Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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  • Quantifiers
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  • 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)MaximumBatchQuantity[^:]+:(?<MaximumBatchQuantity>[^,]+)`) var str = `{"bdy":{"msg":"HttpRequest","addInfo":[{"key":"Url","value":"https://isp0064x.st.ad.XXXXX.com/XXXXXOmniFulfillmentServerApp/api/Assignment/Auto/"},{"key":"Content","value":"{\"Filters\":[],\"MaximumBatchQuantity\":20,\"AllowedSLAMilliSeconds\":4500,\"AssociateFirstName\":\"Aliona\",\"AssociateId\":\"2795969\",\"AssociateLastName\":\"Cieniawa\",\"Header\":{\"ApiVersion\":null,\"AppVersion\":\"18.3.0.15617\",\"JsonWebToken\":null,\"MessageId\":\"de959d4f-6a7d-4c0c-98d3-1143064b4300\"},\"IsOffline\":false,\"SLARequestKey\":\"AutoBatch\",\"StoreNumber\":\"0064\"}"},{"key":"CorrelationId","value":""},{"key":"MessageId","value":"3a04038d-64e2-493c-b489-90a922de1980"}]},"hdr":{"level":"Verbose","timestamp":"2018-06-04T21:03:19.6347626Z","fxsrc":"LogRequestInfo","lineNum":710,"userId":"2795969","loc":"Store","locId":"0064","ip":"10.224.255.15","hostName":"K-W10ME-7463352","macaddress":"00-16-XX-16-A6-FA","eventid":0,"appVersion":"18.3.0.15617","appName":"OmniFulfillment","deviceModel":"XX500","osVersion":"10.0.14393.2007","firmwareVersion":"1049.7.18039.0","networkSignalStrength":"4","isConnected":"True"},"ver":"0.1"}` 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/