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Introduction

Explore the fundamentals of using regular expressions in C++ to handle text patterns. Understand how to define, search, and process text with the <regex> header, and learn best practices such as using raw string literals for easier expression writing.

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Regular expressions are a language for describing text patterns. They need the header <regex>.

Regular expressions are a powerful tool for the following tasks:

  • Check if a text matches a text pattern: std::regex_match

  • Search for a text pattern in a text: ...