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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
  • 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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use strict; my $str = '<tr> <TD CLASS="label" NOWRAP VALIGN="MIDDLE"> &nbsp;Average_No_of_Direct_Employees: &nbsp; </TD> <TD NOWRAP> <INPUT CLASS="valueEditable" TYPE="text" NAME="_1_1_10_1" TITLE="Average_No_of_Direct_Employees" ID="_1_1_10_1" VALUE="[LL_FormTag_1_1_10_1 /]" SIZE="20" MAXLENGTH="20" ONCHANGE="markDirty();"> </TD> </TR> <!-- End File: datefield.html (End - _1_1_9_1) --> </TD> </TR> <TR CLASS="horizontalCellDivider" > <TD CLASS="labelHorizontalDivider" COLSPAN="1"><IMG HEIGHT="1" ALT="" SRC="/img/spacer.gif" WIDTH="1" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD CLASS="valueHorizontalDivider" COLSPAN="1"><IMG HEIGHT="1" ALT="" SRC="/img/tbl-divider-hor.gif" WIDTH="3" BORDER="0"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD CLASS="label" NOWRAP VALIGN="MIDDLE"> &nbsp;Average_No_of_Direct_Employees: &nbsp; </TD> <TD NOWRAP> <INPUT CLASS="valueEditable" TYPE="text" NAME="_1_1_10_1" TITLE="Average_No_of_Direct_Employees" ID="_1_1_10_1" VALUE="[LL_FormTag_1_1_10_1 /]" SIZE="20" MAXLENGTH="20" ONCHANGE="markDirty();"> </TD> </TR> <TR CLASS="horizontalCellDivider" > <TD CLASS="labelHorizontalDivider" COLSPAN="1"><IMG HEIGHT="1" ALT="" SRC="/img/spacer.gif" WIDTH="1" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD CLASS="valueHorizontalDivider" COLSPAN="1"><IMG HEIGHT="1" ALT="" SRC="/img/tbl-divider-hor.gif" WIDTH="3" BORDER="0"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD CLASS="label" NOWRAP VALIGN="MIDDLE"> &nbsp;Average_No_of_SubContractors_on-site: &nbsp; </TD> <TD NOWRAP> <INPUT CLASS="valueEditable" TYPE="text" NAME="_1_1_11_1" TITLE="Average_No_of_SubContractors_on-site" ID="_1_1_11_1" VALUE="[LL_FormTag_1_1_11_1 /]" SIZE="20" MAXLENGTH="20" ONCHANGE="markDirty();"> </TD> </TR> <TR CLASS="horizontalCellDivider" > <TD CLASS="labelHorizontalDivider" COLSPAN="1"><IMG HEIGHT="1" ALT="" SRC="/img/spacer.gif" WIDTH="1" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD CLASS="valueHorizontalDivider" COLSPAN="1"><IMG HEIGHT="1" ALT="" SRC="/img/tbl-divider-hor.gif" WIDTH="3" BORDER="0"></TD> </TR> <TR>'; my $regex = qr/(?:<TD CLASS="label")(?:.*>)(?s)(?<lbl>.*?)(?:<\/TD>).*?(?:<TD NOWRAP>).*?(?:type=)"(?<type>[^"]*)".*?(?:name=)"(?<name>[^"]*)".(?:title=)"(?<title>[^"]*)".*?(?:id=)"(?<id>[^"]*)".*?(?:value=)"(?<value>[^"]*)".*?(?:size=)"(?<size>[^"]*)".*?(?:maxlength=)"(?<maxlength>[^"]*)"*.*?<\/TD>$/imp; my $subst = '<div class="medium-6 columns">\\n <label>${lbl} <!--### INPUT EXAMPLE ### -->\\n <input type="${type} <" NAME="${name}" TITLE="${title}" ID="${id}" VALUE="${value}" SIZE="${size}" MAXLENGTH="${maxlength}" ONCHANGE="markDirty();>\\n </label>\\n</div>'; my $result = $str =~ s/$regex/$subst/rg; print "The result of the substitution is' $result\n";

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