Regular Expressions

  1. Fundamental Concepts
    1. Literal Characters
      1. Exact Character Matching
        1. Case Sensitivity
          1. Special Character Escaping
            1. Escape Sequences
            2. Metacharacters Overview
              1. Reserved Characters
                1. Special Meaning Characters
                  1. Escaping Metacharacters
                    1. Context-Dependent Behavior
                    2. Pattern Matching Process
                      1. Engine Types
                        1. Compilation Phase
                          1. Execution Phase
                            1. Match Results
                            2. Character Consumption
                              1. Sequential Processing
                                1. Backtracking Mechanism
                                  1. Greedy vs Lazy Behavior
                                    1. Match Boundaries

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                                  3. Basic Syntax Elements