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Expand Up @@ -600,10 +600,9 @@ character ``'$'``.

``\s``
For Unicode (str) patterns:
Matches Unicode whitespace characters (which includes
``[ \t\n\r\f\v]``, and also many other characters, for example the
non-breaking spaces mandated by typography rules in many
languages).
Matches Unicode whitespace characters (as defined by :py:meth:`str.isspace`).
This includes ``[ \t\n\r\f\v]``, and also many other characters, for example the
non-breaking spaces mandated by typography rules in many languages.

Matches ``[ \t\n\r\f\v]`` if the :py:const:`~re.ASCII` flag is used.

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