Oracle Database regular expression functions and conditions accept a number of Perl-influenced operators that are in common use, although not part of the POSIX standard. Table D-3 lists those operators. For more complete descriptions with examples, refer to Oracle Database Advanced Application Developer's Guide.
Table D-3 Perl-influenced Operators in Oracle Regular Expressions
| Operator | Description |
|---|---|
|
\d |
A digit character. |
|
\D |
A nondigit character. |
|
\w |
A word character. |
|
\W |
A nonword character. |
|
\s |
A whitespace character. |
|
\S |
A non-whitespace character. |
|
\A |
Matches only at the beginning of a string, or before a newline character at the end of a string. |
|
\Z |
Matches only at the end of a string. |
|
*? |
Matches the preceding pattern element 0 or more times (nongreedy). |
|
+? |
Matches the preceding pattern element 1 or more times (nongreedy). |
|
?? |
Matches the preceding pattern element 0 or 1 time (nongreedy). |
|
{n}? |
Matches the preceding pattern element exactly |
|
{n,}? |
Matches the preceding pattern element at least |
|
{n,m}? |
Matches the preceding pattern element at least |