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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
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  • 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

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package main import ( "regexp" "fmt" ) func main() { var re = regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)^(?:.*?\x7C){14}(?'champs1'.*?)\x7C(?:.*?\x7C){6}(?'champs2'.*?)\x7C(?'champs3'.*?)\x7C`) var str = `1906823505|BPA|CORENC-BPAUR0133|LR35788G|LEONETTI CATHERINE|04.76.88.14.14||INT|MG_ENS_010002|Ensemble Chauffage-Climatisation||MNT|MG116|05/06/2019 17:36:00|06/06/2019 10:36:00|4|FR|05/06/2019 16:36:00|BPA|CORENC-BPAUR0133|LR35788G|BPAURA-ENGIE LOIR|ENGIE COFELY LOIRE|0|||313|002|A1 - ESPACE 4|0|BP AUVERGNE RHONE ALPES (CORENC-BPAUR0133)|2 AVENUE DU GRESIVAUDAN||38700|CORENC|0438884619||||1906823505|merci d'intervenir pour rétablir la clim à l'agence` 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/