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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
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  • Character Classes
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  • 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

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gm

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re = /(?<=(\/\/\[JsonProperty\(Required = Required\.Always\)]\n)|(\/\/\[JsonProperty\(DefaultValueHandling = DefaultValueHandling\.Ignore\)]\n))( public [a-zA-Z]+ )/m str = 'namespace Telegram.Bot.Types.Payments { /// <summary> /// This object contains information about an incoming pre-checkout query /// </summary> //[JsonObject(MemberSerialization.OptIn, NamingStrategyType = typeof(SnakeCaseNamingStrategy))] public sealed record PreCheckoutQuery { /// <summary> /// Unique query identifier /// </summary> //[JsonProperty(Required = Required.Always)] public string Id { get; set; } /// <summary> /// User who sent the query /// </summary> //[JsonProperty(Required = Required.Always)] public User From { get; set; } /// <summary> /// Three-letter ISO 4217 currency code /// </summary> //[JsonProperty(Required = Required.Always)] public string Currency { get; set; } /// <summary> /// Total price in the smallest units of the currency. /// </summary> //[JsonProperty(Required = Required.Always)] public int TotalAmount { get; set; } /// <summary> /// Bot specified invoice payload /// </summary> //[JsonProperty(Required = Required.Always)] public string InvoicePayload { get; set; } /// <summary> /// Optional. Identifier of the shipping option chosen by the user /// </summary> //[JsonProperty(DefaultValueHandling = DefaultValueHandling.Ignore)] public string ShippingOptionId { get; set; } /// <summary> /// Optional. Order info provided by the user /// </summary> //[JsonProperty(DefaultValueHandling = DefaultValueHandling.Ignore)] public OrderInfo OrderInfo { get; set; } } } ' subst = ' [JsonPropertyName("")]\\n$0' 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