Job Management Partner 1/Base User's Guide

Appendix F.3 Comparison between regular expressions supported in Version 06-71 and earlier, and Version 07-00 and later

The following table lists the regular expressions that can be used by default in version 06-71 and earlier versions and those supported from version 07-00. The table also lists the main extended regular expressions available from version 07-00.

Method Meaning Version 06-71 and earlier versions Version 07-00 and later versions

In Windows:
(JP1-specific regular expression) In UNIX:
(basic regular expression)^#1 In Windows:
(extended regular expression)^#3 In UNIX:
(extended regular expression)^#2

Character string Signifies the line with the specified string. Y Y Y Y

^string Signifies that the specified string is at the beginning of a line. Y Y Y Y

string$ Signifies that the specified string is at the end of a line. Y Y Y Y

^string$ Signifies the line that contains the specified string only. Y Y Y Y

^$ Signifies a blank line. Y Y Y Y

(period) Signifies any single character. Y Y Y Y

.* A period (.) combined with an asterisk (*) signifies a single character. Y Y Y Y

[string] Signifies any of the characters specified in the string enclosed by [ and ]. N Y Y Y

[^string] Signifies characters other than those specified in the string enclosed by [ and ]. N Y Y Y

[character-character] Signifies a single character within the range, in the ascending order of character codes. N Y Y Y

[^character-character] Signifies a single character out of the range, in the ascending order of character codes. N Y Y Y

character* Signifies the string in which the immediately preceding character is repeated at least zero times. Y Y Y Y

character+ Signifies the string in which the immediately preceding character is repeated at least one time. N N Y Y

character? Signifies the string in which the immediately preceding character is not repeated or only one time. N N Y Y

Character{n} Signifies the string in which the immediately preceding character is repeated at least n times. N N Y Y

Character{n,} Signifies the string in which the immediately preceding character is repeated at least n times. N N Y Y

Character{n,m} Signifies the string in which the immediately preceding character is repeated at least n times, but m times or less. N N Y Y

regular-expression|regular-expression Signifies either the right or left regular expressions. N N Y Y

\special-character Handles a special character as an ordinary character. Y Y Y Y

(regular-expression) Groups regular expressions. N N Y Y

Legend:

Y: Can be used

N: Cannot be used

#1: Only JP1/Base uses basic regular expressions by default. Other JP1 products use different regular expressions. So, for details on the regular expressions used by default, see the manual of each product.

#2: If regular expressions are extended, the extended regular expressions that are applied differ by OS. For HP-UX, Solaris, and AIX, the extended regular expressions applied are XPG4-compliant. For details, see the syntax (regexp or regex).

#3: If regular expressions are extended, the syntax of the XPG4 extended regular expressions is applied. Items that are undefined in the regular expression standard might act differently from the corresponding items for UNIX.

Method	Meaning	Version 06-71 and earlier versions	Version 07-00 and later versions
In Windows: (JP1-specific regular expression)	In UNIX: (basic regular expression)^#1	In Windows: (extended regular expression)^#3	In UNIX: (extended regular expression)^#2
Character string	Signifies the line with the specified string.	Y	Y	Y	Y
^string	Signifies that the specified string is at the beginning of a line.	Y	Y	Y	Y
string$	Signifies that the specified string is at the end of a line.	Y	Y	Y	Y
^string$	Signifies the line that contains the specified string only.	Y	Y	Y	Y
^$	Signifies a blank line.	Y	Y	Y	Y
(period)	Signifies any single character.	Y	Y	Y	Y
.*	A period (.) combined with an asterisk (*) signifies a single character.	Y	Y	Y	Y
[string]	Signifies any of the characters specified in the string enclosed by [ and ].	N	Y	Y	Y
[^string]	Signifies characters other than those specified in the string enclosed by [ and ].	N	Y	Y	Y
[character-character]	Signifies a single character within the range, in the ascending order of character codes.	N	Y	Y	Y
[^character-character]	Signifies a single character out of the range, in the ascending order of character codes.	N	Y	Y	Y
character*	Signifies the string in which the immediately preceding character is repeated at least zero times.	Y	Y	Y	Y
character+	Signifies the string in which the immediately preceding character is repeated at least one time.	N	N	Y	Y
character?	Signifies the string in which the immediately preceding character is not repeated or only one time.	N	N	Y	Y
Character{n}	Signifies the string in which the immediately preceding character is repeated at least n times.	N	N	Y	Y
Character{n,}	Signifies the string in which the immediately preceding character is repeated at least n times.	N	N	Y	Y
Character{n,m}	Signifies the string in which the immediately preceding character is repeated at least n times, but m times or less.	N	N	Y	Y
regular-expression\|regular-expression	Signifies either the right or left regular expressions.	N	N	Y	Y
\special-character	Handles a special character as an ordinary character.	Y	Y	Y	Y
(regular-expression)	Groups regular expressions.	N	N	Y	Y

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