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

Regular Expression
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/
/
g

Test String

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Generated Code

const regex = /getObj\("Frm_Logintoken"\).value = "(.*)";/g; // Alternative syntax using RegExp constructor // const regex = new RegExp('getObj\\("Frm_Logintoken"\\).value = "(.*)";', 'g') const str = ` <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="pragma" CONTENT="no-cache"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Cache-Control" CONTENT="no-cache, must-revalidate"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <title>&#90;&#88;&#72;&#78;&#32;&#72;&#49;&#48;&#56;&#78;&#32;&#86;&#50;&#46;&#53;</title> <LINK REL="stylesheet" HREF="css/login.css" TYPE="text/css" /> <LINK REL="stylesheet" HREF="css/styleen.css" TYPE="text/css" /> <script> function getObj(id) { return(document.getElementById(id)); } var SetTFlag = 0; var maxtime; var interval; function setTime() { if(window.name>=60 || window.name<0 || window.name=="") { maxtime = Math.min(60, 0 + 60 - 218143); } else { maxtime = window.name; } if(maxtime>=0) { seconds = maxtime; getObj("time").innerHTML=seconds+" secs"; if (maxtime == 0) { setDisable(); SetTFlag =0; window.name=""; if(interval) { clearInterval(interval); interval = 0; } } else { --maxtime; SetTFlag = 1; window.name = maxtime; } } } function setinner(type) { if (SetTFlag ==0) { getObj("myLayer").style.visibility = type ; } } function Transfer_meaning(id,value) { getObj(id).value=value; } function ChangeLang() { var lang = "English"; getObj("_lang").disabled = false; getObj("Frm_Username").disabled = true; getObj("Frm_Password").disabled = true; if(true != getObj("TestLang01").disabled) { if ("English" == lang) { getObj("_lang").value = "Chinese"; } else if ("Chinese" == lang) { getObj("_lang").value = "English"; } getObj("action").value = "setlang"; getObj("Frm_Username").disabled = true; getObj("Frm_Password").disabled = true; getObj("LoginId").disabled = true; document.fLogin.submit(); } } </script> </head> <body> <div id="container"> <div id="myLayer" onmousedown="setinner('hidden')" style="position:absolute; width:185px; height:91px; z-index:9; right: 50px; top: 140px; background: url(img/pop_up.gif) no-repeat; border: 1px none #000000; visibility: hidden;"> <div id="Layer1" style="position:absolute; width:180px; height:45px; z-index:10; left: 2px; top: 28px;"> <table width="183" border="0"> <tr> <td width="183">&nbsp;&nbsp;<font id="errmsg" class="notecontent" ></font><span id="time" style="color:red;display:none;"></span></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="Layer3" style="position:absolute; width:140px; height:10px; z-index:11; left: 34px; top: 9px; font-size: 8pt;"> <font class="note" id="errnote">&nbsp;Error</font> </div> </div> <!--head²¿·Ö¿ªÊ¼--> <div id="head"> <div class="type"><font id="">&#90;&#88;&#72;&#78;&#32;&#72;&#49;&#48;&#56;&#78;&#32;&#86;&#50;&#46;&#53;</font></div> <div id="banner" style="background-image:url(img/banner.gif); background-repeat:no-repeat"></div> </div> <!--head²¿·Ö½áÊø--> <!--content²¿·Ö¿ªÊ¼--> <div id="loginArea"> <form name="fLogin" id="fLogin" method="post" onsubmit="return false;" action=""> <input type="hidden" name="_lang" id="_lang" value="" disabled> <input type="hidden" name="frashnum" id="frashnum" value=""> <input type="hidden" name="action" id="action" value="login"> <input type="hidden" name="Frm_Logintoken" id="Frm_Logintoken" value=""> <!--ÄÚÈÝ¿ªÊ¼--> <div class="login_frame"> <ul class="login_title"> <li class="login_title_left"></li> <li class="login_title_center">Please login to continue...</li> <li class="login_title_right"></li> </ul> <div class="content login_content"> <ul class="login_blank"></ul> <ul class="login_ul_1"> <li class="login_li_1"><span>Username</span></li> <li class="login_li_2"> <input type="text" class="username" name="Username" id="Frm_Username"> </li> </ul> <ul class="login_blank"></ul> <ul class="login_ul_1"> <li class="login_li_1"><span>Password</span></li> <li class="login_li_2"> <input type="password" class="password" name="Password" id="Frm_Password"> </li> <li class="login_li_3"> <input class="login" type="submit" id="LoginId" value="Login" onclick="dosubmit()"> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <!--ÄÚÈݽáÊø--> </form> </div> <!--bottom²¿·Ö¿ªÊ¼--> <div style="font-family: Arial;font-size: 12px;text-align:center;"> &copy; 2008-2015 ZTE Corporation. All rights reserved </div> <div class="bottom_line"></div> <div id="bottomx"></div> <!--bottom²¿·Ö½áÊø--> </div> </body> </html> <script> window.name=""; function SetDisabled() { getObj("errmsg").innerHTML = "You have input the wrong username or password for three times. Please try again a minute later."; getObj("Frm_Username").disabled = true; getObj("Frm_Password").disabled = true; getObj("LoginId").disabled = true; getObj("myLayer").style.visibility = "visible" ; getObj("time").style.display = "" ; interval = setInterval("setTime()",1000); } function setDisable() { if (SetTFlag == 1) { getObj("Frm_Username").disabled = false; getObj("Frm_Password").disabled = false; getObj("LoginId").disabled = false; getObj("time").style.display = "none"; getObj("myLayer").style.visibility = "hidden"; } } function dosubmit() { if (getObj("Frm_Username").value == "") { getObj("errmsg").innerHTML = "Username cannot be empty."; getObj("myLayer").style.visibility = "visible" ; return; } else { getObj("LoginId").disabled = true; getObj("Frm_Logintoken").value = "7"; document.fLogin.submit(); } } </script> `; // 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