import type { CharacterClass, CharacterEscape, EncodedRegex } from '../types';
/**
 * Creates a character class which matches any one of the given characters.
 *
 * @param elements - Member characters or character ranges.
 * @returns Character class.
 */
export declare function charClass(...elements: Array<CharacterClass | CharacterEscape>): CharacterClass;
/**
 * Creates a character class which matches any one of the characters in the range.
 *
 * @param start - Start of the range (single character).
 * @param end - End of the range (single character).
 * @returns Character class.
 */
export declare function charRange(start: string, end: string): CharacterClass;
/**
 * Creates a character class which matches any one of the given characters.
 *
 * @param chars - Characters to match.
 * @returns Character class.
 */
export declare function anyOf(chars: string): CharacterClass;
/**
 * Creates a negated character class which matches any character that is not in the given character class.
 *
 * @param element - Character class or character escape to negate.
 * @returns Negated character class.
 */
export declare function negated(element: CharacterClass | CharacterEscape): EncodedRegex;
/**
 * @deprecated Renamed to `negated`.
 */
export declare const inverted: typeof negated;