Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • 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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const regex = /(?:(?:(?:[2-9]|[1-2]\d|[3][0-5])\^\^(?:\w*\.\w+|\w+(?:\.(?!\.))\w*|\w+))|(?:\d*\.\d+|\d+(?:\.(?!\.))\d*|\d+))(?:(?:``(?:\+|-)?(?:\d*\.\d+|\d+\.\d*|\d+))|(?:`(?:(?:\+|-)?(?:\d*\.\d+|\d+\.\d*|\d+))?))?(?:\*\^(?:\+|-)?\d+)?/gm; // Alternative syntax using RegExp constructor // const regex = new RegExp('(?:(?:(?:[2-9]|[1-2]\\d|[3][0-5])\\^\\^(?:\\w*\\.\\w+|\\w+(?:\\.(?!\\.))\\w*|\\w+))|(?:\\d*\\.\\d+|\\d+(?:\\.(?!\\.))\\d*|\\d+))(?:(?:``(?:\\+|-)?(?:\\d*\\.\\d+|\\d+\\.\\d*|\\d+))|(?:`(?:(?:\\+|-)?(?:\\d*\\.\\d+|\\d+\\.\\d*|\\d+))?))?(?:\\*\\^(?:\\+|-)?\\d+)?', 'gm') const str = `// Correct Numbers 2^^101.101 35^^WolframLanguage 16^^dead.Beef 123\` 1.381\` 16^^9fe.c3\`7 3.0\`+7 3\`7 3.000000000000000000000\`7 3.000000000000000000\`-7 3.98\`5*^3 16^^dead.beef\`\`+4*^-3 0.0000000001*^10 35^^small*^-10 10000000000*^-10 // Non-examples 1.. 123... 35^^WolframLanguage 16^^dead..Beef 16^^9fe..c3\`7 `; // Reset `lastIndex` if this regex is defined globally // regex.lastIndex = 0; let m; while ((m = regex.exec(str)) !== null) { // This is necessary to avoid infinite loops with zero-width matches if (m.index === regex.lastIndex) { regex.lastIndex++; } // The result can be accessed through the `m`-variable. m.forEach((match, groupIndex) => { console.log(`Found match, group ${groupIndex}: ${match}`); }); }

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 JavaScript, please visit: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Regular_Expressions