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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 = @"(>ref\|NC_\d+\|)( \[[^[\]]+\])( \[[^[\]]+\])( \[[^[\]]+\])( \[[^[\]]+\](?: \[[^[\]]+\])*)"; string substitution = @">\5\2\3\4[\1]"; string input = @">ref|NC_001133| [org=Saccharomyces cerevisiae] [strain=S288C] [moltype=genomic] [chromosome=I] >ref|NC_001134| [org=Saccharomyces cerevisiae] [strain=S288C] [moltype=genomic] [chromosome=II] >ref|NC_001135| [org=Saccharomyces cerevisiae] [strain=S288C] [moltype=genomic] [chromosome=III] >ref|NC_001136| [org=Saccharomyces cerevisiae] [strain=S288C] [moltype=genomic] [chromosome=IV] >ref|NC_001137| [org=Saccharomyces cerevisiae] [strain=S288C] [moltype=genomic] [chromosome=V] >ref|NC_001138| [org=Saccharomyces cerevisiae] [strain=S288C] [moltype=genomic] [chromosome=VI] >ref|NC_001139| [org=Saccharomyces cerevisiae] [strain=S288C] [moltype=genomic] [chromosome=VII] >ref|NC_001140| [org=Saccharomyces cerevisiae] [strain=S288C] [moltype=genomic] [chromosome=VIII] >ref|NC_001141| [org=Saccharomyces cerevisiae] [strain=S288C] [moltype=genomic] [chromosome=IX] >ref|NC_001142| [org=Saccharomyces cerevisiae] [strain=S288C] [moltype=genomic] [chromosome=X] >ref|NC_001143| [org=Saccharomyces cerevisiae] [strain=S288C] [moltype=genomic] [chromosome=XI] >ref|NC_001144| [org=Saccharomyces cerevisiae] [strain=S288C] [moltype=genomic] [chromosome=XII] >ref|NC_001145| [org=Saccharomyces cerevisiae] [strain=S288C] [moltype=genomic] [chromosome=XIII] >ref|NC_001146| [org=Saccharomyces cerevisiae] [strain=S288C] [moltype=genomic] [chromosome=XIV] >ref|NC_001147| [org=Saccharomyces cerevisiae] [strain=S288C] [moltype=genomic] [chromosome=XV] >ref|NC_001148| [org=Saccharomyces cerevisiae] [strain=S288C] [moltype=genomic] [chromosome=XVI] >ref|NC_001224| [org=Saccharomyces cerevisiae] [strain=S288C] [moltype=genomic] [location=mitochondrion] [top=circular]"; RegexOptions options = RegexOptions.Multiline; Regex regex = new Regex(pattern, options); string result = regex.Replace(input, 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 C#, please visit: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.text.regularexpressions.regex(v=vs.110).aspx