Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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  • Quantifiers
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  • 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
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/
/
g

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package main import ( "regexp" "fmt" ) func main() { var re = regexp.MustCompile(`(?<=clients_field_)(.*)(?=:)`) var str = `{ "success": true, "companies" [ { "clients_field_15bb4d92-0a64-4431-b9f6-d16873f808dd": "true", "clients_field_4741a6c5-3855-4455-b487-0b38b0038ae6": "info@domain.com", "clients_field_78f225e0-1a78-4930-b251-ad2217baeb1b": "2017-07-26", "clients_field_e5b4ca25-363e-4421-8198-e446207c4fb0": "2017-07-28" }, { "clients_field_15bb4d92-0a64-4431-b9f6-d16873f808dd": "true", "clients_field_4741a6c5-3855-4455-b487-0b38b0038ae6": "info@domain.com", "clients_field_78f225e0-1a78-4930-b251-ad2217baeb1b": "2017-07-26", "clients_field_e5b4ca25-363e-4421-8198-e446207c4fb0": "2017-07-28" } ] }` var substitution = "" fmt.Println(re.ReplaceAllString(str, substitution)) }

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 Golang, please visit: https://golang.org/pkg/regexp/