Nested Character Class Subtraction

Since you can use the full character class syntax within the subtracted character class, you can subtract a class from the class being subtracted. [0-9-[0-6-[0-3]]] first subtracts 0-3 from 0-6, yielding [0-9-[4-6]], or[0-37-9], which matches any character in the string 0123789.

The class subtraction must always be the last element in the character class. [0-9-[4-6]a-f] is not a valid regular expression. It should be rewritten as [0-9a-f-[4-6]]. The subtraction works on the whole class. E.g.[\p{Ll}\p{Lu}-[\p{IsBasicLatin}]] matches all uppercase and lowercase Unicode letters, except any ASCII letters. The \p{IsBasicLatin} is subtracted from the combination of \p{Ll}\p{Lu} rather than from \p{Lu}alone. This regex will not match abc.

While you can use nested character class subtraction, you cannot subtract two classes sequentially. To subtract ASCII characters and Greek characters from a class with all Unicode letters, combine the ASCII and Greek characters into one class, and subtract that, as in [\p{L}-[\p{IsBasicLatin}\p{IsGreek}]].