regular expression 1 character escapes
1. Characters used as operators should be escaped. <JavaScript> $ ( ) * + . ? [ \ ] ^ { | } 2. Some control characters can be used with escapes. <JavaScript> \0, [\b], \f, \n, \r, \t, \v 3. General Escapes. <JavaScript> \cX Where X is a lett ...
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