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The Lookahead Operator[slide by John Werth.]

If r1 and r2 are patterns, then r1/r2 means match r1 only if it is followed by r2.

For example, 


DO/({letter}|{digit})*=({letter}|{digit})*,
recognizes the keyword DO in the string DO5I=1,25