. | any character except a newline
* | 0 or more repetitions
+ | 1 or more repetitions
? | 0 or 1 repetitions
{m} | m repetitions
{m,n} | m-n repetitions
[] | set of characters
[^] | complementing the set
\d | decimal digit
\D | not a decimal digit
\s | whitespace characters (Tab, Enter)
\S | not a whitespace characters
\w | word character ... as well as numbers and the underscore
\W | not a word character