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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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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

/
/
gm

Test String

Substitution

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Code Generator

Generated Code

$re = '/IF NOT EXISTS \(SELECT \* FROM sys\.objects WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID\(N\'\[(.*?)\]\.\[(.*?)\]\'\) AND type = \'D\'\) BEGIN ALTER TABLE \[(.*?)\]\.\[(.*?)\] ADD DEFAULT \(\((.*?)\)\) FOR \[(.*?)\]/m'; $str = 'GO IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N\'[dbo].[DF_EnrollmentPeriod_MedPlans_IsActive]\') AND type = \'D\') BEGIN ALTER TABLE [dbo].[EnrollmentPeriod_MedPlans] ADD CONSTRAINT [DF_EnrollmentPeriod_MedPlans_IsActive] DEFAULT ((0)) FOR [IsActive] END GO IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N\'[dbo].[DF__HourlyUsa__12:00__3EFC4F81]\') AND type = \'D\') BEGIN ALTER TABLE [dbo].[HourlyUsageHistory] ADD DEFAULT ((0)) FOR [12:00 AM] END GO IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N\'[dbo].[DF__HourlyUsa__1:00 __3FF073BA]\') AND type = \'D\') BEGIN ALTER TABLE [dbo].[HourlyUsageHistory] ADD DEFAULT ((0)) FOR [1:00 AM] END GO IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N\'[dbo].[DF__HourlyUsa__2:00 __40E497F3]\') AND type = \'D\') BEGIN ALTER TABLE [dbo].[HourlyUsageHistory] ADD DEFAULT ((0)) FOR [2:00 AM] END GO IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N\'[dbo].[DF__HourlyUsa__3:00 __41D8BC2C]\') AND type = \'D\') BEGIN ALTER TABLE [dbo].[HourlyUsageHistory] ADD DEFAULT ((0)) FOR [3:00 AM] END GO IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N\'[dbo].[DF__HourlyUsa__4:00 __42CCE065]\') AND type = \'D\') BEGIN ALTER TABLE [dbo].[HourlyUsageHistory] ADD DEFAULT ((0)) FOR [4:00 AM] END GO IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N\'[dbo].[DF__HourlyUsa__5:00 __43C1049E]\') AND type = \'D\') BEGIN ALTER TABLE [dbo].[HourlyUsageHistory] ADD DEFAULT ((0)) FOR [5:00 AM] END GO IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N\'[dbo].[DF__HourlyUsa__6:00 __44B528D7]\') AND type = \'D\') BEGIN ALTER TABLE [dbo].[HourlyUsageHistory] ADD DEFAULT ((0)) FOR [6:00 AM] END GO IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N\'[dbo].[DF__HourlyUsa__7:00 __45A94D10]\') AND type = \'D\') BEGIN ALTER TABLE [dbo].[HourlyUsageHistory] ADD DEFAULT ((0)) FOR [7:00 AM] END GO IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N\'[dbo].[DF__HourlyUsa__8:00 __469D7149]\') AND type = \'D\') BEGIN ALTER TABLE [dbo].[HourlyUsageHistory] ADD DEFAULT ((0)) FOR [8:00 AM] END '; $subst = "IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N'[\1].[\2]') AND type = 'D')BEGINALTER TABLE [\3].[\4] ADD CONSTRAINT [\2] DEFAULT ((\5)) FOR [\6]"; $result = preg_replace($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