Extended Regular Expressions

Let letters = a | b | c | d

Let digits = 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

Let identifiers = letters ( letters | digits )*

Thus we can use a name to represent a set of strings and use that name in a regular expression.

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