Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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  • 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
  • Match everything enclosed
    (?:...)
  • Capture everything enclosed
    (...)
  • 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
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gm

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const regex = /SoapWriter\.\d+ (?:- )?\[[0-9a-z]* [0-9a-z]*\] - (?:[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[1-5][0-9a-f]{3}-[89ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12})? - ((?:.|\n|\r)*)/gm; // Alternative syntax using RegExp constructor // const regex = new RegExp('SoapWriter\\.\\d+ (?:- )?\\[[0-9a-z]* [0-9a-z]*\\] - (?:[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[1-5][0-9a-f]{3}-[89ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12})? - ((?:.|\\n|\\r)*)', 'gm') const str = `2021-02-25 14:06:25,810 [http-bio-8080-exec-70] INFO com.example.SoapWriter.27 - [7fbe6d227aa053b9 7fbe6d227aa053b9] - - <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><soapenv:Body><processSync xmlns="urn:soap"><in0>&lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;UTF-8&quot;?&gt;&lt;ESROrder xmlns=&quot;http://www.example.com/xsd/sea&quot; xmlns:icp=&quot;http://www.atis.org/obf/wir/wicis5/schemas&quot;&gt; &lt;OrderDetails&gt; &lt;RequestDetails&gt; &lt;CustomerName&gt;example&lt;/CustomerName&gt; &lt;SupplierName&gt;example&lt;/SupplierName&gt; &lt;OrderType&gt;example&lt;/OrderType&gt; &lt;OrderSubtype&gt;example&lt;/OrderSubtype&gt; &lt;Event&gt;new&lt;/Event&gt; </in0></processSync></soapenv:Body></soapenv:Envelope>`; let m; while ((m = regex.exec(str)) !== null) { // This is necessary to avoid infinite loops with zero-width matches if (m.index === regex.lastIndex) { regex.lastIndex++; } // The result can be accessed through the `m`-variable. m.forEach((match, groupIndex) => { console.log(`Found match, group ${groupIndex}: ${match}`); }); }

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 JavaScript, please visit: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Regular_Expressions