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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
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  • Character Classes
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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

Regular Expression
No Match

/
/
gm

Test String

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use strict; my $str = '06191520 00102 0000 J 4776 6512 00 4776 06191522 00118 0000 4770 6512 00 024017001 06191535 00037 0000 I 6512 98311871 00 6512 06191532 00000 0000 B 6512 98311871 00 06191529 00141 0000 M 0 2470 999308509 6512 00 002002003 06191555 01854 0000 M 0 2470 33485083 6512 00 002002003 06191655 00151 0000 M 0 2470 01128983434 6512 00 002002003 06191656 00011 0000 M 0 2470 01128983434 6512 00 002002009 06191658 00130 0000 T 0 2470 01128983434 4776 00 002002009 06191701 00137 0000 M 0 2470 01128983434 6512 00 002002009 06191701 00000 0000 0 2470 01128983434 4776 00 002002009 06191632 00034 0000 J 4776 6512 00 4776 06191632 00034 0000 J 4776 6512 00 4776 06191634 00203 0000 T 0 2470 999308509 4776 00 002002001 06191630 00001 0000 J 6361 6512 00 6361 06191630 00001 0000 J 6361 6512 00 6361 06191644 00009 0000 M 0 2470 33283828 6512 00 002002007 06191645 00136 0000 T 0 2470 33283828 4776 00 002002007 06191632 00001 0000 M 0 2470 999308509 6512 00 002002001 06191634 00203 0000 T 0 2470 999308509 4776 00 002002001 06191656 00011 0000 M 0 2470 01128983434 6512 00 002002009 06191658 00130 0000 T 0 2470 01128983434 4776 00 002002009 06191644 00009 0000 M 0 2470 33283828 6512 00 002002007 06191645 00136 0000 T 0 2470 33283828 4776 00 002002007 06191632 00001 0000 M 0 2470 999308509 6512 00 002002001 06191634 00203 0000 T 0 2470 999308509 4776 00 002002001 06191652 00106 0000 M 0 2470 999308509 6512 00 002002003 06191652 00000 0000 0 2470 999308509 6512 00 002002003 06191656 00011 0000 M 0 2470 01128983434 6512 00 002002009 06191658 00130 0000 T 0 2470 01128983434 4776 00 002002009 06191701 00137 0000 M 0 2470 01128983434 6512 00 002002009 06191701 00000 0000 0 2470 01128983434 4776 00 002002009 06220921 00130 0000 M 0 2470 012997319079 6512 00 002002002 06220922 00004 0000 M 0 2470 012997319079 6512 00 002002005 06220924 00157 0000 T 0 2470 012997319079 4776 00 002002005 06220926 00144 0000 M 0 2470 012997319079 6512 00 002002006 06220926 00009 0000 0 2470 012997319079 4776 00 002002006 06220935 00347 0000 M 0 2470 33485083 6512 578129 00 002002001 06220938 00211 0000 M 0 2470 999308509 6512 578129 00 002002002 '; my $regex = qr/(?P<mesini>\d{2})(?P<diaini>\d{2})(?P<horaini>\d{2})(?P<minini>\d{2})\s(?P<duracaosegundo>\d{5})\s\d{4}\s(\w|\s)\s{6}\d\s(?<rota>\d{4})\s{6,13}(?<numerob>\d{8,20})\s(?<ramal>\d{4,8})\s{20,24}(?P<senha>(\d{6}|\s{6}))\s{8}\d{2}\s(?<tronco>\d{5})(?<nodetrunk>\d{4})\n/mp; if ( $str =~ /$regex/g ) { print "Whole match is ${^MATCH} and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[0] and \$+[0]\n"; # print "Capture Group 1 is $1 and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[1] and \$+[1]\n"; # print "Capture Group 2 is $2 ... and so on\n"; } # ${^POSTMATCH} and ${^PREMATCH} are also available with the use of '/p' # Named capture groups can be called via $+{name}

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