Regular Expressions 101

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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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using System; using System.Text.RegularExpressions; public class Example { public static void Main() { string pattern = @"name=""([^""]*?) 30 Minute Wait,"; string input = @"name=""Barnstormer, Fantasyland, 05 Minute Wait,name=""Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Frontierland, 05 Minute Wait,name=""Celebrity Spotlight, Echo Lake, 05 Minute Wait,name=""DINOSAUR, DinoLand U.S.A., 05 Minute Wait,name=""Expedition Everest - Legend of the Forbidden Mountain, Asia, 05 Minute Wait,name=""Gran Fiesta Tour StarringThree Caballeros, World Showcase, 05 Minute Wait,name=""Great Movie Ride, Hollywood Boulevard, 05 Minute Wait,name=""Mad Tea Party, Fantasyland, 05 Minute Wait,name=""Meet Chewbacca at Star Wars Launch Bay, Animation Courtyard, 05 Minute Wait,name=""Seas with Nemo & Friends, Future World, 05 Minute Wait,name=""Star Wars Launch Bay Theater, Animation Courtyard, 05 Minute Wait,name=""TriceraTop Spin, DinoLand U.S.A., 05 Minute Wait,name=""Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin, Tomorrowland, 10 Minute Wait,name=""Dumbo the Flying Elephant, Fantasyland, 10 Minute Wait,name=""Encounter Kylo Ren at Star Wars Launch Bay, Animation Courtyard, 10 Minute Wait,name=""it's a small world, Fantasyland, 10 Minute Wait,name=""Kilimanjaro Safaris, Africa, 10 Minute Wait,name=""Magic Carpets of Aladdin, Adventureland, 10 Minute Wait,name=""Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Fantasyland, 10 Minute Wait,name=""Mickey and Minnie Starring in Red Carpet Dreams, Commissary Lane, 10 Minute Wait,name=""Mickey's PhilharMagic, Fantasyland, 10 Minute Wait,name=""Muppet*Vision 3D, Muppet Courtyard, 10 Minute Wait,name=""Pirates of the Caribbean, Adventureland, 10 Minute Wait,name=""Primeval Whirl, DinoLand U.S.A., 10 Minute Wait,name=""Soarin', Future World, 10 Minute Wait,name=""Spaceship Earth, Future World, 10 Minute Wait,name=""Star Tours –Adventures Continue, Echo Lake, 10 Minute Wait,name=""Toy Story Mania!, Pixar Place, 10 Minute Wait,name=""Twilight Zone Tower of Terror™, Sunset Boulevard, 10 Minute Wait,name=""Under the Sea ~ Journey ofLittle Mermaid, Fantasyland, 10 Minute Wait,name=""Jungle Cruise, Adventureland, 15 Minute Wait,name=""Mission: SPACE, Future World, 15 Minute Wait,name=""Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith, Sunset Boulevard, 15 Minute Wait,name=""Splash Mountain, Frontierland, 15 Minute Wait,name=""Astro Orbiter, Tomorrowland, 20 Minute Wait,name=""Meet Disney Pals at the Epcot Character Spot, Future World, 20 Minute Wait,name=""Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor, Tomorrowland, 20 Minute Wait,name=""Meet Rapunzel and Tiana at Princess Fairytale Hall, Fantasyland, 25 Minute Wait,name=""Space Mountain, Tomorrowland, 25 Minute Wait,name=""Enchanted Tales with Belle, Fantasyland, 30 Minute Wait,name=""Meet Cinderella and Elena at Princess Fairytale Hall, Fantasyland, 30 Minute Wait,name=""Meet Tinker Bell at Town Square Theater, Main Street, U.S.A., 30 Minute Wait,name=""Peter Pan's Flight, Fantasyland, 30 Minute Wait,name=""Test Track, Future World, 30 Minute Wait,name=""Meet Anna and Elsa at Royal Sommerhus, World Showcase, 40 Minute Wait,name=""Tomorrowland Speedway, Tomorrowland, 40 Minute Wait,name=""Frozen Ever After, World Showcase, 45 Minute Wait,name=""Meet Mickey Mouse at Town Square Theater, Main Street, U.S.A., 55 Minute Wait,name=""Meet Ariel at Her Grotto, Fantasyland, 65 Minute Wait,name=""Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, Fantasyland, 80 Minute Wait,name=""Haunted Mansion, Liberty Square, Temporarily Closed,name=""Kali River Rapids, Asia, Temporarily Closed "; foreach (Match m in Regex.Matches(input, pattern)) { 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