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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
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/
/
g

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$re = '/\/(?:\/|\/\s)razor:([^~]*?=)([^~]*?;)[^*]+?\/(?:\/|\s)endrazor/'; $str = 'var exp = module.exports = {}; var pageIsLoaded = true; //razor:var cttCipher = [@Raw(Model.CipherText)]; var cttCipher = ["U2FsdGVkX19f2rSF8G7sSSKwr+JWsEZYySfbePfitkbo462FKaIJNOc/v5V8+h" ,"Vo4k5dHornELJHfTx2h+XsXQstYXFL13QdRFQ5v0OfWNIubrYlnQBm6DOdHKQlJ44j2RJLg2cknFDX0" ,"bwBWvXCP2/db6HShj9/NtdusBUcGf62bnZC1ADeFxKnR+r6Sa8SNEk2AAlq8k6cN0z4EpL/WgQrGVNe" ,"+nmAlLxxY1MexWZ0rWc5pjlubyddKK9Z+jbcbXqmseED1iXPHjcmGsPHrMQIylWmt2jXaw6bq/8IVrF" ,"UgqZPL1ICfWF7bTy3SNkI+t6o/vEvq1GJ9iqvn7qQyPrqCL2ztuORPhPwMGP7ZzzVUozT+c7Wj1X2eU" ,"qkgxjpECjmJiigXFHCv/vWC/Yk4+oK644ajGknDFvt7dQKb320uJHdfNuuFAZiVQ2DrSfxq+DIWe4pj" ,"PPFWCArZ566vRzZRENA9l2lIQmWga8q+/LVirG+/wGWzC/QXMypLPRa+l3WUl6pm918RPCZOkzUtfb3" ,"zSaLX9b6cuSOw1KJfjpvwWOu1RVAEtRzN8cn9B6zNlXFlDlo1x57H/4Bo760JMpn8mbLZq4yW5cg2T4" ,"n61sIpFjDVArQPvEzep7N+nVtq3apqeHo/Uge3WA/81o0lo1jJY2duUZgakK5Bm5nN1hJDHrQeexGrl" ,"DAAaPmR5OdbM8IeNeu1NF9c0NnGXUnskNnlHZwODCQNCrz/xRbLMNdfPOjCUjVn36H1nRT+ngGS/c/8" ,"iiGQy1iBGWycnVvbkQF0UWdzXrw1miqBkj8f7eKup1GEYn+ylVBM6VeboPez2UOLU3VfzGmj0w3yb4f" ,"h5YbxZI1TzLIFFONHuj1DTpr49BEb9Q3QeSUHytn0msnvLKpgDxFg03gTnu+BXypM94ynil38d3saIA" ,"J+Qe8DSdZfsXHo6zegvYWUQl+px8Ti3+pc7T3zs/1iDFEvkGDJyIJOxhQBx0DfYi8tUxV+WXA3czDL4" ,"WZnOYNOLr5vljZrVhAQglg6bcZlFIj/HqXwf23zUmnUHWAFuPKlUk7NpMejtBw8EuMOJIncdGZSZV9r" ,"luzuZoK6gfBYPUd1mzRtoY7dQqZ3UYvzBNuXOyb2IPSrEEQXzeYFhDz8lC5JRpHN+gPzKVoLyK9pnl9" ,"Xzb9ZthQXdTKOoHAWQ8Rtoq2DSfZaF60edOUVFSTZkhw1IrcJ9mP8oUTCSMiLvNqwg0+1KsfF0dMrQs" ,"QnmQnbMoiaofGPNvcEfDrvYQhVfk71/ZbgN/RQHejqwEBQ2EL51niE7qm2fOvnPyglpD+E0sTIcRP8T" ,"oQRV40wINFNiYnzUwBnQhxQLU6QugZQnYUGoYhWWIf/x00sRNAC87xcViOmadVPWs0qsICZJgPqPOKk" ,"L/ql3Us5ENQg+xfdStQ4fyljPBFnX+OXlSMfKbueKwSh58fq5hNw6Slk/jYYlnqI+uagNypHkOv5PlI" ,"kyPXNLDzN+2jU8c4GIBhLf5OMOo66p24qI2BFA7CJfEQGZcuvXH6rKm6vVD08OGlNpaaQ4bXXcKVwys" ,"EUPnUp8M8FR5ju7M="] //endrazor exp.decrypt = function () { if (!pageIsLoaded) { alert(\'Aguarde a p\\xe1gina carregar.\'); return; } var txtpass = document.getElementById(\'txt-pass\'); var passHash = Core.SHA512(txtpass.value); var txtCipher = cttCipher.join(\'\'); // razor: var iniVector = Core.enc.Hex.parse(\'@Model.InitializationVector\'); var iniVector = Core.enc.Hex.parse(\'@Model.InitializationVector\'); //endrazor var pageIsLoaded = true; //razor:var cttCipher = [_____@Raw(Model.CipherText)___]; var cttCipher = [\'@Raw(Model.CipherText)\']; // endrazor'; preg_match_all($re, $str, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER, 0); // Print the entire match result var_dump($matches);

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