Supported Metacharacters
.NET supports the metacharacters and metasequences listed in Table 16 through Table 21. For expanded definitions of each metacharacter, see "Regex Metacharacters, Modes, and Constructs.”
Table 1-16. .NET character representations
Sequence | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Alert (bell), |
| Backspace, |
| Esc character, |
| Newline, |
| Carriage return, |
| Form feed, |
| Horizontal tab, |
| Vertical tab, |
| Character specified by a two-digit octal code. |
| Character specified by a two-digit hexadecimal code. |
| Character specified by a four-digit hexadecimal code. |
| Named control character. |
Table 1-17. .NET character classes and class-like constructs
Class | Meaning |
|---|---|
| A single character listed, or contained within a listed range. |
| A single character not listed, and not contained within a listed range. |
| Any character, except a line terminator (unless single-line mode, |
| Word character, |
| Nonword character, |
| Digit, |
| Nondigit, |
| Whitespace character, |
| Nonwhitespace character, |
| Character contained by given Unicode block or property. |
| Character not contained by ... |