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| - | and since i'm sure you forgot: load is " | + | and since I'm sure you forgot: load is " |
| - | anyway, let's get one of those numbers. Here's the regular expression | + | anyway, let's get one of those numbers. Here's the regular expression |
| <code regex> | <code regex> | ||
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| * escape the brackets. | * escape the brackets. | ||
| * there is no '' | * there is no '' | ||
| - | * don't escape the dot. | + | * don't escape the dot, to literally match '' |
| * escape the braces. | * escape the braces. | ||
| - | * Now, outside of the brackets, don't escape the dot. You'll notice that not escaping the dot now does the opposite. | + | * Now, outside of the brackets, don't escape the dot to match the wildcard character. You'll notice that not escaping the dot now does the opposite. |
| * capture group 1 is not '' | * capture group 1 is not '' | ||