Regular Expressions 101

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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

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use strict; my $str = 'New free subscriber to The Unstoppable Creator! *Email:* bailey11120@gmail.com *Source:* Substack Network *Recommended by:* Maya Sayvanova <https://email.mg1.substack.com/c/eJx80DHO4yAQhuHTQBeLGUhsFxQrrXwNa4Cxg2JMBNhRbr9Kmt1m_3I0X_Ho9dR4zeVt6-GqL_HZYt4ve25xiZ4-hwxW9eh7J9lCj3gbbzdAyYniNq-8c6HGYab29wvqOsi7dcM4OMZh6AGNw6sPA3BAY0YYwxicjBYVGjUoDUYBYKc7cqMH8myU6f1CvrunR1WbU8KotEL3YTbyj87nJGOdl8JfiW3lYLnZe2vPKvQvgZPA6d-1wOlZ8hI3FjhpUMaMeEn0pkul90l7Pkno6WhprvkonoX-_f8mxdLmuLTsyVE9Y6A9CqPWD-VLq4cLOVHc7ev1ku2HvEflMsdgAQxoQC1Pi38CAAD__6KuiAk> from Smarter Solopreneurs <https://email.mg1.substack.com/c/eJx8kM1qwzAQhJ_GutXsSqqdHHQolLyG2V1vHBHbCvpJ6NuX5FJ6aI_DMMzHJ1R1SfkrlMZFcrzVmPa3PdV4jkLPYOYAo5WRjQYcrR2Ow4DW6EZxnRbdNVPVeaL60yK8H8wleOf54NgzDjSD8DgwEh9BYBBiHkwMFqyHAzj0gGh71xMfBUnUgx_lTNJftmuBlaHzsC3YPzErybWXtJlYpnPWF0moualZw6XWW-ncR2dPnT3hTXNJO7cSdy3l17pzp1a3qaSWRTv3-beAHGhlzTUJMZV7nGmPnYfl-fviKI3ntFHcw-PxMPUfl61onuIcED06tM7cg_0OAAD__4MAg48> Bailey Schmidt bingusburger Also subscribes to A16Z GAMES, Adjacent Possible and 53 other Substacks <https://email.mg1.substack.com/c/eJx8kE2O4yAQhU8Du7GKgrHjBYuRRrmGVUDhoNgm4idR377lbLo33cuq96T36fPUeM3lw9buqi_p0VI-_hy5pZg8nYcMFib0k5Ns1YQ4zuOoUPJOaVtWPrhQ47BQ-0oV_L3ImwWkaVZ8iYFnj3EaZz1riE6PzgWMWiaLgAYuoJUBpXDQA7nZK_JswEw-kh9u-73C5kAY2Fc1nJiN_H3weZepLrHwm8S20llu9tbaowr9T-BV4PV7-_wYcOlYe3W9rFyEvva2LzX34lno_z8rKJY2x6VlT47qMwU6kjCwnstvktpdyDulw75eL9l-sdkrlyUFq5RRWqGWT4ufAQAA___DKoMr> View dashboard <https://email.mg1.substack.com/c/eJx8kLGOszAQhJ8Gdz_yLiaQwsXf8BpovSxgBTCyl0T39qekOV1z5Wik-T4Nk8qS8pcvVyic46kxHf-OpHGOTO9gJm875C4Y8dAh3u63G6CRneI2LnJIJpVpJP1pwba9WT2EMLUtudaxNATz3PfEyK3DO_ZNZ030aNHZ3jbgLADWTU3hzkAszrqOZ-J63R_FbsFWzu4L1G9NJX7UnHYTyzhn-Zh4zZeYza-qZ6ma_xUOFQ66ynUUTedJYRPOQpryr40Kh_MKWyxrhcOadjHZ0xYka2IKVJ5xoiNWzi5vyodarjClneLhX6-X0T-eu4rkMU4ewEED2Jinx-8AAAD__9cXe8E> To unsubscribe from these notifications, click here <https://email.mg1.substack.com/c/eJx8kM2O6yAMhZ8GdjfChpJ2weJKo75GZMBNUfNTgdNo3n6UbqarWR4dS-f7nEh4XOt3aFtsqZanlHX5t6xSbiXREXQOpsfUR80BekR_8R5Q80xlGkZeuJJwHkh-WzCns74HtD0ayCfHPvqeTMyYLdHZunhJ4L0uAQ06czYWnAHAznZ0VJTYGdenG6XuPj-amaJRzswjdAemUHp0aZ11acOt8pskSN1YT-Eu8mzK_ld4VXj9vD4ii5RlbMpeG6dDTtmvT9ema6ApcpU1UaT2KpmWopwZj433ZttiXmcqS9j3Xcsff9sa16HkAODAAlr9CvgTAAD__0nUelk'; my $regex = qr/\*Email:\* (?<email>.+)\n[\w\W]+>\n(?<name>.+)\n\n/p; if ( $str =~ /$regex/ ) { print "Whole match is ${^MATCH} and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[0] and \$+[0]\n"; # print "Capture Group 1 is $1 and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[1] and \$+[1]\n"; # print "Capture Group 2 is $2 ... and so on\n"; } # ${^POSTMATCH} and ${^PREMATCH} are also available with the use of '/p' # Named capture groups can be called via $+{name}

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 Perl, please visit: http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html