Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • 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

Regular Expression
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gm

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const regex = new RegExp('\\?[^w$]*\\$$|[]^C]\\w+$|w\\^|\\|..\\)', 'gm') const str = `The next answer has to match the following strings: PPCG ^P ^[P^]P [^?][PG]\$ (?<!\\\\..)(?!]).\$ ^[\\w^]*\$|!|]P|G]\\\$\$ !|[^?]P(CG|G..)?\$ [^])]\\\$|^\\^?P|P.\\].\$ ([.\$?]|G\\])\\\$\$|^\\^?P|\\]P\$ ([P.\$?]\\\$|[]^]P|G\\]\\\$|CG)\$ !|((G.|P|\\.)\\\$|[^?]P|CG)\$ ^[(!P]|G..\$|]..\\||[^?]P\$ ^.{3,23}[.-~]..\\\$\$|[^P?][PG]\$ ^..(.[!G)(3w^]|.{7}\$|\$)|\\\$\\? \\.\\)|P[.\$?]|w\\^|^[^|C\\\\]*\$|^P ^..(.[!)3G^w]|\$)|\\^.{7}\$|G\\) And fail on these strings: [PPCG] ^[P\\^] [^\\]]\$ ^\\^?P [^?][PG]\$|<|PG ^[^\\\\|]*(\\\\\\\\)+[^\\\\|]*[^\\]]\$ ^(.{,4}|.{9}|.{16,19}|.{5}P)\$ ^[^?]*[PG]\$|[?\$].*\\\$\$ ^[^[]P|]P|(G]|[.])\\\$\$ \\..\$|!|\\|G|^[\\^P]P|P\\^|G.\\\$\$ ...\\^.P|^!|G]\\\$\$|w|<!|^\\^?P ([^\\\\}<]{3}|][^]]|^).?[\$PG]\$ ^(..[^^].{4,22}\\\$|[^?]+\\w)\$|2 ^(..[^^].{4,22}\\\$|[^?]+\\w)\$|~ ^..(.[!()3G^w]|.{7}\$|\$)|G\\\\ [[?C(].[-!)|w]|^P|^[^C|\\\\]*\$ [?[CP(].[-<)|w]|^P|^[^C|\\\\]*\$ ^..(.{7}\$|.[3Gw!^)]|\$)|G.?.?\\) ^...[3w!G)]|^[^\\\\C|]*\$|G.?.?\\) ^[^C\\\\|]+\$|G.\\)|\\.\\)|w\\^|^P|\\...?] ^P|!.3|w\\^|^[^C\\\\|]+\$|\\.[)\$-](?!.!)`; // Reset `lastIndex` if this regex is defined globally // regex.lastIndex = 0; let m; while ((m = regex.exec(str)) !== null) { // This is necessary to avoid infinite loops with zero-width matches if (m.index === regex.lastIndex) { regex.lastIndex++; } // The result can be accessed through the `m`-variable. m.forEach((match, groupIndex) => { console.log(`Found match, group ${groupIndex}: ${match}`); }); }

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 JavaScript, please visit: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Regular_Expressions