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    Recipe 22.2. Matching Words

    22.2.1. Problem

    You want to pull out all words from a string.

    22.2.2. Solution

    The key to this is carefully defining what you mean by a word. Once you’ve created your definition, use the special character types to create your regular expression:


      

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