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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

/
/
gm

Test String

Substitution

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Code Generator

Generated Code

$re = '/<td>(.*)<\/td>.*\n<td>(.*)/m'; $str = 'Retrieved June 7, 2014 Revision: http://wiki.scribus.net/wiki/index.php?title=Keyboard_Shortcuts_by_Key&oldid=30255 Function Keys <table> <tr> <td> A </td> <td> Insert Table Frame </td></tr> <tr> <td> B </td> <td> Insert Bezier Curve </td></tr> <tr> <td> C </td> <td> Select (Temporary until the rest are sorted out) </td></tr> <tr> <td> E </td> <td> Edit Contents (text in a text frame, or image location in an image frame) </td></tr> <tr> <td> F </td> <td> Insert Freehand Line </td></tr> <tr> <td> I </td> <td> Insert Image Frame </td></tr> <tr> <td> N </td> <td> Link Text Frame </td></tr> <tr> <td> L </td> <td> Insert Line </td></tr> <tr> <td> P </td> <td> Insert Polygon </td></tr> <tr> <td> R </td> <td> Rotate </td></tr> <tr> <td> S </td> <td> Insert Shape </td></tr> <tr> <td> T </td> <td> Insert Text Frame </td></tr> <tr> <td> U </td> <td> Unlink Text Frame </td></tr> <tr> <td> Z </td> <td> Zoom </td></tr></table> Normal Keyboard Shortcuts <table> <tr> <td> A </td> <td> Insert Table Frame </td></tr> <tr> <td> B </td> <td> Insert Bezier Curve </td></tr> <tr> <td> C </td> <td> Select (Temporary until the rest are sorted out) </td></tr> <tr> <td> E </td> <td> Edit Contents (text in a text frame, or image location in an image frame) </td></tr> <tr> <td> F </td> <td> Insert Freehand Line </td></tr> <tr> <td> I </td> <td> Insert Image Frame </td></tr> <tr> <td> N </td> <td> Link Text Frame </td></tr> <tr> <td> L </td> <td> Insert Line </td></tr> <tr> <td> P </td> <td> Insert Polygon </td></tr> <tr> <td> R </td> <td> Rotate </td></tr> <tr> <td> S </td> <td> Insert Shape </td></tr> <tr> <td> T </td> <td> Insert Text Frame </td></tr> <tr> <td> U </td> <td> Unlink Text Frame </td></tr> <tr> <td> Z </td> <td> Zoom </td></tr></table> Control, Shift, Alt keys <tr> <td> Select All </td> <td> Control-A </td></tr> <tr> <td> Deselect All </td> <td> Control-Shift-A </td></tr> <tr> <td> Copy </td> <td> Control-C </td></tr> <tr> <td> Get Text or Image </td> <td> Control-D </td></tr> <tr> <td> Item Duplicate </td> <td> Control-Alt-Shift-D </td></tr> <tr> <td> Search and Replace </td> <td> Control-F </td></tr> <tr> <td> Lock Item </td> <td> Control-L </td></tr> <tr> <td> Lock Item Size </td> <td> Control-Shift-L </td></tr> <tr> <td> Group Items </td> <td> Control-G </td></tr> <tr> <td> Document Information </td> <td> Control-I </td></tr> <tr> <td> Delete Item </td> <td> Control-K </td></tr> <tr> <td> New File </td> <td> Control-N </td></tr> <tr> <td> Open File </td> <td> Control-O </td></tr> <tr> <td> Print </td> <td> Control-P </td></tr> <tr> <td> Quit </td> <td> Control-Q </td></tr> <tr> <td> Save </td> <td> Control-S </td></tr> <tr> <td> Save As </td> <td> Control-Shift-S </td></tr> <tr> <td> Ungroup Item </td> <td> Control-Shift-G </td></tr> <tr> <td> Paste </td> <td> Control-V </td></tr> <tr> <td> Close File </td> <td> Control-W </td></tr> <tr> <td> Cut </td> <td> Control-X </td></tr> <tr> <td> Edit with Story Editor </td> <td> Control-Y </td></tr> <tr> <td> Undo </td> <td> Control-Z </td></tr> <tr> <td> Redo </td> <td> Control-Shift-Z </td></tr> <tr> <td> Select All </td> <td> Control-A </td></tr> <tr> <td> DeSelect All </td> <td> Control-Shift-A </td></tr> <tr> <td> Zoom to fit </td> <td> Control-0 </td></tr> <tr> <td> Zoom to 100% </td> <td> Control-1 </td></tr> <tr> <td> Zoom In </td> <td> Control-Plus </td></tr> <tr> <td> Zoom Out </td> <td> Control-Minus </td></tr> <tr> <td> Zoom In/Out </td> <td> Control-Mousewheel </td></tr> <tr> <td> Smart Hyphen </td> <td> Control-Shift-Minus </td></tr> <tr> <td> Non Breaking Space </td> <td> Control-Space </td></tr> <tr> <td> Insert Page Number </td> <td> Control-Alt-Shift-P </td></tr> <tr> <td> Raise </td> <td> Control-Home </td></tr> <tr> <td> Lower </td> <td> Control-End </td></tr> <tr> <td> Raise to top </td> <td> Home </td></tr> <tr> <td> Lower to bottom </td> <td> End </td></tr> <tr> <td> Frame Break </td> <td> Control-Return </td></tr> <tr> <td> Column Break </td> <td> Control-Shift-Return </td></tr> <tr> <td> Stacked Objects, next in Z-order </td> <td> Control-Shift-LMouse </td></tr> <tr> <td> Resizing object when other object on top </td> <td> Control-drag </td></tr> <tr> <td> Resize proportionally </td> <td> Control-drag </td></tr> <tr> <td> Move image in image frame without entering frame edit mode </td> <td> Control-Alt-drag </td></tr> <tr> <td> Move frame/group with X/Y constrained </td> <td> Control-drag </td></tr> <tr> <td> Rotate a line or when creating a line, constrain the angle of rotation </td> <td> Control-drag and rotate </td></tr> <tr> <td> Rotate an existing item on the page other than a line and constrain the angle of rotation </td> <td> Control-drag and rotate </td></tr> <tr> <td> Resize to a square </td> <td> Shift-drag </td></tr> <tr> <td> New Line </td> <td> Shift-Return </td></tr> <tr> <td> Scale text </td> <td> Alt-Shift-drag </td></tr> <tr> <td> Scale text proportionally </td> <td> Alt-Control-drag </td></tr> <tr> <td> Move item 1 unit (current: pt,mm,in,c,p,cm)</td> <td> Arrow keys </td></tr> <tr> <td> Move item 0.1 units (current: pt,mm,in,c,p,cm)</td> <td> Shift+Arrow keys </td></tr> <tr> <td> Move item 10 units (current: pt,mm,in,c,p,cm)</td> <td> Control+Arrow keys </td></tr> <tr> <td> Move item 0.01 units (current: pt,mm,in,c,p,cm)</td> <td> Control+Shift+Arrow keys </td></tr> <tr> <td> Resize item 1 unit outwards (current: pt,mm,in,c,p,cm)</td> <td> Alt+Arrow keys </td></tr> <tr> <td> Resize item 1 unit inwards(current: pt,mm,in,c,p,cm)</td> <td> Shift+Alt+Arrow keys </td></tr> <tr> <td> Move to start of paragraph in text edit mode on canvas </td> <td> Control Up Arrow </td></tr> <tr> <td> Move to end of paragraph in text edit mode on canvas </td> <td> Control Down Arrow </td></tr> <tr> <td> Move to start of frame in text edit mode on canvas </td> <td> Control Page Up </td></tr> <tr> <td> Move to end of frame in text edit mode on canvas </td> <td> Control Page Down </td></tr> <tr> <td> Resize image while in image frame edit mode on canvas </td> <td> Alt+Arrow keys </td></tr></table>'; $subst = ""; $result = preg_replace($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