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  • All Tokens
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  • 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

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using System; using System.Text.RegularExpressions; public class Example { public static void Main() { string pattern = @"(https\:\\\/\\\/cm\.phncdn\.com\\\/videos\\\/[0-9]+\\\/[0-9]+\\\/[0-9]+\\\/[a-zA-Z0-9]+\_[a-zA-Z0-9]+\_[0-9]+\.mp4\?)+[a-zA-Z0-9=&]+(?=\""\}) "; string input = @"{""type"":""inventory"",""detail"":""searchResults"",""listingId"":744625385,""stockType"":""Used"",""make"":""Ford"",""makeId"":20015,""model"":""F-150"",""modelId"":21095,""year"":2017,""trim"":""XLT"",""bodyStyle"":""Crew Cab Pickup"",""customerId"":27465,""certified"":false,""privateSeller"":false,""price"":30614,""mileage"":21817,""vin"":""1FTEW1E82HFC04557"",""priceBadge"":""},{""type"":""inventory"",""detail"":""searchResults"",""listingId"":742824859,""stockType"":""Used"",""make"":""Ford"",""makeId"":20015,""model"":""F-150"",""modelId"":21095,""year"":2016,""trim"":""XLT"",""bodyStyle"":""Crew Cab 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Well-Equipped""},{""type"":""inventory"",""detail"":""searchResults"",""listingId"":742064728,""stockType"":""New"",""make"":""Ford"",""makeId"":20015,""model"":""F-150"",""modelId"":21095,""year"":2018,""trim"":""XL"",""bodyStyle"":""Crew Cab Pickup"",""customerId"":8810,""certified"":false,""privateSeller"":false,""price"":34420,""mileage"":7,""vin"":""1FTEW1E59JFD37344"",""priceBadge"":""},{""type"":""inventory"",""detail"":""searchResults"",""listingId"":744494469,""stockType"":""Used"",""make"":""Ford"",""makeId"":20015,""model"":""F-150"",""modelId"":21095,""year"":2015,""trim"":""XLT"",""bodyStyle"":""Crew Cab "; RegexOptions options = RegexOptions.Multiline; foreach (Match m in Regex.Matches(input, pattern, options)) { Console.WriteLine("'{0}' found at index {1}.", m.Value, m.Index); } } }

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 C#, please visit: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.text.regularexpressions.regex(v=vs.110).aspx