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| 1. Appendix |
1. Appendix
Regular Expressions
The notice and ignore functions use regular expressions for matching strings. Regular expressions are very powerful, and are beyond the scope of this document. Here are a few examples to get you started:
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Regular expression
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Explanation
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Will match
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Will not match
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[Tt]esting
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Match any string with the word testing
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Testing, testing
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tesTing, besting
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(bananna|apple)
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Match any string with bananna or apple in it
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My bananna is yellow, My apple is red
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My kiwi is green
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[0-9]11
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Match any three digit number ending in 11
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411, 911
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421, 976
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[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{4}
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Match a US phone number
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800-555-1212
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01-423-99456, apple
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| Last Updated on Monday, 14 September 2009 12:27 |
