Regular Expressions in Perl for the Novice – Part 2 Introduction This is the second part of my series, Regular Expressions in Perl for the Novice. In this part of the series, we start analyzing patterns in Perl Regular Expressions. Character Classes The Square Brackets A character class allows a set of possible characters, where one of them would match at a particular point, a character, in the available string. Character classes are denoted by brackets [...], with the set (class) of characters... Sign in to see full entry.