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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 = @"\/\*.*?\*\/(*SKIP)^|\/\/.*?$(*SKIP)^|'(?>\\?.)*?'(*SKIP)^|""(?>\\?.)*?"""; string input = @"$str = ""this is something""; $str = ""this is {$another}""; $str = ""could be {$hello['world']}""; $str = ""and $hello[world] another""; $str = ""building <div style=\""width: 100%\"" data-var=\""{$var}\""></div>""; $str = '<elem prop=""' . $var . '"">'; $str = '<div class=""my-class ' . $my_var_class . ' my-other-class"">'; $str = ""'single quotes in double quotes'""; $str = '""double quotes in single quotes""'; $xml .= "" <$schemaPrefix:import location=\"" . $ii['location'] . '"" namespace=""' . $ns . ""\"" />\n""; // this is it's own comment with an apostrophe $str = ""'single quote'""; $str = '""double quote""'; /* comment's apostrophe */ $str = ""'single quote'""; $str = '""double quote""'; /* comment's apostrophe */ $str = '""double quote""'; $str = ""'single quote'""; $str = '""double quote\'d apostrophe""'; $str = ""double quote'd apostrophe""; $str = ""'single quote'""; $str = '""double quote""'; $str = ""double quote'd apostrophe""; $str = '""double quote""'; $str = ""'single quote'""; // this is it""s own comment with a double quote $str = ""'single quote'""; $str = '""double quote""'; /* comment""s 2 quote */ $str = ""'single quote'""; $str = '""double quote""'; /* comment""s 2 quote */ $str = '""double quote""'; $str = ""'single quote'""; $str = '""double quote\'d apostrophe""'; $str = ""double quote'd apostrophe""; $str = ""'single quote'""; $str = '""double quote""'; $str = ""double quote'd apostrophe""; $str = '""double quote""'; $str = ""'single quote'"";"; RegexOptions options = RegexOptions.Multiline | RegexOptions.Singleline; 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