class pattern.control
Pattern to match control characters
Contract
Parameter keyDefault valueType
a_typeopt
regex_string"[\x00-\x1F\x7F]"string
Water Contract
<class pattern.control
  regex_string  ="[\x00-\x1F\x7F]"=string
  _native_object=<ja.org.apache.regexp.RE/>
/>

See also: is_type_for, get_string_segments, replace_string_segments, string_segment, printing

Returns a pattern with a regex_string field set to " [\x00-\x1F\x7F] ", character codes 0 through 31, and character 127. This pattern is useful for matching these control characters in the target string.
Example: String contains control characters
<pattern  pattern.<one_or_more pattern.control /> />.
<is_type_for <join char.tab "Abc " char.carriage_return char.newline /> />
true
Example: Does not contain control characters
<pattern pattern.<one_or_more pattern.control /> />.
<is_type_for <join "xyz123!@" /> />
false