Regular Expressions - 3 - Extended Syntax

The four basic symbols can be used to define any possible Regular Expression, but in some situations they can become very long and tedious. Here we look at some of the shortcuts we can use to describe our expressions.

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This video was made for the "Formal Languages" chapter of the Computer Science Field Guide.
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