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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • Substitution
  • 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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const regex = /(^\s+(?P<att_name>[^\s]+)\s+(?P<att_value>[^\s]+)(?P<att_body>\s{[\s\S]+?^\s})?)$/gm; // Alternative syntax using RegExp constructor // const regex = new RegExp('(^\\s+(?P<att_name>[^\\s]+)\\s+(?P<att_value>[^\\s]+)(?P<att_body>\\s{[\\s\\S]+?^\\s})?)$', 'gm') const str = `{ enabled 1 TARGET iqn.2012-05.local:mailbox.target.mccip001{ rel_tgt_id 1 IncomingUser "user1234 secret123456" enabled 0 MaxSessions 4 } TARGET iqn.2012-05.local:mailbox.target.mccip002 { rel_tgt_id 2 IncomingUser "user1234 secret123456" GROUP access_group{ LUN 0 dev2-0 LUN 1 dev2-1 LUN 2 dev2-2 LUN 3 dev2-3 LUN 4 dev2-4 LUN 5 dev2-5 LUN 6 dev2-6 LUN 7 dev2-7 LUN 8 dev2-8 LUN 9 dev2-9 INITIATOR iqn.1994-09.org.freebsd:* } enabled 1 MaxSessions 10 } TARGET iqn.2012-05.local:mailbox.target.mccip003 { rel_tgt_id 3 IncomingUser "user1234 secret123456" GROUP access_group { LUN 0 dev3-0 LUN 1 dev3-1 INITIATOR iqn.1994-09.org.freebsd:* } enabled 1 MaxSessions 2 } }`; // 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