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
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gism

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using System; using System.Text.RegularExpressions; public class Example { public static void Main() { string pattern = @"<body>(.*?)<\/body>"; string input = @" <!doctype html> <head> <meta charset=""utf-8""> <meta name=""viewport"" content=""width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0""> <meta name=""description"" content=""> <meta name=""author"" content=""> <link href=""http://localhost//themes/default/../dashboard/css/bootstrap.min.css"" rel=""stylesheet"" type=""text/css"" /> <link rel=""stylesheet"" type=""text/css"" href=""http://localhost//assets/cache/default_product_groups_product_groups_mod.css"" media=""screen"" /> <link rel=""shortcut icon"" href=""http://localhost//favicon.ico""> </head> <body> <p dir='rtl'> <a target='_blank' href='https://zuz.mx/2e5y'>לרכישה מכאן במחיר 37.01$</a> </p> <input id=""base_url_special"" type=""hidden"" name=""base_url_special"" value=""http://localhost//""/> </body> <script src=""http://localhost//themes/default/js/jquery.min.js"" type=""text/javascript""></script> <script src=""http://localhost//assets/cache/default_fetchPG_product_groups_mod.js?_dt=1492617362"" type=""text/javascript""></script> <script src=""http://localhost//themes/default/../dashboard/js/bootstrap.min.js"" type=""text/javascript""></script> </body> </html>"; RegexOptions options = RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.Singleline | RegexOptions.Multiline; 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