Template:cheatsheet-key: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 22:11, 20 December 2008

bold {1}	MUST be present exactly once
italic*	OPTIONAL, and MAY occur more than once
+	MUST be present, and MAY occur more than once
?	OPTIONAL, but MUST NOT occur more than once
[square brackets]	list of common values
(parentheses)	data format
#	comment
!	awaiting documentation

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 ===Key===
-Uses standard [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression#Basic_concepts quanitification] operators.
+Based on Perl's [http://www.perl.com/doc/manual/html/pod/perlre.html standard quantifiers]:
-{|
+{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
-| '''bold''' || Must be present exactly once
+| '''bold''' {1} || {{must}} be present exactly once
 |-
-| ''italic''<nowiki>*</nowiki> || Match 0 or more times
+| ''italic''<nowiki>*</nowiki> || {{optional}}, and {{may}} occur more than once
 |-
-| + || Match 1 or more times
+| + || {{must}} be present, and {{may}} occur more than once
 |-
-| ? || Match 1 or 0 times
+| ? || {{optional}}, but {{must-not}} occur more than once
 |-
 | [square brackets] || list of common values
 |-
 | (parentheses) || data format
+|-
+| # || comment
+|-
+| ! || awaiting documentation
 |}