Regular Expressions 101

Save & Share

  • Regex Version: ver. 1
  • Update Regex
    ctrl+⇧+s
  • Save new Regex
    ctrl+s
  • Add to Community Library

Flavor

  • PCRE2 (PHP >=7.3)
  • PCRE (PHP <7.3)
  • ECMAScript (JavaScript)
  • Python
  • Golang
  • Java 8
  • .NET 7.0 (C#)
  • Rust
  • Regex Flavor Guide

Function

  • Match
  • Substitution
  • List
  • Unit Tests

Tools

Sponsors
There are currently no sponsors. Become a sponsor today!
An explanation of your regex will be automatically generated as you type.
Detailed match information will be displayed here automatically.
  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • Substitution
  • A single character of: a, b or c
    [abc]
  • A character except: a, b or c
    [^abc]
  • A character in the range: a-z
    [a-z]
  • A character not in the range: a-z
    [^a-z]
  • A character in the range: a-z or A-Z
    [a-zA-Z]
  • Any single character
    .
  • Alternate - match either a or b
    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
  • Any non-whitespace character
    \S
  • Any digit
    \d
  • Any non-digit
    \D
  • Any word character
    \w
  • Any non-word character
    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
  • Capturing group
    (...)
  • Zero or one of a
    a?
  • Zero or more of a
    a*
  • One or more of a
    a+
  • Exactly 3 of a
    a{3}
  • 3 or more of a
    a{3,}
  • Between 3 and 6 of a
    a{3,6}
  • Start of string
    ^
  • End of string
    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
  • Non-word boundary
    \B

Regular Expression
No Match

/
/
gm

Test String

Code Generator

Language

Generated Code

import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Example { public static void main(String[] args) { final String regex = "(?<=COLLAPSE\\sMULTIPLIER\\s=\\s)(\\d*.?\\d*)"; final String string = "\n" + "==========================================================================\n" + "STAGE: C/D=1, Fc, Ø=0, LB\n" + "ANALYSIS TYPE: Limit Analysis \n" + "ELEMENT TYPE: Lower \n" + "TIME SCOPE: Long Term \n" + "--------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + "ADAPT ITR COLLAPSE SOLVER STATUS \n" + "STEP MULTIPLIER \n" + "--------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + "1 1 1.918E+00 Converged \n" + "2 1 1.944E+00 Converged \n" + "3 1 1.945E+00 Converged \n" + "--------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + "No OF TRIANGLES = 1890\n" + "No OF EDGES = 2861\n" + "No OF NODES = 972\n\n" + "COLLAPSE MULTIPLIER = 1.945\n" + "==========================================================================\n" + "==========================================================================\n" + "STAGE: C/D=2, Fc, Ø=0, LB\n" + "ANALYSIS TYPE: Limit Analysis \n" + "ELEMENT TYPE: Lower \n" + "TIME SCOPE: Long Term \n" + "--------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + "ADAPT ITR COLLAPSE SOLVER STATUS \n" + "STEP MULTIPLIER \n" + "--------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + "1 1 3.505E+00 Converged \n" + "2 1 3.613E+00 Converged \n" + "3 1 3.594E+00 Converged \n" + "--------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + "No OF TRIANGLES = 1818\n" + "No OF EDGES = 2759\n" + "No OF NODES = 942\n\n" + "COLLAPSE MULTIPLIER = 3.594\n" + "==========================================================================\n" + "==========================================================================\n" + "STAGE: C/D=3, Fc, Ø=0, LB\n" + "ANALYSIS TYPE: Limit Analysis \n" + "ELEMENT TYPE: Lower \n" + "TIME SCOPE: Long Term \n" + "--------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + "ADAPT ITR COLLAPSE SOLVER STATUS \n" + "STEP MULTIPLIER \n" + "--------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + "1 1 4.493E+00 Converged \n" + "2 1 4.632E+00 Converged \n" + "3 1 4.648E+00 Converged \n" + "--------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + "No OF TRIANGLES = 1850\n" + "No OF EDGES = 2809\n" + "No OF NODES = 960\n\n" + "COLLAPSE MULTIPLIER = 4.648\n" + "==========================================================================\n" + "==========================================================================\n" + "STAGE: C/D=4, Fc, Ø=0, LB\n" + "ANALYSIS TYPE: Limit Analysis \n" + "ELEMENT TYPE: Lower \n" + "TIME SCOPE: Long Term \n" + "--------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + "ADAPT ITR COLLAPSE SOLVER STATUS \n" + "STEP MULTIPLIER \n" + "--------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + "1 1 5.111E+00 Converged \n" + "2 1 5.368E+00 Converged \n" + "3 1 5.361E+00 Converged \n" + "--------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + "No OF TRIANGLES = 1878\n" + "No OF EDGES = 2851\n" + "No OF NODES = 974\n\n" + "COLLAPSE MULTIPLIER = 5.361\n" + "==========================================================================\n" + "==========================================================================\n" + "STAGE: C/D=5, Fc, Ø=0, LB\n" + "ANALYSIS TYPE: Limit Analysis \n" + "ELEMENT TYPE: Lower \n" + "TIME SCOPE: Long Term \n" + "--------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + "ADAPT ITR COLLAPSE SOLVER STATUS \n" + "STEP MULTIPLIER \n" + "--------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + "1 1 5.768E+00 Converged \n" + "2 1 5.903E+00 Converged \n" + "3 1 5.898E+00 Converged \n" + "--------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + "No OF TRIANGLES = 1909\n" + "No OF EDGES = 2900\n" + "No OF NODES = 992\n\n" + "COLLAPSE MULTIPLIER = 5.898\n" + "==========================================================================\n" + "==========================================================================\n" + "STAGE: C/D=6, Fc, Ø=0, LB\n" + "ANALYSIS TYPE: Limit Analysis \n" + "ELEMENT TYPE: Lower \n" + "TIME SCOPE: Long Term \n" + "--------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + "ADAPT ITR COLLAPSE SOLVER STATUS \n" + "STEP MULTIPLIER \n" + "--------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + "1 1 6.088E+00 Converged \n" + "2 1 6.312E+00 Converged \n" + "3 1 6.360E+00 Converged \n" + "--------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + "No OF TRIANGLES = 1868\n" + "No OF EDGES = 2841\n" + "No OF NODES = 974\n\n" + "COLLAPSE MULTIPLIER = 6.360\n" + "==========================================================================\n" + "==========================================================================\n" + "STAGE: C/D=7, Fc, Ø=0, LB\n" + "ANALYSIS TYPE: Limit Analysis \n" + "ELEMENT TYPE: Lower \n" + "TIME SCOPE: Long Term \n" + "--------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + "ADAPT ITR COLLAPSE SOLVER STATUS \n" + "STEP MULTIPLIER \n" + "--------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + "1 1 6.309E+00 Converged \n" + "2 1 6.671E+00 Converged \n" + "3 1 6.727E+00 Converged \n" + "--------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + "No OF TRIANGLES = 1955\n" + "No OF EDGES = 2974\n" + "No OF NODES = 1020\n\n" + "COLLAPSE MULTIPLIER = 6.727\n" + "==========================================================================\n" + "==========================================================================\n" + "STAGE: C/D=8, Fc, Ø=0, LB\n" + "ANALYSIS TYPE: Limit Analysis \n" + "ELEMENT TYPE: Lower \n" + "TIME SCOPE: Long Term \n" + "--------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + "ADAPT ITR COLLAPSE SOLVER STATUS \n" + "STEP MULTIPLIER \n" + "--------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + "1 1 6.534E+00 Converged \n" + "2 1 6.981E+00 Converged \n" + "3 1 7.038E+00 Converged \n" + "--------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + "No OF TRIANGLES = 1798\n" + "No OF EDGES = 2738\n" + "No OF NODES = 941\n\n" + "COLLAPSE MULTIPLIER = 7.038\n" + "==========================================================================\n" + "==========================================================================\n" + "STAGE: C/D=9, Fc, Ø=0, LB\n" + "ANALYSIS TYPE: Limit Analysis \n" + "ELEMENT TYPE: Lower \n" + "TIME SCOPE: Long Term \n" + "--------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + "ADAPT ITR COLLAPSE SOLVER STATUS \n" + "STEP MULTIPLIER \n" + "--------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + "1 1 6.691E+00 Converged \n" + "2 1 7.284E+00 Converged \n" + "3 1 7.337E+00 Converged \n" + "--------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + "No OF TRIANGLES = 1852\n" + "No OF EDGES = 2820\n" + "No OF NODES = 969\n\n" + "COLLAPSE MULTIPLIER = 7.337\n" + "==========================================================================\n" + "==========================================================================\n" + "STAGE: C/D=10, Fc, Ø=0, LB\n" + "ANALYSIS TYPE: Limit Analysis \n" + "ELEMENT TYPE: Lower \n" + "TIME SCOPE: Long Term \n" + "--------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + "ADAPT ITR COLLAPSE SOLVER STATUS \n" + "STEP MULTIPLIER \n" + "--------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + "1 1 6.900E+00 Converged \n" + "2 1 7.506E+00 Converged \n" + "3 1 7.584E+00 Converged \n" + "--------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" + "No OF TRIANGLES = 1868\n" + "No OF EDGES = 2843\n" + "No OF NODES = 976\n\n" + "COLLAPSE MULTIPLIER = 7.584\n" + "=========================================================================="; final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex, Pattern.MULTILINE); final Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(string); while (matcher.find()) { System.out.println("Full match: " + matcher.group(0)); for (int i = 1; i <= matcher.groupCount(); i++) { System.out.println("Group " + i + ": " + matcher.group(i)); } } } }

Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for Java, please visit: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html