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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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gm

Test String

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$re = '/.*?(\w+).*\n?/m'; $str = '• BTC ⇒ 59982.00 USD (-6.38%) • ETH ⇒ 4219.78 USD (-7.94%) • BNB ⇒ 581.00 USD (-8.59%) • CAKE ⇒ 16.78 USD (-9.35%) • BAKE ⇒ 1.880000 USD (-11.42%) • GRT ⇒ 0.921331 USD (-11.18%) • LINK ⇒ 29.19 USD (-10.42%) • DOT ⇒ 40.76 USD (-9.92%) • XRP ⇒ 1.080000 USD (-8.26%) • ENJ ⇒ 2.850000 USD (-6.82%) • SOL ⇒ 221.16 USD (-6.81%) • DOGE ⇒ 0.236049 USD (-8.49%) • PROM ⇒ 16.94 USD (-7.29%) • MATIC ⇒ 1.540000 USD (-9.23%) • VET ⇒ 0.146540 USD (-10.92%) • ADA ⇒ 1.880000 USD (-7.45%) • SHIB ⇒ 0.000049 USD (-10.75%) • XTZ ⇒ 5.220000 USD (-8.97%) • ONE ⇒ 0.251386 USD (-12.99%) • ALGO ⇒ 1.690000 USD (-10.67%)'; $subst = "$1 "; $result = preg_replace($re, $subst, $str); echo "The result of the substitution is ".$result;

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 PHP, please visit: http://php.net/manual/en/ref.pcre.php