+ 1 or more times
? 0 or once
\s spaceany whtespace character
\d number
\w any alphanumeric
\W any non-alphanumeric
[0-9] any number (once)
[a-z] any letter (once)
() captures whatever is in the bracktets
\ escape the next thing (e.g. \} matches })
[^...] not whatever (...)
==Lex Machina==