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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import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Example { public static void main(String[] args) { final String regex = "^(\\s+)<ProjectReference(.|\\s)+?(Project2)</Name>(.|\\s)+?</ProjectReference>"; final String string = " <ProjectReference Include=\"..\\..\\Project1\\Project1\\Project1.csproj\">\n" + " <Project>{714c6b26-c609-40a4-80a9-421bd842562d}</Project>\n" + " <Name>Project1</Name>\n" + " </ProjectReference>\n\n\n" + " <ItemGroup>\n" + " <ProjectReference Include=\"..\\..\\Project2\\Project2.csproj\">\n" + " <Project>{6c2a7631-8b47-4ae9-a68f-f728666105b9}</Project>\n" + " <Name>Project2</Name>\n" + " </ProjectReference>\n" + " <ProjectReference Include=\"..\\..\\Project3\\Project3\\Project3.csproj\">\n" + " <Project>{39860208-8146-429f-a1d1-5f8ed2fd7f5f}</Project>\n" + " <Name>Project3</Name>\n" + " </ProjectReference>\n" + " <ProjectReference Include=\"..\\..\\Project4\\Project4.csproj\">\n" + " <Project>{58144d60-19d9-4d11-8ae6-088e03ccf874}</Project>\n" + " <Name>Project4</Name>\n" + " </ProjectReference>\n" + " <ProjectReference Include=\"..\\..\\Project5\\Project5.csproj\">\n" + " <Project>{33baa509-ad24-4a72-a2fc-8f297e75e90d}</Project>\n" + " <Name>Project5</Name>\n" + " </ProjectReference>\n" + " </ItemGroup>\n" + " <PropertyGroup>\n" + " <VisualStudioVersion Condition=\"'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == ''\">10.0</VisualStudioVersion>\n" + " <VSToolsPath Condition=\"'$(VSToolsPath)' == ''\">$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\\Microsoft\\VisualStudio\\v$(VisualStudioVersion)</VSToolsPath>\n" + " </PropertyGroup>"; final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex); final Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(string); if (matcher.find()) { System.out.println("Full match: " + matcher.group(0)); for (int i = 1; i <= matcher.groupCount(); i++) { System.out.println("Group " + i + ": " + matcher.group(i)); } } } }

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 Java, please visit: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html