Learn Java Programming - Regex String Literals Tutorial
In this tutorial I will discuss how string literals are the most simplistic form of pattern matching. The tutorial builds on concepts learned from my Introduction To Regex - Regular Expressions tutorial.
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Three of the examples above have patterns that are metacharacters, metacharacters are special characters that affect the outcome of a matching pattern. My next tutorial will teach you what characters are metacharacters and how to use the special characters as part of a regular string literal search.