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  • All Tokens
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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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const regex = /(?<command>add|do)(?=(?:.*?name\/"(?<taskName>.+?)"))(?=(?:.*?startDate\/"(?<startDate>.+?)")?)(?=(?:.*?endDate\/"(?<endDate>.+?)")?)(?=(?:.*\btags\/(?<tags>\w+(?:,\w+)*)?\b)?).*/g; // Alternative syntax using RegExp constructor // const regex = new RegExp('(?<command>add|do)(?=(?:.*?name\\\/"(?<taskName>.+?)"))(?=(?:.*?startDate\\\/"(?<startDate>.+?)")?)(?=(?:.*?endDate\\\/"(?<endDate>.+?)")?)(?=(?:.*\\btags\\\/(?<tags>\\w+(?:,\\w+)*)?\\b)?).*', 'g') const str = `add name/"buy milk" startDate/"1110110000" endDate/"0812000000" tags/buy,shopping add name/"buy milk" startDate/"today omg" endDate/"0812000000" tags/buy,shopping add name/"buy milk" startDate/"today omg" tags/buy,shopping endDate/"0812000000" add name/"buy milk" tags/buy,shopping startDate/"today omg" endDate/"0812000000" add name/"buy milk" endDate/"0812000000" tags/buy,shopping startDate/"today omg" add name/"buy milk" endDate/"0812000000" startDate/"today omg" add name/"buy milk" endDate/"0812000000" tags/buy,shopping add endDate/"0812000000" tags/buy,shopping name/"buy milk" add endDate/"0812000000" name/"buy milk" tags/buy,shopping do name/"buy milk" do "buy milk" on/0812 tag/buy,shopping at/1000 do tag/buy,shopping on/0812 at/1000 "asdasd" do tag/buy,shopping on/0812 "asdasd" at/1000 do at/1000 "buy milk" do on/2100 "buy milk" do at/1000 on/2100 "buy milk" add at/1000 tag/omg "buy milk" add on/2100 tag/omg "buy milk" //floating task do "buy milk" on/2100 do "buy milk" at/1000 at/2100 `; // 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