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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
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    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
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  • 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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const regex = /(?>"")(\w*)/gm; // Alternative syntax using RegExp constructor // const regex = new RegExp('(?>"")(\\w*)', 'gm') const str = `Sql.Database("GOULBDB42", "PALMSDB", [Query="SELECT ""tblPOEOLicence"".""InstrumentID"" as LicNo#(lf), ""tblClassification"".""Description"" as Status#(lf), ""tblPOEOLicence"".""AnniversaryDate"" as Anniv_date#(lf), ""tblLocation"".""LocationName"" as Location#(lf), ""tblLGA"".""Name"" as LicLGA#(lf), ""viewInstrumentAccountableParty"".""APName"" as Licensee#(lf), ""tblActivityGroup"".""Description"" as Schudeled_Activity#(lf), ""tblFeeBasedActivity"".""Description"" as Fee_Based_Activity#(lf), ""tblPOEOLicenceFeeBasedActivity"".""PrimaryFlag"" as PrimaryFBA#(lf), ""tblInstrument"".""DateIssued"" as DateIssued#(lf), ""tblAddress"".""Suburb"" as LocationSuburb#(lf), ""tblAddress"".""StateCode"" as LocationState#(lf)FROM (((((((((((""PALMSDB"".""dbo"".""tblPOEOLicence"" ""tblPOEOLicence"" INNER JOIN ""PALMSDB"".""dbo"".""tblInstrument"" ""tblInstrument"" ON ""tblPOEOLicence"".""InstrumentID""=""tblInstrument"".""InstrumentID"") INNER JOIN ""PALMSDB"".""dbo"".""tblPOEOLicenceFeeBasedActivity"" ""tblPOEOLicenceFeeBasedActivity"" ON ""tblPOEOLicence"".""InstrumentID""=""tblPOEOLicenceFeeBasedActivity"".""InstrumentID"") INNER JOIN ""PALMSDB"".""dbo"".""viewInstrumentAccountableParty"" ""viewInstrumentAccountableParty"" ON ""tblPOEOLicence"".""InstrumentID""=""viewInstrumentAccountableParty"".""InstrumentID"") INNER JOIN ""PALMSDB"".""dbo"".""tblInstrumentLocation"" ""tblInstrumentLocation"" ON ""tblPOEOLicence"".""InstrumentID""=""tblInstrumentLocation"".""InstrumentID"") INNER JOIN ""PALMSDB"".""dbo"".""tblLocation"" ""tblLocation"" ON ""tblInstrumentLocation"".""LocationID""=""tblLocation"".""LocationID"") INNER JOIN ""PALMSDB"".""dbo"".""tblLandTitle"" ""tblLandTitle"" ON ""tblLocation"".""LocationID""=""tblLandTitle"".""LocationID"") INNER JOIN ""PALMSDB"".""dbo"".""tblAddress"" ""tblAddress"" ON ""tblLocation"".""AddressID""=""tblAddress"".""AddressID"") LEFT OUTER JOIN ""PALMSDB"".""dbo"".""tblLandTitleLGA"" ""tblLandTitleLGA"" ON ""tblLandTitle"".""LandTitleID""=""tblLandTitleLGA"".""LandTitleID"") LEFT OUTER JOIN ""PALMSDB"".""dbo"".""tblLGA"" ""tblLGA"" ON ""tblLandTitleLGA"".""LGAID""=""tblLGA"".""LGAID"") INNER JOIN ""PALMSDB"".""dbo"".""tblFeeBasedActivity"" ""tblFeeBasedActivity"" ON ""tblPOEOLicenceFeeBasedActivity"".""FeeBasedActivityID""=""tblFeeBasedActivity"".""FeeBasedActivityID"") INNER JOIN ""PALMSDB"".""dbo"".""tblActivityGroup"" ""tblActivityGroup"" ON ""tblFeeBasedActivity"".""ActivityGroupID""=""tblActivityGroup"".""ActivityGroupID"") INNER JOIN ""PALMSDB"".""dbo"".""tblClassification"" ""tblClassification"" ON ""tblInstrument"".""InstrumentStatusID""=""tblClassification"".""ClassificationID""#(lf)"])`; // Reset `lastIndex` if this regex is defined globally // regex.lastIndex = 0; let m; while ((m = regex.exec(str)) !== null) { // This is necessary to avoid infinite loops with zero-width matches if (m.index === regex.lastIndex) { regex.lastIndex++; } // The result can be accessed through the `m`-variable. m.forEach((match, groupIndex) => { console.log(`Found match, group ${groupIndex}: ${match}`); }); }

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 JavaScript, please visit: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Regular_Expressions