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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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  • Quantifiers
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  • Character Classes
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  • 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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/
/
g

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use strict; my $str = '{% if estimate_delivery.text is not empty %} {% if estimate_delivery.day and estimate_delivery.month %} <strong>{% trans %}Order delivery estimation:{% endtrans %}</strong> {{ estimate_delivery.day }} {{ estimate_delivery.month | trans }} {{ estimate_delivery.text }} {{ estimate_delivery.interval }} {% elseif estimate_delivery.text %} <strong>{% trans %}Order delivery estimation:{% endtrans %}</strong> {{ estimate_delivery.text }} {{ estimate_delivery.interval }} {% endif %} <div class="emg-clear"></div> {% else %} {% trans %}No delivery estimate data available.{% endtrans %} {% endif %} <div id="sameDay"> <input id="same-day-chk" type="checkbox" name="shipping[courier][same_day]" value="1" class="gui-checkbox" {% if same_day.show == false %}disabled="disabled"{% endif %}> <label for="same-day-chk" class="gui-label">{% trans with {\'%price%\': money_format(same_day.price)} %}I want my order shipped today ( only %price%){% endtrans %}</label> {% if same_day.show != false %} <strong>{{ same_day.info.message|raw }} <a href="#" data-count="{{ same_day.products|length }}" id="sameDayDelivery">( {{ same_day.products|length }} items )</a></strong> <div id="sameDayDelivery-emgBubble" class="emg-bubble"> {% for product in same_day.products %} <div class="emg-left"> <img src="{{ product.image }}" alt="" /> </div> <div class="emg-right"> {{ product.name }} </div> <div class="emg-clear"></div> {% endfor %} <div class="button"> <i class="icon-i27-round-close"></i> </div> <div class="emg-clear"></div> </div> {% endif %} </div> '; my $regex = qr/\{\%\s(trans with \{.*\}|trans|transchoice)\s\%\}(.*)\{\%\s(endtrans|endtranschoice)\s\%\}/p; 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