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138 the function character and the argument. The I<address>es and the
146 (without its trailing newline character) into the I<pattern space>,
173 L<"Basic Regular Expressions">), between the delimiting character C</>.
174 Any other character except C<\> or newline may be used to delimit a
203 backslashes in I<text> are deleted and the following character is taken
426 Any character other than backslash or newline can be used instead of a
428 To use the delimiter as a literal character within the regular expression
429 and the replacement, precede the character by a backslash (`C<\>').
502 character at the corresponding position in I<string2>. It is possible
503 to use any character (other than a backslash or newline) instead of a
505 backslash followed by any character other than a newline is that literal
506 character, and a backslash followed by an `n' is replaced by a newline
507 character.
789 Warn( "ambiguous translation for character `$fc' in `y' command",
860 The possible atoms of a BRE are: B<.>, matching any single character;
863 in B<[> and B<]> (see below); and any single character with no
864 other significance (matching that character). A B<\> before one
865 of: B<.>, B<^>, B<$>, B<[>, B<*>, B<\>, matching the character
891 A I<bracket expression> is a list of characters, character ranges
892 and character classes enclosed in B<[> and B<]> and matches any
893 single character from the represented set of characters.
895 A character range is written as two characters separated by B<-> and
896 represents all characters (according to the character collating sequence)
901 A character class is one of the class names
911 If the first character after B<[> is B<^>, the sense of matching is
917 second after B<^>) or last character, or the second endpoint of
1863 =item ambiguous translation for character `%s' in `y' command
1865 The indicated character appears twice, with different translations.
1873 A `\' in a BRE is used to make the subsequent character literal.
1877 A `\' in a subsitution string is used to make the subsequent character literal.