Regular Expressions 101

Group url(?P<url>https?://(?:(?:www|forums)\.aeva\.asn\.au/forums|forums\.aeva\.asn\.au)[^\s\"<]+)

httpthe literal text http (case sensitive)

s?optionally matches the literal s (115₁₀ / 163₈ / 73₁₆) (case sensitive)

://the literal text ://

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?:www|forums)\.aeva\.asn\.au/forums|forums\.aeva\.asn\.au)

1st Alternative(?:www|forums)\.aeva\.asn\.au/forums

Non-Capturing Group(?:www|forums)

1st Alternativewww

wwwthe literal text www (case sensitive)

2nd Alternativeforums

forumsthe literal text forums (case sensitive)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

aevathe literal text aeva (case sensitive)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

asnthe literal text asn (case sensitive)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

au/forumsthe literal text au/forums (case sensitive)

2nd Alternativeforums\.aeva\.asn\.au

forumsthe literal text forums (case sensitive)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

aevathe literal text aeva (case sensitive)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

asnthe literal text asn (case sensitive)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

authe literal text au (case sensitive)

Negated Character Class[^\s\"<]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

\sa Unicode whitespace character

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

Global pattern flags

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

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Regular Expression

(?P<url>https?://(?:(?:www|forums)\.aeva\.asn\.au/forums|forums\.aeva\.asn\.au)[^\s\"<]+)

Test String
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Examples of URL patterns (cross linking the AEVA forum) that need conversion
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Thread ID: 756
http://www.aeva.asn.au/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=132&KW=

Thread ID: 1667
http://www.aeva.asn.au/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=270


Thread ID: 1959
http://www.aeva.asn.au/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=316&PID=1958#1958

Thread ID: 1427
http://www.aeva.asn.au/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=65&KW=&PID=646#646


Thread ID: 1997
http://www.aeva.asn.au/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=161&PN=1

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Probably ignore these patterns, not many of them...
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Thread ID: 8573
<img src="http://www.aeva.asn.au/forums/smileys/smiley4.gif" border="0" />

Thread ID: 4845
http://www.aeva.asn.au/forums/smileys/smiley18.gif


Hi Andrew, 
<br />I cant for the life of me see how to PM. Is it enabled?
<br />
<br />Anyway, here are the conversations I started that could be re-clasified if you get a chance.
<br />
<br />Cheers,
<br />Mal.
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<br />Media
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<br />http://www.aeva.asn.au/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=143&KW=
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<br />
<br />Parts and Suppliers
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<br />http://www.aeva.asn.au/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=132&KW=
<br />http://www.aeva.asn.au/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=128&KW=
<br />http://www.aeva.asn.au/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=113&KW=
<br />http://www.aeva.asn.au/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=116&KW=