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Escape sequence - Tab character \t

Q

What is the escape sequence for the Tab character?

How to write a regular expression to captures tab delimited fields like this: Milk $0.99 No tax?

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A

The escape sequence for the Tag character is \t, which is the same as \x09.

The regular expression to capture tab delimited fields is: 

([^\t]*+)\t?

[^\t]*+   - repeats non-tab character pattern, without backtracking
\t?       - skips a tab character or nothing (the end)

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