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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

Regular Expression
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gm

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$re = '/([\'""])((?:\\\\1|(?:(?!\1)).)*)(\1)|(?<OpenMatch>({))|(?<CloseMatch>(}))/m'; $str = 'if (!(new[] { "Command", "Click" }).Any(d => xmlAttribute.Name.Equals(d, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase))) continue; if (!baseChain.Name.Contains(\':\')) return chain; var checkAnyInherited = baseChain.Name.Split(\':\').Last().Split(\',\', \' \').Where(d => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(d)).Select(d => d.Trim()).ToList(); private static IEnumerable<StatementReferenceMaster> GetAllMethodsForClass(string className, int projectId) { using (ICodeVortoService codeVortoService = new CodeVortoService()) { object[] parametersExp = { new MySqlParameter("@delim", MySqlDbType.VarChar) {Value = ","}, new MySqlParameter("@className", MySqlDbType.VarChar) {Value = className}, new MySqlParameter("@prjId", MySqlDbType.Int32) {Value = projectId} }; var callExtExpandedCode = codeVortoService.StatementReferenceMasterRepository .ExecuteStoreProcedure<StatementReferenceMaster>("SpGetAllMethodsForClass", parametersExp) .ContinueWith(t => t.Result).Result; return callExtExpandedCode; } } @"CREATE\\s+TABLE" @"\\`(.*?)\\`\\s+\\(" @"^\\`(.*?)\\`(.*)" @"^PRIMARY\\s+KEY" @"(.*)\\((.*)\\)" "" "" "" "(" "-" "DbScript" @"CREATE\\s+TABLE\\s+(\\[dbo\\].)?(\\[)?(\\`)?(?<TableName>[a-zA-Z0-9_$]+)(\\])?(\\`)?" @"^([\\s]+)?(\\[|\\`)?(?<FieldName>[a-zA-Z0-9_$]+)(\\]|\\`)?" "TableName" @"C:\\inetpub\\wwwroot\\flokapture\\ExtractedProjects\\LocationServicesSource\\Pods.Integration.Services.Location.Model\\LocationServiceModel.edmx" @"^<EntityContainer\\s+Name=\\""([^\\""]*)\\""" @"^<EntityType\\s+Name=\\""([^\\""]*)\\""" @"StoreEntitySet=\\""([^\\""]*)\\""" @"^<Property\\s+" @"^<EntityType\\s+Name=\\""([^\\""]*)\\""|^<Property\\s+|^</EntityType>\\s+" "<edmx:Mappings>" "</EntityType>" "Done" "SELECT * FROM EntityAttributes WHERE ProjectId = " " Group by EntityName;" @"(?<VariableName>[a-z_]+)\\s*=\\s*new\\s+[a-z.0-9]+?" "\\\\(\\\\)|[\\\\s]*[\\\\w]+\\\\s+(?<VariableName>[a-zA-Z0-9$_]+)[\\\\s]*=[\\\\s]*" "." '; preg_match_all($re, $str, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER, 0); // Print the entire match result var_dump($matches);

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 PHP, please visit: http://php.net/manual/en/ref.pcre.php