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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
No Match

r"
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gm

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use strict; my $str = 'C:\\Box\\Triton Clark Build\\Hull 718\\718 ~ T0162 - d01f6 - TR01-06.2-ENT\\939-0106-0018 - 0106.2-005 - WDT.dwg C:\\Box\\Triton Clark Build\\Hull 718\\718 ~ T0162 - d01f6 - TR01-06.2-ENT\\939-0106-0019 - 0106.2-009 - WDT.dwg C:\\Box\\Triton Clark Build\\Hull 718\\718 ~ T0251 - d02f5 - TR02-05.1-ENT\\Rack Models\\718 - 939-0205-0010 - 0205.1-011 - YACL.dwg C:\\Box\\Triton Clark Build\\Hull 718\\718 ~ T0251 - d02f5 - TR02-05.1-ENT\\Rack Models\\718 - 939-0205-0011 - 0205.1-012 - YACL.dwg C:\\Box\\Triton Clark Build\\Hull 718\\_Mechanical Drawings\\10-ENTPRJ\\Okugi & RealD files\\03_Christie Digital\\163-102104-01_Horizon 1LOS Exhaust Duct.STEP C:\\Box\\Triton Clark Build\\Hull 718\\_Mechanical Drawings\\10-ENTPRJ\\VYV Balcony Projectors (ENTPRJ02)\\Archive C:\\Box\\Triton Clark Build\\Hull 718\\_Mechanical Drawings\\10-ENTPRJ\\VYV Balcony Projectors (ENTPRJ02)\\Bildschirmfoto 2020-09-24 um 11.16.43.png C:\\Box\\Triton Clark Build\\Hull 718\\_Mechanical Drawings\\10-ENTPRJ\\VYV Balcony Projectors (ENTPRJ02)\\Bildschirmfoto 2020-09-24 um 11.17.56.png C:\\Box\\Triton Clark Build\\Hull 718\\_Shipwide Task Information\\QSC Change\\718 Triton Dante Bridge.pdf C:\\Box\\Triton Clark Build\\Hull 718\\_Shipwide Task Information\\QSC Change\\Attero Tech to RDL Swap.txt C:\\Box\\Triton Clark Build\\Hull 718\\_Shipwide Task Information\\QSC Change\\S718_QSC CABLE CHANGES.xlsm'; my $regex = qr/^C:\\Box\\Triton Clark Build\\Hull 718\\718 ~ (?!.*rchive|.*scaled_|.*Venues).*[\\].*939-.*\.dwg$/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