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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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package main import ( "regexp" "fmt" ) func main() { var re = regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)^(?<index>\d)\nEA\n\s(?<quantity>[0-9\.]+)\s(?<partNumber>[0-9A-Z-]+)\s(?<unknonw1>[0-9\.]+)\s(?<unknonw2>[0-9\.]+)\n(?<partName>[A-Z\s]+)\nDrawing\:\s(?<drawing>[A-Z]+)\nDue\:\s(?<date>[0-9]+\/[0-9]+\/[0-9]+)\sRequester\:\s(?<requester>[A-Z]+)\nOrder\:\s(?<order>[0-9A-Z-]+)\sSeq\sNo\:\s(?<sequence>[0-9]+)$`) var str = `1 EA 2.00 2814-212-D003 0.00 0.00 LONG JACK PAD Drawing: OPT Due: 05/19/2023 Requester: NMB Order: 2843HR-213-703 Seq No: 9002 2 EA 2.00 2814-212-D003 0.00 0.00 LONG JACK PAD Drawing: OPT Due: 05/19/2023 Requester: NMB Order: 2843HR-214-703 Seq No: 9002 3 EA 2.00 2814-212-D004 0.00 0.00 SHORT JACK PAD Drawing: OPT Due: 05/19/2023 Requester: NMB Order: 2843HR-213-703 Seq No: 9003 4 EA 2.00 2814-212-D004 0.00 0.00 SHORT JACK PAD Drawing: OPT Due: 05/19/2023 Requester: NMB Order: 2843HR-214-703 Seq No: 9003` 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/