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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
  • Match everything enclosed
    (?:...)
  • Capture everything enclosed
    (...)
  • 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

/
/
gm

Test String

Code Generator

Generated Code

use strict; my $str = 'Nota de Lançamento\\r\\n\\r\\nNr.Doc. 11872640706\\r\\n\\r\\n \\r\\n\\r\\nConta Depósitos à Ordem nº: 2029241\\r\\nMoeda da Conta: EUR\\r\\nIBAN: PT50003300000000202924105 VIAGENS ABREU SA\\r\\nNº Contribuinte: 500297177 PC TRINDADE 142 4 ANDAR\\r\\n4000-539 PORTO\\r\\n\\r\\nCE04475/01\\r\\nGestor de Cliente\\r\\nCARLOS ALBERTO OLIVEIRA\\r\\nTel: 211136566\\r\\nAV PROF DR CAVACO SILVA 30 EDF 2 0 B\\r\\nTAGUS PARK\\r\\nFax: 211136989\\r\\ne-mail: CARLOS.MAGALHAESOLIVEIRA@MILLENNIUMBCP.PT\\r\\n\\r\\nLisboa, 31 de agosto de 2020\\r\\n\\r\\nExmos. Senhores,\\r\\nInformamos que, relativamente à conta de Depósitos à Ordem acima mencionada, efetuámos o(s) seguinte(s) movimento(s):\\r\\n\\r\\nOperação: TRANSFERÊNCIA PERMANENTE DE FUNDOS A DÉBITO\\r\\nTipo de Operação: Ordem Permanente Intrabancária (para conta do Millennium bcp)\\r\\nNossa Referência: TNP200731131431O9210/0001\\r\\n\\r\\nDados da Operação Moeda\\r\\n\\r\\nMontante da Transferência 2.134,98 EUR\\r\\nDescritivo da Transferência na Conta a Debitar TRF P/ MADALENA FRANCO DE SOUSA E FILHOS\\r\\nIBAN da Conta do Destinatário PT50003300004523630143205\\r\\nInstituição de Crédito de Destino BANCO COMERCIAL PORTUGUES, SA\\r\\nDescritivo VIAGENS ABREU, S.A. . 202008\\r\\nPeriodicidade da Transferência MENSAL\\r\\nData de Validade da Instrução Permanente 2020/12/31\\r\\nData do Movimento 2020/08/31\\r\\nData Valor da Operação 2020/08/31\\r\\n\\r\\nBanco Comercial Português, S.A., sociedade aberta - Sede: Praça D. João I, 28, Porto, Capital Social: Euros 4.725.000.000,00 - Matric. na Cons. do Reg. Com. do Porto, com o nº único de matrícula e de identificação fiscal 501 525 882\\r\\nCom os nossos melhores cumprimentos,\\r\\n\\r\\n \\r\\nBanco Comercial Português, S.A.\\r\\n\\r\\n(Documento Processado por Computador) Pág. 1/1 \\r\\n\\r\\n707 50 24 24\\r\\nwww.millenniumbcp.pt Atendimento personalizado 24H'; my $regex = qr/(?:.*?Descritivo ){2}(.*)/mp; if ( $str =~ /$regex/g ) { print "Whole match is ${^MATCH} and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[0] and \$+[0]\n"; # print "Capture Group 1 is $1 and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[1] and \$+[1]\n"; # print "Capture Group 2 is $2 ... and so on\n"; } # ${^POSTMATCH} and ${^PREMATCH} are also available with the use of '/p' # Named capture groups can be called via $+{name}

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 Perl, please visit: http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html