Regular Expressions 101

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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
  • Match everything enclosed
    (?:...)
  • Capture everything enclosed
    (...)
  • 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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Test String

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Generated Code

package main import ( "regexp" "fmt" ) func main() { var re = regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)^\{((?:(?:(?!\}).)+)(?:(?:\}\}|\}')?(?:(?:(?!\}).)*))+)\}(?!\})`) var str = `{class: name} { class : name } { 'class' : 'name' } { 'key' : 'value', 'key': 'value' } {'key': 'value'} {' key ': ' value ' , 'this': 'guy' } {' class ': ' in session ' , 'this': 'guy' } string {' class ': ' in session ' , 'this': 'guy' } string with {{ brackets }} {' class ': '{{ parse me }}' } {'key': 'value', checked: true} {'key': 'value', checked: {{ bool }} } {'asdf': 'fda', checked: {{ bool }}, strange: {{ bool }} } stuff {{ more }} #{interpolate} {'ng-class': '{active: active.semester == undefined}', 'ng-click': 'select()'} {'ng-show': 'class.location == "Online"'} | {{ class.onlineSchool.name }} {class: 'collapse-icon', 'ng-class': '{"open-content": expanded}'} icon {} {'{}'} ` for i, match := range re.FindAllString(str, -1) { fmt.Println(match, "found at index", i) } }

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 Golang, please visit: https://golang.org/pkg/regexp/