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This document describes the differences in the ways that PCRE and Perl handle |
This document describes the differences in the ways that PCRE and Perl handle |
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regular expressions. The differences described here are mainly with respect to |
regular expressions. The differences described here are mainly with respect to |
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Perl 5.8, though PCRE versions 7.0 and later contain some features that are |
Perl 5.8, though PCRE versions 7.0 and later contain some features that are |
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expected to be in the forthcoming Perl 5.10. |
in Perl 5.10. |
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.P |
.P |
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1. PCRE has only a subset of Perl's UTF-8 and Unicode support. Details of what |
1. PCRE has only a subset of Perl's UTF-8 and Unicode support. Details of what |
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it does have are given in the |
it does have are given in the |
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.rs |
.rs |
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.sp |
.sp |
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.nf |
.nf |
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Last updated: 11 September 2007 |
Last updated: 25 August 2009 |
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Copyright (c) 1997-2007 University of Cambridge. |
Copyright (c) 1997-2009 University of Cambridge. |
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.fi |
.fi |