title: Regex with forward and backslashes
body: <p>I am using a regex to check strings against a white-list. This regex will try to match any piece of account data. The particular string its getting hung up on is a date <code>10/12/2015</code>. The white-list should consist of alphanumeric characters and these special characters <code>\</code>, <code>/</code>, <code>-</code>, <code>@</code>, space, <code>.</code>, <code>,</code> and <code>#</code>.</p>
  
  <pre><code>Dim pattern As = "^(?=.*[A-Za-z0-9])[A-Za-z0-9\\/-@.,# _]*$"
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  <p>This particular regex will be used in <code>VB.NET</code>. Thanks in advance!</p>