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@@ -31724,6 +31724,19 @@ non-deterministically: .cble .SS* Regular Expression Library + +\*(TX provides a "pure" regular expression implementation based on automata +theory, which equates regular expressions, finite automata and sets of strings. +A regular expression determines whether or not a string of input characters +belongs to a set. \*(TX regular expressions do not support features such +as as "anchoring" a match to the start or end of a string, or capture of +parenthesized sub-expression matches into registers. Parenthesis syntax +denotes only grouping, with no additional meaning. + +The semantics of whether a regular expression is used for a substring +search, prefix match, suffix match, spring splitting and so forth comes from +the functions which use regular expressions to perform these operations. + .NP* Regular Expressions as Functions .synb .mets >> [ regex >> [ start <> [ from-end ]] < string ] |