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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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/
/
g

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use strict; my $str = 'The_Hink 8 G Mr.Lol https://namemc.com/profile/Mr.LoL/6e27dd0e $ https://namemc.com/profile/$/dce40453 ^(?![0-9a-zA-Z\\_]{1,16}.)*$ [Admin] Hink [Mod] Hink asd [] asd [] Nigger [[ ]] ][ .*?[\\[](.+)?[\\]].* ^([^a-zA-Z0-9]*|.*[^a-zA-Z0-9]*)?[\\h\\H\\Ĥ\\ĥ\\Ħ\\ħ][^a-zA-Z0-9]*[\\i\\I\\!\\|\\Ì\\ì\\Í\\í\\Î\\î\\Ï\\ï\\!\\|][^a-zA-Z0-9]*[\\n\\N\\Ń\\ń\\Ņ\\ņ\\Ň\\ň\\ʼn\\Ŋ\\ŋ][^a-zA-Z0-9]*[\\k\\K\\Ķ\\ķ\\ĸ].*?$ hink Hink HiNk hnk think hink -hink_ h-i-n-k h i n k kys hink idk hink what\'s up? stop being a nif t hink 2 2 hi___nk 22 ^([^a-zA-Z0-9]*|(.*[^a-zA-Z0-9]+))?[hH\\Ĥ\\ĥ\\Ħ\\ħ][^a-zA-Z0-9]*[iI!|\\Ì\\ì\\Í\\í\\î\\Ï\\ï][^a-zA-Z0-9]*[nN\\Ń\\ń\\Ņ\\ņ\\Ň\\ň\\ʼn\\Ŋ\\ŋ][^a-zA-Z0-9]*[kK\\Ķ\\ķ\\ĸ].*$ Hink hink think hink is cunt lick my cunt hink h - ink h ---inK+_ ĤÏNķ think sticky hinky ^[\\h\\H\\Ĥ\\ĥ\\Ħ\\ħ][\\i\\I\\!\\|\\Ì\\ì\\Í\\í\\Î\\î\\Ï\\ï][\\n\\N\\Ń\\ń\\Ņ\\ņ\\Ň\\ň\\ʼn\\Ŋ\\ŋ][\\k\\K\\Ķ\\ķ\\ĸ]$ ^.*[\\⁢\\ㅤ\\ﾠ\\ᅠ\\ᅟ].*$ ^.*[\\u2062\\u3164\\uFFA0\\u1160\\u115F].*$ http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2062/index.htm: "⁢" http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/3164/index.htm: "ㅤ" http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/ffa0/index.htm: "ﾠ" http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1160/index.htm: "ᅠ" http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/115f/index.htm: "ᅟ" ^([^a-zA-Z0-9]*|(.*[^a-zA-Z0-9]+))?[hH][^a-zA-Z0-9]*[iI!][^a-zA-Z0-9]*[nN][^a-zA-Z0-9]*[kK].*$ '; my $regex = qr/ggg/p; if ( $str =~ /$regex/g ) { print "Whole match is ${^MATCH} and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[0] and \$+[0]\n"; # print "Capture Group 1 is $1 and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[1] and \$+[1]\n"; # print "Capture Group 2 is $2 ... and so on\n"; } # ${^POSTMATCH} and ${^PREMATCH} are also available with the use of '/p' # Named capture groups can be called via $+{name}

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