Why is it not required to escape the slash when using regular expressions (regex) for WTA and Page Analysis settings ?

Categories:
AppResponse (AppResponse Xpert Appliance)
Solution Number:
S31301
Last Modified:
2017-10-16
Issue
I am using sites like regex101.com to validate my regular expression and I need to escape the slash when trying to match http:// but this is not required for AppResponse11 and Page Analysis configuration page.
Solution
A slash is not a special regex character therefore there is no need to escape it. Now some programs (like Perl) and also the website regex101.com are using the slash as a delimiter for the start and the end of the regex. In that case it is required to escape the slash.
Environment
AppResponse 11
WTA
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