Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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  • Quantifiers
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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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/
gmx

Test String

Substitution

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Generated Code

import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Example { public static void main(String[] args) { final String regex = "(?: # 采用非捕获括号进行分组(非必要不使用捕获型括号)\n" + " ```[\\s\\S]*?``` # 采用非贪婪匹配(必须),匹配0到n次空白或非空白字符(任意字符)\n" + ") # 结束第一个分支\n" + "| # 或符号\n" + "(?: # 同上,采用非捕获型括号\n" + " ~~~[\\s\\S]*?~~~ # 同上,非贪婪匹配来匹配0到n次空白或非空白字符\n" + ") # 结束第二个分支"; final String string = "// 1. 匹配四个空格导出的代码块\n\n" + " functino(asfd)\n" + " safdsadf\n" + " safsadf\n" + " safdsdaf\n\n\n\n" + "// 2. 匹配三个反引号所引出的代码块\n" + "```\n" + " func function(){\n" + " }\n" + "```\n\n" + "这里是一些文本\n" + "……\n" + "………………\n\n" + "``` python\n" + " print(\"hello\")\n" + "```\n\n" + "// 3.如果四个空格之前的一行不是回车独占一行,则不会导出代码块(符合Markdown约定)\n" + " functino(asfd)\n" + " safdsadf\n" + " safsadf\n" + " safdsdaf\n" + "safd\n\n" + "// 4. 匹配三个波浪号导出的代码块\n\n" + "~~~\n" + " fmt.println(123)\n" + "~~~\n\n" + "// 5. 匹配前后四个及以上反引号导出的代码块\n" + "````\n" + "aaa\n" + "```\n" + "````\n\n" + "这里是一些文本……\n\n" + "`````\n" + " print(\"this is a code block\")\n" + "`````\n\n" + "// 6. 匹配前后四个及以上波浪号导出的代码块\n" + "~~~~\n" + "aaa\n" + "~~~\n" + "~~~~\n\n" + "这里是一些文本……\n\n" + "~~~~~~\n" + " print(\"this is a code block\")\n" + "~~~~~~\n"; final String subst = ""; final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex, Pattern.MULTILINE | Pattern.COMMENTS); final Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(string); // The substituted value will be contained in the result variable final String result = matcher.replaceAll(subst); System.out.println("Substitution result: " + 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 Java, please visit: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html