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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
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  • 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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/
/
g

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use strict; my $str = '<table style="width:90%"><tr ><td width="16%"><a href="https://treasury8.aspac.citigroup.net/APCB/cust_cashplus_rates_IPBSG.jsp" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="images/FCYtimedeposit_button.JPG" width="53px" border="0"/></a></td> <td width="34%" align="left"><a href="https://treasury8.aspac.citigroup.net/APCB/cust_cashplus_rates_IPBSG.jsp" target="_blank" > <strong>FCY TD Customer Rates</strong></a></td> <td width="16%"><a href="https://knowledgemanagement.apac.nsroot.net/sites/gcg/intra2/rates/Lists/Rates%20and%20Commentaries/LTD%20Preference%20Rates.aspx" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="images/SGDtimedeposit_button.JPG" width="53px" border="0"/></a></td> <td width="34%" align="left"><a href="https://knowledgemanagement.apac.nsroot.net/sites/gcg/intra2/rates/Lists/Rates%20and%20Commentaries/LTD%20Preference%20Rates.aspx" target="_blank" > <strong>SGD TD Customer Rates</strong></a></td> </tr> <tr ><td width="16%"><a href="https://treasury8.aspac.citigroup.net/APCB/treasury_interest_rates.jsp" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="images/FCYinterbranch_button.JPG" width="53px" border="0"/></a></td> <td width="34%" align="left"><a href="https://treasury8.aspac.citigroup.net/APCB/treasury_interest_rates.jsp" target="_blank" > <strong>FCY Inter-branch Rates</strong></a></td> <td width="16%"><a href="../../USR23/InvestFinance/BenchmarkRates/Benchmark%20Rates.doc" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="images/USDprimerate_button.JPG" width="53px" border="0"/></a></td> <td width="34%" align="left"><a href="../../USR23/InvestFinance/BenchmarkRates/Benchmark%20Rates.doc" target="_blank" > <strong>US$ Prime Rate</strong></a></td> </tr> <tr ><td width="16%"><a href="https://knowledgemanagement.apac.nsroot.net/sites/gcg/Intra2/rates/Lists/Rates%20and%20Commentaries/SGD%20Interbank%20Rates.aspx" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="images/SGDinterbank_button.JPG" width="53px" border="0"/></a></td> <td width="34%" align="left"><a href="https://knowledgemanagement.apac.nsroot.net/sites/gcg/Intra2/rates/Lists/Rates%20and%20Commentaries/SGD%20Interbank%20Rates.aspx" target="_blank" > <strong>SGD Inter-Bank Rates</strong></a></td> <td width="16%"><a href="https://treasury8.aspac.citigroup.net/APCB/Customer_FX_Rates_SG.jsp" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="images/APCBfxcounterrates_button.JPG" width="53px" border="0"/></a></td> <td width="34%" align="left"><a href="https://treasury8.aspac.citigroup.net/APCB/Customer_FX_Rates_SG.jsp" target="_blank" > <strong>APCB FX Counter Rates</strong></a></td> </tr> </table>'; my $regex = qr/(https?:\/\/)?([\da-z\.-]+)(\.[a-z\.]{2,6})([\/\w \.-]*)/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