Question about input of scanners in flex

[SuperSusanoo]

Homework Statement

I have the following set of definitions

CHARCON ('([^\\'\n]|\\[\\'"0nt])')
BAD_CHARCON ('([^\\'\n]|\\[\\'"0nt]|\\[^\\'"0nt])?[']?[\n]?)

My questions are what is a charcon?, why does it have such weird characters and why are the characters of BAD_STRINGCON bad characters?

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The Attempt at a Solution

 

[NascentOxygen]

You need to consider these in the context of the program where they are found if you hope to make sense out of them. These expressions are composed of what are known as regular expressions.

In the absence of context, I can imagine that CHARCON might be those CHARACTERS which are allowed to be CONTAINED within whatever it is that the routine will process. Google might be able to help you here.

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