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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

/
/
gm

Test String

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Generated Code

use strict; my $str = '<body> <section id="fd-container" class="bgFFF celupSection"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div id="primary" class="col-md-9 content-area"> <main id="main" role="main"> <div class="table-info"><span class="info">테이블번호: 13</span></div> <article id="post-445" class="post-content post-445 company type-company status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry category-32 wpautop"> <header class="entry-header"><span class="screen-reader-text">할머니잔치국수</span> <h1 class="entry-title">할머니잔치국수</h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid"> <div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12"> <div class="vc_column-inner"> <div class="wpb_wrapper"> <div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element"> <div class="wpb_wrapper"> <div class="fd-foodDetailProBox style1"> <ul class="fd-foodDetailProList"> <li class="fd-foodDetailPro fd-flex"> <div class="fd-foodDetailProLeft fd-flex"> <div class="fd-foodProLeftTitleBox"> <div class="fd-foodProImg"><img width="66" height="66" src="http://webpos.wper.kr/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1000-01-100x100.jpg" alt="" srcset="http://webpos.wper.kr/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1000-01-100x100.jpg 100w, http://webpos.wper.kr/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1000-01-150x150.jpg 150w, http://webpos.wper.kr/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1000-01-60x60.jpg 60w" sizes="(max-width: 66px) 100vw, 66px" class="attachment-66x66 size-66x66" /></div> </div> <div class="fd-foodProLeftContentBox"> <div class="fd-foodProSubTitle">비빔국수</div> <div class="fd-foodProLeftContent">최상의 마법 비빔국수</div> <div class="fd-foodProLeftContent">영양정보 칼로리 313kcal</div> </div> </div> <div class="fd-foodDetailProRight fd-flex fd-align-center fd-justy-center"> <div class="fd-foodDetailProPrice">4,900</div> </div> </li> <li class="fd-foodDetailPro fd-flex"> <div class="fd-foodDetailProLeft fd-flex"> <div class="fd-foodProLeftTitleBox"> <div class="fd-foodProImg"><img width="66" height="66" src="http://webpos.wper.kr/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1000-02-100x100.jpg" alt="" srcset="http://webpos.wper.kr/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1000-02-100x100.jpg 100w, http://webpos.wper.kr/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1000-02-150x150.jpg 150w, http://webpos.wper.kr/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1000-02-60x60.jpg 60w" sizes="(max-width: 66px) 100vw, 66px" class="attachment-66x66 size-66x66" /></div> </div> <div class="fd-foodProLeftContentBox"> <div class="fd-foodProSubTitle">잔치국수</div> <div class="fd-foodProLeftContent">할머니의 정성이 잔득 담긴 잔치국수</div> <div class="fd-foodProLeftContent">영양정보 칼로리 280kcal</div> </div> </div> <div class="fd-foodDetailProRight fd-flex fd-align-center fd-justy-center"> <div class="fd-foodDetailProPrice">4,900</div> </div> </li> <li class="fd-foodDetailPro fd-flex"> <div class="fd-foodDetailProLeft fd-flex"> <div class="fd-foodProLeftTitleBox"> <div class="fd-foodProImg"><img width="66" height="66" src="http://webpos.wper.kr/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1000-03-100x100.jpg" alt="" srcset="http://webpos.wper.kr/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1000-03-100x100.jpg 100w, http://webpos.wper.kr/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1000-03-150x150.jpg 150w, http://webpos.wper.kr/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1000-03-60x60.jpg 60w" sizes="(max-width: 66px) 100vw, 66px" class="attachment-66x66 size-66x66" /></div> </div> <div class="fd-foodProLeftContentBox"> <div class="fd-foodProSubTitle">콩국수</div> <div class="fd-foodProLeftContent">직접 빚어 만든 콩국수</div> <div class="fd-foodProLeftContent">영양정보 칼로리 354kcal</div> </div> </div> <div class="fd-foodDetailProRight fd-flex fd-align-center fd-justy-center"> <div class="fd-foodDetailProPrice">5,900</div> </div> </li> <li class="fd-foodDetailPro fd-flex"> <div class="fd-foodDetailProLeft fd-flex"> <div class="fd-foodProLeftTitleBox"> <div class="fd-foodProImg"><img width="66" height="66" src="http://webpos.wper.kr/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1000-05-100x100.jpg" alt="" srcset="http://webpos.wper.kr/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1000-05-100x100.jpg 100w, http://webpos.wper.kr/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1000-05-150x150.jpg 150w, http://webpos.wper.kr/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1000-05-60x60.jpg 60w" sizes="(max-width: 66px) 100vw, 66px" class="attachment-66x66 size-66x66" /></div> </div> <div class="fd-foodProLeftContentBox"> <div class="fd-foodProSubTitle">도토리묵</div> <div class="fd-foodProLeftContent">깻잎과 도토리묵 환상 컴비네이션</div> <div class="fd-foodProLeftContent">영양정보 칼로리 423kcal</div> </div> </div> <div class="fd-foodDetailProRight fd-flex fd-align-center fd-justy-center"> <div class="fd-foodDetailProPrice">8,900</div> </div> </li> <li class="fd-foodDetailPro fd-flex"> <div class="fd-foodDetailProLeft fd-flex"> <div class="fd-foodProLeftTitleBox"> <div class="fd-foodProImg"><img width="66" height="66" src="http://webpos.wper.kr/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1000-04-100x100.jpg" alt="" srcset="http://webpos.wper.kr/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1000-04-100x100.jpg 100w, http://webpos.wper.kr/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1000-04-150x150.jpg 150w, http://webpos.wper.kr/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1000-04-60x60.jpg 60w" sizes="(max-width: 66px) 100vw, 66px" class="attachment-66x66 size-66x66" /></div> </div> <div class="fd-foodProLeftContentBox"> <div class="fd-foodProSubTitle">물만두</div> <div class="fd-foodProLeftContent">한입에 속 식감이 살아 있는 물만두</div> <div class="fd-foodProLeftContent">영양정보 칼로리 154kcal</div> </div> </div> <div class="fd-foodDetailProRight fd-flex fd-align-center fd-justy-center"> <div class="fd-foodDetailProPrice">6,900</div> </div> </li> <li class="fd-foodDetailPro fd-flex"> <div class="fd-foodDetailProLeft fd-flex"> <div class="fd-foodProLeftTitleBox"> <div class="fd-foodProImg"><img width="66" height="66" src="http://webpos.wper.kr/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1000-06-100x100.jpg" alt="" srcset="http://webpos.wper.kr/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1000-06-100x100.jpg 100w, http://webpos.wper.kr/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1000-06-150x150.jpg 150w, http://webpos.wper.kr/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1000-06-60x60.jpg 60w" sizes="(max-width: 66px) 100vw, 66px" class="attachment-66x66 size-66x66" /></div> </div> <div class="fd-foodProLeftContentBox"> <div class="fd-foodProSubTitle">파전</div> <div class="fd-foodProLeftContent">군침이 감도는 해물파전</div> <div class="fd-foodProLeftContent">영양정보 칼로리 654kcal</div> </div> </div> <div class="fd-foodDetailProRight fd-flex fd-align-center fd-justy-center"> <div class="fd-foodDetailProPrice">13,900</div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </main> </div> </div> </div> </section> </body>'; my $regex = qr/(?ix)(?>[^\S ]\s*|\s{2,})(?=(?:(?:[^<]++|<(?!\/?(?:textarea|pre)\b))*+)(?:<(?>textarea|pre)\b|\z))/mp; if ( $str =~ /$regex/g ) { print "Whole match is ${^MATCH} and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[0] and \$+[0]\n"; # print "Capture Group 1 is $1 and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[1] and \$+[1]\n"; # print "Capture Group 2 is $2 ... and so on\n"; } # ${^POSTMATCH} and ${^PREMATCH} are also available with the use of '/p' # Named capture groups can be called via $+{name}

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 Perl, please visit: http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html