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4.9 Playback dictionary [ ] are the grouping operators, meaning “match any character in the group,” so you can find dig-
its with [0-9]. Punctuation characters lose their special meaning when within these brackets, so you can write things like D[.$S]* al Coda \xNN matches the hexadecimal character NN (x)|(y) are exclusive choice operators, where the string must match either x or y. You can use these to match whole words, e.g. (apple)|(banana) Regular expressions match any part of the string, so a matches (say) a long string and cat. To explicitly match a alone, you need to add the start and end anchors: ^a$ Many punctuation characters (. $ ^ [ ] ( ) * + \) have special meaning in regular expressions, and to match them literally (i.e. to match a string containing one of these characters), they need to be preceded by \
Copying playback dictionary entries to other scores
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Once you’ve edited entries in the playback dictionary, you can transfer your updated dictionary into other scores. Simply export the house style from the score in which you edited the dictionary, then import it into the new score – 8.8 House Style™ for more details – or save your score as a manuscript paper – 2.23 Manuscript paper.