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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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const regex = new RegExp('http[s]?://(?:[a-zA-Z]|[0-9]|[$-_\\@.&+]|[!*\\'(),]|(?:%[0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F]))+', 'gm') const str = `Xem thêm nội dung được đề xuất cho riêng bạn. https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSFNnnkf2/ Xem thêm nội dung được đề xuất cho riêng bạn. https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSFNnnkf2/ 5.17 Xzt:/ 10/13 H@i.pQ QQ炫舞系列赠送龙年多重好礼，无需下载点开即玩！ # QQ炫舞 # 游戏 # 龙年 https://v.douyin.com/iNYLXGru/ 复制此链接，打开Dou音搜索，直接观看视频！ 0.51 p@q.Rx lpD:/ 12/19 真的好浪漫啊，公主请看@ https://v.douyin.com/iNYNd6Ns/ 复制此链接，打开Dou音搜索，直接观看视频！ Xem thêm tại https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0YNXQNNzHc39zjUhbMar7Fh2UsjooeemZkLJpQ1Q3phq8QvtEAY1Rc75qatoi6ku3l&id=100064769740799&mibextid=Nif5oz xem thêm https://www.facebook.com/share/v/VDjQdshbUq72CQbe/?mibextid=oFDknk`; // Reset `lastIndex` if this regex is defined globally // regex.lastIndex = 0; let m; while ((m = regex.exec(str)) !== null) { // This is necessary to avoid infinite loops with zero-width matches if (m.index === regex.lastIndex) { regex.lastIndex++; } // The result can be accessed through the `m`-variable. m.forEach((match, groupIndex) => { console.log(`Found match, group ${groupIndex}: ${match}`); }); }

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 JavaScript, please visit: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Regular_Expressions