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04 RegEx

The document discusses different types of special characters in strings, including whitespace characters like tabs and newlines, characters from other languages represented by escape codes, and special characters in Java like quotes and backslashes. It also provides an example of a task to check if a string is a valid Canadian postal code and notes that the code for this was presented in a previous lecture.

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04 RegEx

The document discusses different types of special characters in strings, including whitespace characters like tabs and newlines, characters from other languages represented by escape codes, and special characters in Java like quotes and backslashes. It also provides an example of a task to check if a string is a valid Canadian postal code and notes that the code for this was presented in a previous lecture.

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Steven Castellucci

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 Whitespace characters
◦ \t for a tab
◦ \n for a newline
 Special characters not on the keyboard (hello)
◦ \u4f60\u597d (Chinese, 你好)
◦ \u0633\u0644\u0627\u0645 (Farsi, ‫)ﺳﻼﻡ‬
◦ \u0393\u03B5\u03B9\u03AC \u03C3\u03BF\u03C5
(Greek, Γειά σου)
 Special meaning in Java
◦ \" for a quote
◦ \\ for a backslash (very important for Reg. Ex.)

EECS1021 W16 (Steven C.) 3


 Task:
◦ Output whether or not a String is a valid postal code
◦ E.g., “M3J 1P3” returns true
 Code:
◦ (Presented in lecture)

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