# word boundaries (ick) [[:<:]]a & a a [[:<:]]a & ba [[:<:]]a & -a a a[[:>:]] & a a a[[:>:]] & ab a[[:>:]] & a- a [[:<:]]a.c[[:>:]] & axcd-dayc-dazce-abc abc [[:<:]]a.c[[:>:]] & axcd-dayc-dazce-abc-q abc [[:<:]]a.c[[:>:]] & axc-dayc-dazce-abc axc [[:<:]]b.c[[:>:]] & a_bxc-byc_d-bzc-q bzc [[:<:]].x..[[:>:]] & y_xa_-_xb_y-_xc_-axdc _xc_ [[:<:]]a_b[[:>:]] & x_a_b |