Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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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

Regular Expression
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/

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package main import ( "regexp" "fmt" ) func main() { var re = regexp.MustCompile(`src: \"[^\>]*\"\}`) var str = `<![CDATA[ var playerInstance = new artiplayer('artimedia-player-0404-1',{ source: {type: "video/mp4", src: "https://www.lolka.co.il/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Screen-Shot-2018.jpg"}, poster: "https://www.lolka.co.il/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Screen-Shot-2018-12-28-at-15.46.29-e1546004840977.png", autoplay: false, sitekey: '0404', category: "test src: "varffff1" }); ]]> [1]: <![CDATA[ var playerInstance = new artiplayer('artimedia-player-0404-3',{ source: {type: "video/mp4", src: "https://www.0404.co.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/WhatsApp-Video-2019-01-07-at-08.33.38.mp4"}, poster: "https://www.0404.co.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/WhatsApp-Image-2019-01-07-at-08.38.27.jpeg", autoplay: false, sitekey: '0404', category: "test" }); ]]>` if len(re.FindStringIndex(str)) > 0 { fmt.Println(re.FindString(str),"found at index",re.FindStringIndex(str)[0]) } }

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 Golang, please visit: https://golang.org/pkg/regexp/