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But the period matches any character if it isn't escaped. 

/[\w\s\.]+/ # one or more word, space or period characters

/[\w\s.]+/  # one or more word. space or *any* characters

/.+/        # same as above

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Re^4: utf weirdness in regex
by kelan (Deacon) on Jul 26, 2004 at 21:12 UTC

    Note that inside a character class, a period is not special: it means just period. So this: 

    /[\w\s.]+/

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    would match one or more of (word chars, space chars, periods) in any combination.

    In other words, your first two examples are equivalent, not your second two.

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