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• Quick Take
• Match a character sequence without regard to letter case
• Match repeated sequences on the left and include nearby whitespace
• Control how chomp functions include surrounding whitespace
• Match repeated sequences on the right and include nearby whitespace
• Match a whitespace-tolerant character sequence on the left
• Combine optional and repeated sequence flags
• Mark one sequence value as optional with a question mark
• Match one or more repeated sequence values with an asterisk
• Match a whitespace-tolerant character sequence on the right
• Find the nearest non-whitespace character on the right
• Treat a newline as a stopping point in either direction
• Treat a raw non-breaking space as a stopping point
• Match an astral symbol as two UTF-16 code units

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