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Details of Regular Expression Behavior 

The following sections detail the specific behavior you can expect from the .NET Framework regular expressions.

In This Section

  • Matching Behavior
    Provides information about the .NET Framework regular expression engine matching behavior.
  • Backreferences
    Provides information about how regular expression backreferencing is used to find repeating groups of characters.
  • Backtracking
    Provides information about how regular expression backtracking branches to find alternative matches.
  • Quantifiers and Empty Matches
    Explains how you can specify the minimum and maximum desired number of matches and how the regular expression engine handles empty matches.
  • Compilation and Reuse
    Provides information about compiling and reusing regular expressions to increase performance.
  • Thread Safety
    Provides information on regular expression thread safety and when you should synchronize access to regular expression objects.

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