<wbr></wbr> ASCII letters</p></li><li class="compactItem"><p><span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">[:ascii:]</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> —<wbr></wbr> ASCII characters</p></li><li class="compactItem"><p><span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">[:blank:]</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> —<wbr></wbr> ASCII widthful whitespace: space and tab</p></li><li class="compactItem"><p><span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">[:cntrl:]</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> —<wbr></wbr> “control” characters: ASCII 0 to 32</p></li><li class="compactItem"><p><span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">[:digit:]</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> —<wbr></wbr> ASCII digits, same as <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">\d</span><span class="hspace"></span></span></p></li><li class="compactItem"><p><span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">[:graph:]</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> —<wbr></wbr> ASCII characters that use ink</p></li><li class="compactItem"><p><span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">[:lower:]</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> —<wbr></wbr> ASCII lower-case letters</p></li><li class="compactItem"><p><span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">[:print:]</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> —<wbr></wbr> ASCII ink-users plus widthful whitespace</p></li><li class="compactItem"><p><span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">[:space:]</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> —<wbr></wbr> ASCII whitespace, same as <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">\s</span><span class="hspace"></span></span></p></li><li class="compactItem"><p><span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">[:upper:]</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> —<wbr></wbr> ASCII upper-case letters</p></li><li class="compactItem"><p><span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">[:word:]</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> —<wbr></wbr> ASCII letters and <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">_</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>, same as <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">\w</span><span class="hspace"></span></span></p></li><li class="compactItem"><p><span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">[:xdigit:]</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> —<wbr></wbr> ASCII hex digits</p></li></ul><p>For example, the <span class="RktVal">#px"[[:alpha:]_]"</span> matches a letter or
underscore.</p><blockquote class="SCodeFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=regexp.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._regexp-match%2529%2529&version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">regexp-match</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">#px"[[:alpha:]_]"</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">"--x--"</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktRes">'("x")</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=regexp.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._regexp-match%2529%2529&version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">regexp-match</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">#px"[[:alpha:]_]"</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">"--_--"</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktRes">'("_")</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=regexp.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._regexp-match%2529%2529&version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">regexp-match</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">#px"[[:alpha:]_]"</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">"--:--"</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktRes">#f</span></p></td></tr></table></blockquote><p>The POSIX class notation is valid <span style="font-style: italic">only</span> inside a bracketed
expression. For instance, <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">[:alpha:]</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>, when not inside a
bracketed expression, will not be read as the letter class. Rather,
it is (from previous principles) the character class containing the
characters <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">:</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>, <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">a</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>, <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">l</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>, <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">p</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>,
<span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">h</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>.</p><blockquote class="SCodeFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=regexp.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._regexp-match%2529%2529&version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">regexp-match</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">#px"[:alpha:]"</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">"--a--"</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktRes">'("a")</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=regexp.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._regexp-match%2529%2529&version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">regexp-match</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">#px"[:alpha:]"</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">"--x--"</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktRes">#f</span></p></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="navsetbottom"><span class="navleft"><form class="searchform"><input class="searchbox" style="color: #888;" type="text" value="...search manuals..." title="Enter a search string to search the manuals" onkeypress="return DoSearchKey(event, this, "6.1", "../");" onfocus="this.style.color="black"; this.style.textAlign="left"; if (this.value == "...search manuals...") this.value="";" onblur="if (this.value.match(/^ *$/)) { this.style.color="#888"; this.style.textAlign="center"; this.value="...search manuals..."; }"/></form> <a href="../index.html" title="up to the documentation top" data-pltdoc="x" onclick="return GotoPLTRoot("6.1");">top</a></span><span class="navright"> <a href="regexp-assert.html" title="backward to "9.3 Basic Assertions"" data-pltdoc="x">← prev</a> <a href="regexp.html" title="up to "9 Regular Expressions"" data-pltdoc="x">up</a> <a href="regexp-quant.html" title="forward to "9.5 Quantifiers"" data-pltdoc="x">next →</a></span> </div></div></div><div id="contextindicator"> </div></body></html>
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