Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
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  • 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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Substitution
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re = /((((\d{1,3}\.){2}\d{1,3})\[\.\])(\d{1,3}))\,(\d{1,5})?\/?(\d{1,5})?/ str = '185.106.121[.]118, 133.100.202[.]85,443 185.106.121[.]66, 82.211.30[.]195, 95.183.53[.]36, 84.200.17[.]144, 107.161.178[.]46,53/443 190.117.186[.]171,443 109.230.199[.]54, 87.98.179[.]18,57421 76.9.60[.]204, 125.214.195[.]17, 131.72.139[.]118, 196.29.166[.]218, 37.228.151[.]133, 37.10.71[.]99, 202.145.16[.]4, 133.94.1[.]3, 163.22.20[.]4, 210.135.90[.]41, 139.18.13[.]2, 212.19.128[.]4, 134.19.176[.]150,7777 185.101.34[.]122,6478 185.101.34[.]74,5367 185.25.51[.]246, 46.100.250[.]10, 62.201.235[.]227, 67.65.229[.]53, 188.165.149[.]249, 208.92.93[.]212, 209.239.123[.]75, 137.175.19[.]153,37779 http://doladolaladont[.]com, https://alphanoun[.]bit/forum/ajax.php, http://coffeol[.]com/fend/raw_server.exe, http://inpend-traij[.]net/aka.doc, http://twlnco[.]com/gskf/online.php, https://a.pomf[.]cat/wryvpl.exe, https://filesblog[.]bit/blog/ajax.php, http://egonbute.duckdns[.]org,5588 http://kampolento.ddns[.]net,1825 http://memeku.ddns[.]net,1825 http://sap.misapor[.]ch,443 http://update.toythieves[.]com,8080 http://workhard231.hopto[.]org,7070/8821 http://www.eye-watch[.]in, https://channel.jetos[.]com,443 https://mcf.otzo[.]com,443 https://onlink.epac[.]to,443 https://repview.ignorelist[.]com,443 https://sap.misapor[.]ch,443 https://statis.ignorelist[.]com,443 https://update.toythieves[.]com,443 http://piezasrazonable[.]com,80 http://wmi.mykings[.]top, http://js.mykings[.]top:280/v.srt,280 http://wmi.mykings[.]top:8888/test.html,8888 http://wmi.mykings[.]top:8888/kill.html,8888 http://coffeol[.]com/fend/lll.exe, ' subst = '$3.$5' 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