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In-pattern class

A component of the item:

CLASS Description Complement
c matches character c  
c-d matches characters c through d  
. matches any character 1  
%a matches any letter %A
%c matches any control character %C
%d matches any digit %D
%g matches any printable character but space %G
%l matches any lowercase letter %L
%p matches any punctuation character %P
%s matches any whitespace character %S
%u matches any uppercase letter %U
%w matches any alphanumeric character %W
%x matches any hexadecimal digit %X
[xxx] matches the union of class(es) xxx [^xxx]
%xxx escapes xxx magic character ^$()%.[]*+-?  

Footnotes:

1

See utf8.charpattern for UTF-8 characters.


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