RegEx PERL Compatible Character Class \w

(pg. 150)

Book version:

\w – Letter (a-z, A-Z)

Correct version:

\w – Letter, Digit, Underscore [a-zA-Z0-9_]

This is similar to the syntax for alphanumeric: [:alnum:]

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