At 21:23 18/02/2001 -0800, Dhaval Desai wrote:
>I am not able to understand this REgular expression.
>
>/Wil?/

English Translation: Find a string that contains "Wi" that may or may not
   be followed by "l".

In pure "does the string match?" terms, your example is equivalent to

/Wi/

>would match "Winnie", "Wimpy" "Wilson" and "William",
>though not "Wendy" or "Wolf".
>
>Howz taht..?


Does that help?

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