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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
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  • 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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const regex = /([+\-*\/]{2,}\d+)|(\([+\*\/])|((?<![\d\)])[+\*\/]\()|(\)[+\-\*\/](?![\d\()]))|((?<![\d\)])(?=[+\*\/]\d+))|(\(\))|(\d+[+\-\*\/](?![\d(]))|((?<![\d\+\-\*\/])\([+\-\*\/])|((?<![\d])[+\-\*\/]\))/gm; // Alternative syntax using RegExp constructor // const regex = new RegExp('([+\\-*\\\/]{2,}\\d+)|(\\([+\\*\\\/])|((?<![\\d\\)])[+\\*\\\/]\\()|(\\)[+\\-\\*\\\/](?![\\d\\()]))|((?<![\\d\\)])(?=[+\\*\\\/]\\d+))|(\\(\\))|(\\d+[+\\-\\*\\\/](?![\\d(]))|((?<![\\d\\+\\-\\*\\\/])\\([+\\-\\*\\\/])|((?<![\\d])[+\\-\\*\\\/]\\))', 'gm') const str = `-(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)`; // 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