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

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using System; using System.Text.RegularExpressions; public class Example { public static void Main() { string pattern = @"(<p class=""outline"">&lt;outline&gt;<\/p>)(.*)(<p class=""outline-end"">&lt;outline-end&gt;<\/p>)"; string input = @"<p class=""outline"">&lt;outline&gt;</p> <p class=""list"">Chapter Outline</p> <p class=""txt"">General Aspects of Gingival Epithelium Biology</p> <p class=""list"">&lt;list&gt;</p> <p class=""txt"">Development of Gingival Sulcus</p> <p class=""list-end"">&lt;list-end&gt;</p> <p class=""txt"">Cuticular Structures on the Tooth</p> <p class=""list"">&lt;list&gt;</p> <p class=""txt"">Gingival Fluid (Sulcular Fluid)</p> <p class=""txt"">Oral (Outer) Epithelium</p> <p class=""list-end"">&lt;list-end&gt;</p> <p class=""txt"">Clinical Features</p> <p class=""txt"">Marginal Gingiva</p> <p class=""txt"">Interdental Gingiva</p> <p class=""txt"">Conclusion</p> <p class=""list-end"">&lt;list-end&gt;</p> <p class=""outline-end"">&lt;outline-end&gt;</p> "; RegexOptions options = RegexOptions.Singleline; Match m = Regex.Match(input, pattern, options); 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