Lines Matching full:matches
56 It matches anything that matches one of the branches.
59 It matches a match for the first, followed by a match for the second, etc.
63 An atom followed by `*' matches a sequence of 0 or more matches of the atom.
64 An atom followed by `+' matches a sequence of 1 or more matches of the atom.
65 An atom followed by `?' matches a sequence of 0 or 1 matches of the atom.
74 and no comma matches
75 a sequence of exactly \fIi\fR matches of the atom.
77 containing one integer \fIi\fR and a comma matches
78 a sequence of \fIi\fR or more matches of the atom.
80 containing two integers \fIi\fR and \fIj\fR matches
81 a sequence of \fIi\fR through \fIj\fR (inclusive) matches of the atom.
101 It normally matches any single character from the list (but see below).
103 it matches any single character
108 e.g. `[0-9]' in ASCII matches any decimal digit.
133 then the RE `[[.ch.]]*c' matches the first five characters
185 the RE matches the one starting earliest in the string.
187 it matches the longest.
198 `bb*' matches the three middle characters of `abbbc',
199 `(wee|week)(knights|nights)' matches all ten characters of `weeknights',
201 matches all three characters, and
238 matches the same sequence of characters
242 so that (e.g.) `\e([bc]\e)\e1' matches `bb' or `cc' but not `bc'.