Start using regex The below definitions have been pulled from Regex Basics just to have a basic understanding before we start practising. I have just displayed some basic things used and would keep updating the post as the time permits. Literal A literal is any character we use in a search or matching expression, for example, to find ind in windows the ind is a literal string - each character plays a part in the search, it is literally the string we want to find. Metacharacter A metacharacter is one or more special characters that have a unique meaning and are NOT used as literals in the search expression, for example, the character ^ (circumflex or caret) is a metacharacter. Target string This term describes the string that we will be searching, that is, the string in which we want to find our match or search pattern. Search expression Most commonly called the regular expression. T...