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ABAP Keyword Documentation → ABAP − Reference → Processing Internal Data → Character String and Byte String Processing → Expressions and Functions for String Processing → Regular Expressions →Syntax of Regular Expressions
The syntax of regular expressions distinguishes the following cases:
Using the syntax for single characters and character strings, regular expressions can be created that match whole character strings or substrings of character strings. The syntax for find and replace offers some additional elements that support the finding and replacement of substrings in character strings.
The special characters that are valid in regular expressions are summarized in: