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Shorthands
Summary of shorthand or shortcuts in javascript
| . | Matches any character |
| \w | Matches all letters (lowercase and uppercase), numbers, and the underscore(_) |
| \s | Matches any whitespace character including carriage return. tabs, vertical tabs etc. |
| \S | Matches any nonwhitespace character |
| \d | Matches digits 0-9 |
| A-Z | Matches all characters in interval A-Z (hyphen stands for interval). Essentially, the hyphen indicates an interval. a-e matches a,b,c,d, or e. |
| a-z | Matches all lowercase alphabets |
| ^ | Signifies the start of the string that is being searched. For example ^a would match the 'a' in 'apples are good for you' but not the 'a' in 'i like apples' |
| $ | Signifies the end of the string that is being searched. |
