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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
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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]
  • Character class intersection
    [\w&&[^\d]]
  • 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 = @"((?:(\w{1}|\d).+([\.?\!\)\s]|\b)?)+)|\s?([\w ]+[\.\?!] )"; string input = @"What about... this sentence? Here's a list of things: * one, continued - two. * three, - four - five 1. Numbered one, continued 2. numbered two. 3. numbered three. every sentence starts with a capital. let's have that rule. but what is a sentence? 42 is the answer. I got a memory leak of the whole client-chat direcrive. sdf this is a sentence that continues down here. while this is a different sentence. (can we find sentences in brackets?) Sentences sometimes (but not always), contain bracketed sections, e.g. as in this sentence; ok? a sentence with no final punctuation should end if double-spaced authorize.net Node.js filename-ish words & such don't terminate a sentence I want to move my website from example.net to example.com blah blah blah. I want to move my website from example.net to example.com blah blah blah I want to move my website from example.net to _xCodexBlockxPlacexHolderx_ example.com blah blah blah. _xCodexBlockxPlacexHolderx_ More than a 10% with 1.5 to 2 global load, etc.) to 1st level Flume collectors. I am using AngularJS 1.3.0, but even after upgrade to 1.4.9 it still happens. (That should be just ONE sentence.) A simple sentence, ending with punctuation. A sentence without end punctuatione, ending with double-space ""A sentence in quotes."" ""Ok with that?"" ""punctuation after the close quote""! ###This is a heading Text in a link [is part of the sentence][1]. Another sentence. And another sentence? End of file!"; RegexOptions options = RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | 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