Regular Expressions 101

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

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/
gm

Test String

Substitution

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Generated Code

re = /^(?!NOT FOUND \*\*\*\*\* ).*$/m str = 'a68ebf048cb21948ae814f88f8573267 *Torrented Movies\\Battlestar Galactica\\Season 1\\Video Files\\Battlestar.Galactica.s01e03.Bastille.Day.iNTERNAL.WS.DVDRip.XviD-MEDiEVAL\\Battlestar.Galactica.s01e03.Bastille.Day.iNTERNAL.WS.DVDRip.XviD-MEDiEVAL.part23.rar 143bc5637fca8831800682da24fabdbe *Torrented Movies\\Battlestar Galactica\\Season 1\\Video Files\\Battlestar.Galactica.s01e03.Bastille.Day.iNTERNAL.WS.DVDRip.XviD-MEDiEVAL\\Battlestar.Galactica.s01e03.Bastille.Day.iNTERNAL.WS.DVDRip.XviD-MEDiEVAL.part24.rar eecbe9a184700963a09a3dc6486d1f72 *Torrented Movies\\Battlestar Galactica\\Season 1\\Video Files\\Battlestar.Galactica.s01e03.Bastille.Day.iNTERNAL.WS.DVDRip.XviD-MEDiEVAL\\Battlestar.Galactica.s01e03.Bastille.Day.iNTERNAL.WS.DVDRip.XviD-MEDiEVAL.part25.rar 51f6341b48d44788775ee676e9fd106a *Torrented Movies\\Battlestar Galactica\\Season 1\\Video Files\\Battlestar.Galactica.s01e03.Bastille.Day.iNTERNAL.WS.DVDRip.XviD-MEDiEVAL\\Battlestar.Galactica.s01e03.Bastille.Day.iNTERNAL.WS.DVDRip.XviD-MEDiEVAL.sfv NOT FOUND ***** Torrented Movies\\Battlestar Galactica\\Season 1\\Video Files\\Battlestar.Galactica.s01e04.Act.Of.Contrition.iNTERNAL.WS.DVDRip.XviD-MEDiEVAL\\Battlestar.Galactica.s01e04.Act.Of.Contrition.iNTERNAL.WS.DVDRip.XviD-MEDiEVAL.part01.rar NOT FOUND ***** Torrented Movies\\Battlestar Galactica\\Season 1\\Video Files\\Battlestar.Galactica.s01e04.Act.Of.Contrition.iNTERNAL.WS.DVDRip.XviD-MEDiEVAL\\Battlestar.Galactica.s01e04.Act.Of.Contrition.iNTERNAL.WS.DVDRip.XviD-MEDiEVAL.part02.rar NOT FOUND ***** Torrented Movies\\Battlestar Galactica\\Season 1\\Video Files\\Battlestar.Galactica.s01e04.Act.Of.Contrition.iNTERNAL.WS.DVDRip.XviD-MEDiEVAL\\Battlestar.Galactica.s01e04.Act.Of.Contrition.iNTERNAL.WS.DVDRip.XviD-MEDiEVAL.part03.rar NOT FOUND ***** Torrented Movies\\Battlestar Galactica\\Season 1\\Video Files\\Battlestar.Galactica.s01e04.Act.Of.Contrition.iNTERNAL.WS.DVDRip.XviD-MEDiEVAL\\Battlestar.Galactica.s01e04.Act.Of.Contrition.iNTERNAL.WS.DVDRip.XviD-MEDiEVAL.part04.rar NOT FOUND ***** Torrented Movies\\Battlestar Galactica\\Season 1\\Video Files\\Battlestar.Galactica.s01e04.Act.Of.Contrition.iNTERNAL.WS.DVDRip.XviD-MEDiEVAL\\Battlestar.Galactica.s01e04.Act.Of.Contrition.iNTERNAL.WS.DVDRip.XviD-MEDiEVAL.part05.rar NOT FOUND ***** Torrented Movies\\Battlestar Galactica\\Season 1\\Video Files\\Battlestar.Galactica.s01e04.Act.Of.Contrition.iNTERNAL.WS.DVDRip.XviD-MEDiEVAL\\Battlestar.Galactica.s01e04.Act.Of.Contrition.iNTERNAL.WS.DVDRip.XviD-MEDiEVAL.part06.rar ' subst = '' result = str.gsub(re, subst) # Print the result of the substitution puts result

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 Ruby, please visit: http://ruby-doc.org/core-2.2.0/Regexp.html