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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
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  • Group Constructs
  • Character Classes
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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]
  • 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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re = /^([ \t]*)import [*] as (\w+) from (?:(['])((?:(?:\.)+|[^\n\r'\\]+)+)[']|(["])((?:(?:\.)+|[^\n\r'\\]+)+)["])/m str = 'import * as Atblock from "./atblock" import * as Atrule from "./atrule" import * as Supports from "./supports" import * as Node from \'./node\'; import * as Root from \'./root\' import Null from \'./null\' import * as Each from \'./each\' import * as If from \'./if\' import * as Call from \'./call\' import * as UnaryOp from \'./unaryop\' import * as BinOp from \'./binop\' import * as Ternary from \'./ternary\' import * as Block from \'./block\' import * as Unit from \'./unit\' import * as String from \'./string\' import * as HSLA from \'./hsla\' import * as RGBA from \'./rgba\' import * as Ident from \'./ident\' import * as Group from \'./group\' import * as Literal from \'./literal\' import * as Boolean from \'./boolean\' import * as Return from \'./return\' import * as Media from \'./media\' import * as QueryList from \'./query-list\' import * as Query from \'./query\' import * as Feature from \'./feature\' import * as Params from \'./params\' import * as Comment from \'./comment\' import * as Keyframes from \'./keyframes\' import * as Member from \'./member\' import * as Charset from \'./charset\' import * as Namespace from \'./namespace\' import * as Import from \'./import\' import * as Extend from \'./extend\' import * as Object from \'./object\' import * as Function from \'./function\' import * as Property from \'./property\' import * as Selector from \'./selector\' import * as Expression from \'./expression\' import * as Arguments from \'./arguments\' import * as Atblock from \'./atblock\' import * as Atrule from \'./atrule\' import * as Supports from \'./supports\' ' subst = '$1import $2 from $3$5$6$4$3$5' result = str.gsub(re, subst) # Print the result of the substitution puts result

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 Ruby, please visit: http://ruby-doc.org/core-2.2.0/Regexp.html