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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • 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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using System; using System.Text.RegularExpressions; public class Example { public static void Main() { string pattern = @"([+\-*\/]{2,}\d+)|(\([+\*\/])|((?<![\d\)])[+\*\/]\()|(\)[+\-\*\/](?![\d\()]))|((?<![\d\)])(?=[+\*\/]\d+))|(\(\))|(\d+[+\-\*\/](?![\d(]))|((?<![\d\+\-\*\/])\([+\-\*\/])|((?<![\d])[+\-\*\/]\))"; string input = @"-(1+2)*10 2+3*(5-6/4)/3+26-122*3/29 (?>![\\d)])[+\-\*\/]\( ([+\-*\/]{2,}\d+)|(\([+\*\/])|((?>![\\d)])[+\-\*\/]\()|([^\d\)][+\-\*\/]\()|((?<=[+\-\*\/])(0\d+))|(\)[+\-\*\/][^\d\)])|((?<![\d\)])(?=[+\*\/]\d+))|(\(\)) (0*1-0-3)-5/0-4-(3*(-2 010 + 1 4-1- (1-2)*(3-4) 空字符串 🆗 错误的运算符 🆗 错误的运算数 🆗 括号不匹配 ？ 空括号 🆗 连续的运算符，例如--5 运算符为正数时，其符号+必须省略，例如+2+4定义为非法，而负数时为合法，例如-2+4 前面补零 程序要能处理表达式中间出现的空格（输入表达式中存在空格为合法情况） (后面是运算符 + / * 没数字！ )前面是运算符 + - * / 没数字！ -) (1 -6)-(-1+2) 010 0 开头的数字 4- -(9-1) 允许 (9-1)- 不允许 +9+1 不允许 -9+1 允许 其他不符合表达式书写规则的情况 (2*2)*2) -100*100-(13*4)"; RegexOptions options = RegexOptions.Multiline; foreach (Match m in Regex.Matches(input, pattern, options)) { Console.WriteLine("'{0}' found at index {1}.", m.Value, m.Index); } } }

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 C#, please visit: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.text.regularexpressions.regex(v=vs.110).aspx