SlickEdit User Guide

Brief Regular Expression Definition
REGULAR EXPRESSIONS
[char-set1 - [char-set2]] Character set subtraction. Matches all characters in char-set1
except the characters in char-set2. For example, [a-z-[qw]]
matches all English lowercase letters except “q” and “w”.
[\p{L}-[qw]] matches all Unicode lowercase letters except “q”
and “w”.
[char-set1 & [char-set2]] Character set intersection. Matches all characters in char-set1
that are also in char-set2. For example, [\x{0}-\x{7f}&[\p{L}]]
matches all letters between 0 and 127.
\x{hhhh} Matches up to 31-bit Unicode hexadecimal character specified
by hhhh.
\p{UnicodeCategorySpec] (Only valid in character set) Matches characters in
UnicodeCategorySpec. Where UnicodeCategorySpec uses
the standard general categories specified by the Unicode
consortium. For example, [\p{L}] matches all letters. [\p{Lu}]
matches all uppercase letters. See Unicode Category
Specifications for Regular Expressions.
\P{UnicodeCategorySpec] (Only valid in character set) Matches characters not in
UnicodeCategorySpec. For example, [\P{L}] matches all
characters that are not letters. This is equivalent to [^\p{L}].
[\P{Lu}] matches all characters that are not uppercase letters.
See Unicode Category Specifications for Regular Expressions.
\p{UnicodeIsBlockSpec] (Only valid in character set) Matches characters in
UnicodeIsBlockSpec. Where UnicodeIsBlockSpec one of
the standard character blocks specified by the Unicode
consortium. For example, [\p{isGreek}] matches Unicode
characters in the Greek block. See Unicode Character Blocks
for Regular Expressions.
\P{UnicodeIsBlockSpec] (Only valid in character set) Matches characters not in
UnicodeIsBlockSpec. For example, [\P{isGreek}] matches
all characters that are not in the Unicode Greek block. This is
equivalent to [^\p{isGreek}]. See Unicode Character Blocks
for Regular Expressions.
\xhh Matches hexadecimal character hh where 0