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+# PATTERN.H -- Pattern Matching Metacharacters (STRMATCH, PATMATCH).
+
+define CH_BOL '^' # beginning of line symbol
+define CH_NOT '^' # not, in character classes
+define CH_EOL '$' # end of line symbol
+define CH_ANY '?' # match any single character
+define CH_CLOSURE '*' # zero or more occurrences
+define CH_CCL '[' # begin character class
+define CH_CCLEND ']' # end character class
+define CH_RANGE '-' # as in [a-z]
+define CH_ESCAPE '\\' # escape character
+define CH_WHITESPACE '#' # match optional whitespace
+define CH_IGNORECASE '{' # begin ignoring case
+define CH_MATCHCASE '}' # begin checking case