[abc] A single character of: a, b or c [^abc] Any single character except: a, b, or c [a-z] Any single character in the range a-z [a-zA-Z] Any single character in the range a-z or A-Z ^ Start of line $ End of line \A Start of string \z End of string

. Any single character \s Any whitespace character \S Any non-whitespace character \d Any digit \D Any non-digit \w Any word character (letter, number, underscore) \W Any non-word character \b Any word boundary