regex101: PCRE (Legacy) Match Workspace

Non-Capturing Group(?:[ \t]*[a-z][)]\s*)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

Character Class[ \t]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\ta tab character (ASCII 9)

Character Class[a-z]

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

Character Class[)]

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

Group 1([^\r\n<]+(?:(?:\r?\n(?!\s*[a-z][)])|<(?!br\s*\/?>(?:\s*<br\s*\/?>)*\s*(?:\s+[a-z][)]|\s*$)))[^\r\n<]*)*)

Negated Character Class[^\r\n<]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

\ra carriage return (ASCII 13)

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?:\r?\n(?!\s*[a-z][)])|<(?!br\s*\/?>(?:\s*<br\s*\/?>)*\s*(?:\s+[a-z][)]|\s*$)))[^\r\n<]*)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Non-Capturing Group(?:\r?\n(?!\s*[a-z][)])|<(?!br\s*\/?>(?:\s*<br\s*\/?>)*\s*(?:\s+[a-z][)]|\s*$)))

1st Alternative\r?\n(?!\s*[a-z][)])

\r?optionally matches a carriage return (ASCII 13)

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

Negative Lookahead(?!\s*[a-z][)])

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

Character Class[a-z]

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

Character Class[)]

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

2nd Alternative<(?!br\s*\/?>(?:\s*<br\s*\/?>)*\s*(?:\s+[a-z][)]|\s*$))

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

Negative Lookahead(?!br\s*\/?>(?:\s*<br\s*\/?>)*\s*(?:\s+[a-z][)]|\s*$))

brthe literal text br (case sensitive)

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

\/?optionally matches the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\s*<br\s*\/?>)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

<brthe literal text <br (case sensitive)

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

\/?optionally matches the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

Non-Capturing Group(?:\s+[a-z][)]|\s*$)

1st Alternative\s+[a-z][)]

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

Character Class[a-z]

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

Character Class[)]

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

2nd Alternative\s*$

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

$end of line

Negated Character Class[^\r\n<]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

\ra carriage return (ASCII 13)

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:<br\s*\/?>\s*)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

<brthe literal text <br (case sensitive)

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

\/?optionally matches the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

Search reference

Regular Expression

(?:[ \t]*[a-z][)]\s*)?([^\r\n<]+(?:(?:\r?\n(?!\s*[a-z][)])|<(?!br\s*\/?>(?:\s*<br\s*\/?>)*\s*(?:\s+[a-z][)]|\s*$)))[^\r\n<]*)*)(?:<br\s*\/?>\s*)*

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<strong>Preencha</strong> a lacuna e assinale a alternativa correta.<br />
<br />
I - capacitação técnico-profissional: Comprovação do licitante de possuir em seu quadro permanente, na data prevista para entrega da proposta, ________________, detentor de atestado de responsabilidade técnica por execução de obra ou serviço de características semelhantes, limitadas estas exclusivamente às parcelas de maior relevância e valor significativo do objeto da licitação, vedadas as exigências de quantidades mínimas ou prazos máximos (Lei 8.666/1993 Art N° 30).<br />
<br />
a)<strong>profissional</strong> de nível superior<br />
b)profissional de nível superior ou outro devidamente reconhecido pela entidade competente<br />
c)profissional capacitado<br />
d)profissional de nível minimamente técnico<br />
e)profissional especializado no objeto da <strong>licitação</strong><br />

Regular Expressions 101

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