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.)This operator matches any single printing or nonprinting character except it won’t match a:
if the syntax bit RE_DOT_NEWLINE isn’t set.
if the syntax bit RE_DOT_NOT_NULL is set.
The ‘.’ (period) character represents this operator. For example, ‘a.b’ matches any three-character string beginning with ‘a’ and ending with ‘b’.