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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  • 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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gmi

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package main import ( "regexp" "fmt" ) func main() { var re = regexp.MustCompile(`(?mi)<w-block-content[^>]*>\s*<span[^>]*>\s*<div[^>]*>([^<]*(?:<(?!\/w-block-content)[^<]*)*?)<\/div>\s*<\/span>\s*<\/w-block-content>`) var str = `</tr> <td> <div draggable="true" class="source master draggable-box wysiwyg-block" data-block-type="master" data-block-id="96e80afb-afa0-4e46-bfb7-34b80da76112" style="opacity: 1;"> <w-block-content data-block-content-id="96e80afb-afa0-4e46-bfb7-34b80da76112"><span class="source-block-tooltip"> <div> Další master<br><div><b>Master č. 2</b> </div><br> </div> </span></w-block-content> </div> </td> </tr> </tr> <td> <div draggable="true" class="source master draggable-box wysiwyg-block" data-block-type="master" data-block-id="96e80afb-afa0-4e46-bfb7-34b80da76112" style="opacity: 1;"> <w-block-content data-block-content-id="96e80afb-afa0-4e46-bfb7-34b80da76112"><span class="source-block-tooltip"> <div> Další master<br><b>Master č. 2</b><br> </div> </span></w-block-content> </div> </td> </tr> ` for i, match := range re.FindAllString(str, -1) { fmt.Println(match, "found at index", i) } }

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/