Learn Regex the Easy Way, Part 5: The Dot, Escaping, and Special Characters

Quick Recap # In Part 4 , we covered quantifiers: * (zero or more), + (one or more), ? (optional), and {n,m} (specific counts). We also learned that quantifiers apply to the element directly before them. Now let’s talk about the characters regex treats as special and how to handle them. The 14 Metacharacters # Regex has 14 characters that have special meaning. These are called metacharacters : . *…