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Line 131 or a collating-sequence name for either) |
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Line 131 or a collating-sequence name for either) |
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enclosed in `[.' and `.]' stands for the |
enclosed in `[.' and `.]' stands for the |
sequence of characters of that collating element. |
sequence of characters of that collating element. |
The sequence is a single element of the bracket expression's list. |
The sequence is a single element of the bracket expression's list. |
A bracket expression containing a multi-character collating element |
A bracket expression containing a multi-character collating element |
can thus match more than one character, |
can thus match more than one character, |
e.g. if the collating sequence includes a `ch' collating element, |
e.g. if the collating sequence includes a `ch' collating element, |
then the RE `[[.ch.]]*c' matches the first five characters |
then the RE `[[.ch.]]*c' matches the first five characters |