| ^ | Beginning of a line |
| $ | End of a line |
| . | Any character |
| Expression? | The expression zero or one times |
| Expression* | The expression zero or more times |
| Expression+ | The expression one or more times |
| Expression{n} | The expression n times |
| Expression{n,} | The expression at least n times |
| Expression{n,m} | The expression at least n but no more than m times |
| Expression1|Expression2 | The expression1 or the expression2 |
| (Expression) | The expression within the brackets |
| \1 \2 ... \n | The content of the nth bracket |