Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • Character Classes
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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
  • 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

r"
"
gm

Test String

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use strict; my $str = '💎 SINAIS VIP - GOLD 🔥: ⏰ O horário dos sinais é o momento de entrada. O tempo de expiração está no começo do sinal. Entre 2 segundos antes para evitar delay - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 🔔 Sinais para o dia 06/02/23 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SINAIS SEM MARTINGALE ⏰ Timeframe M5 04:05 - EURUSD - PUT 04:05 - gbpchf - PUT 06:35 - EURGBP - PUT 07:10 - EURUSD - PUT️ 08:15 - EURJPY - PUT 08:45 - EURGBP - PUT 09:55 - EURUSD - PUT 09:10 - AUDJPY - PUT 10:55 - AUDUSD - PUT️ 11:10 - USDCAD - PUT 12:55 : AUDCAD - PUT️ 14:15 - EURUSD - PUT ⏰ Timeframe M15 04:30 - EURUSD - PUT️ 05:30 - AUDCAD - PUT 06:15 - EURGBP - PUT 07:15 - EURUSD - CALL 08:00 - GBPJPY - CALL 10:15 - EURUSD - CALL 11:00 - AUDUSD - PUT 11:45 - EURJPY - PUT 12:30 - EURUSD - PUT 14:45 - EURUSD - PUT - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - ⚠️ Não opere contra a tendência Cadastre-se na quotex é ganhe um bônus de deposito sobre o seu valor. https://quotex.io/sign-up/fast/?lid=61838 quotex.io Quotex: An innovative platform for online investment Quotex is an innovative platform with up to 98% return on every investment! Sign up for a demo account to practice with $10,000. With a minimum deposi...'; my $regex = qr/⏰ Timeframe M5\s*((?:\n(?!⏰).*)+)\n⏰ Timeframe M15\b/mp; if ( $str =~ /$regex/g ) { print "Whole match is ${^MATCH} and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[0] and \$+[0]\n"; # print "Capture Group 1 is $1 and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[1] and \$+[1]\n"; # print "Capture Group 2 is $2 ... and so on\n"; } # ${^POSTMATCH} and ${^PREMATCH} are also available with the use of '/p' # Named capture groups can be called via $+{name}

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 Perl, please visit: http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html