Regular Expressions 101

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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

Regular Expression
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gm

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use strict; my $str = 'I am a sentence. I am another sentence. Another random sentence to add to the mix. Once again I find myself writing a sentence. I hope this weekend is sunny in Brisbane. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The cat crept into the crypt, crapped and crept out again. There are never enough hours in a day. Streaming GeorgeFM from Auckland via the bose soundtouch app is the beez kneez. For good measure, I thought I would write another sentence. '; my $regex = qr/(.*?)\. (.*?)\. (.*?)\./mp; my $subst = '\\1. \\2. \\3.\\r\\n\\r\\n'; my $result = $str =~ s/$regex/$subst/rg; print "The result of the substitution is' $result\n";

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