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Table 3.4 lists interesting examples of regular expressions, many of which have been described in this chapter.

Table 3.4: Useful Regular Expressions
ItemRegular Expression
Postal Abbreviation for State [A-Z][A-Z]
City, State^.*, [A-Z][A-Z]
City, State, Zip (POSIX egrep)^.*, [A-Z][A-Z] [0-9]{5}(-[0-9]{4})?
Month, Day, Year[A-Z][a-z]\{3,9\} [0-9]\{1,2\}, [0-9]\{4\}
U.S. Social Security Number[0-9]\{3\}-[0-9]\{2\}-[0-9]\{4\}
North-American Local Telephone[0-9]\{3\}-[0-9]\{4\}
Formatted Dollar Amounts\$[ 0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]
troff In-line Font Requests\\f[(BIRP]C*[BW]*
troff Requests^\.[a-z]\{2\}
troff Macros^\.[A-Z12].
troff Macro with arguments^\.[A-Z12]. ".*"
HTML In-line Codes<[^>]*>
Ventura Publisher Style Codes^@.* = .*
Match blank lines^$
Match entire line^.*$
Match one or more spaces  *


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