Supported wildcard pattern matching characters

WebSEAL supports wildcard pattern matching characters.

Table 1. Supported wildcard matching characters
Character	Description
\	The character that follows the backslash is part of a special sequence. For example, `\t` is the TAB character. Can be used to escape the other pattern matching characters: `( ? * [ ] ^ )`. To match the backslash character, use `\\`.
?	Wildcard that matches a single character. For example, the string `abcde` is matched by the expression `ab?de`
*	Wildcard that matches zero or more characters.
[]	Defines a set of characters, from which any can match. For example, the string `abcde` is matched with the regular expression `ab[cty]de`.
^	Indicates a negation. For example, the expression `[^ab]` matches anything but the `a` or `b` characters.

For more examples of pattern matching by using wildcards, see the following topics.