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<a name="boost_regex.syntax"></a><a href="syntax.html" title="Regular Expression Syntax"> Regular Expression Syntax</a></h2></div></div></div>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax/perl_syntax.html"> Perl Regular Expression
Syntax</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax/basic_extended.html"> POSIX Extended Regular
Expression Syntax</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="syntax/basic_syntax.html"> POSIX Basic Regular
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Character classes that are supported by Unicode Regular Expressions</a></span></dt>
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This section covers the regular expression syntax used by this library, this
is a programmers guide, the actual syntax presented to your program's users
will depend upon the flags used during expression compilation.
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There are three main syntax options available, depending upon how you construct
the regular expression object:
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You can also construct a regular expression that treats every character as
a literal, but that's not really a "syntax"!
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