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On 2/6/2013 4:28 PM, Roedy Green wrote:
> I have always treated $ ( ) * + -. ? [ \ ] ^ { | }
> as reserved regex chars.
> I can't find any docs that say the list is different inside[  ].
> is it?
>

<http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html>

"Note that a different set of metacharacters are in effect inside a 
character class than outside a character class. For instance, the 
regular expression . loses its special meaning inside a character class, 
while the expression - becomes a range forming metacharacter. "

Learn to STFW.

I really hate to use language like that, but Jesus Roedy are you kidding me?