Using Constant Regexps (The GNU Awk User’s Guide)
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Gawk/docs/latest/Using-Constant-Regexps
6.1.2 Using Regular Expression Constants
Regular expression constants consist of text describing a regular expression enclosed in slashes (such as /the +answer/
). This section describes how such constants work in POSIX awk
and gawk
, and then goes on to describe strongly typed regexp constants, which are a gawk
extension.
• Standard Regexp Constants | Regexp constants in standard awk .
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• Strong Regexp Constants | Strongly typed regexp constants. |