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 = @"(?ms)pid.*?req"; string input = @"Format which I need: 2019-11-10 15:22:32.662 +0300 (Default,mydzit.gov.sa\kalsolai,4C8EC4A70F3149988B93370B16CADBEE-0:0,XcgBCNSpBpjM51ezrQYXrQAAAgE) catalina-exec-150 : INFO wgsessionId=rd9xUhIUR92tuPbGQkZrNQ com.tableausoftware.domain.session.SessionService - Non-guest user session found. AND: 2019-11-10 15:22:40.816 +0300 (Default,mydzit.gov.sa\kalsolai,F853E8F10C2742CBB071A090C3047519-0:0,XcgBENSpBpjM51ezrQYXvwAAAZE) catalina-exec-151 : INFO wgsessionId=rd9xUhIUR92tuPbGQkZrNQ com.tableausoftware.model.vizql.util.WithSessionAspect - Command not allowed on a shared session F853E8F10C2742CBB071A090C3047519. Cloning to a private session and retrying. Format which no need: first form: { [-] k: msg pid: 37552 req: - sess: - sev: info site: - tid: 4958 ts: 2019-11-06T17:06:06.305 user: - v: Resource Manager: Memory info: 73,793,536 bytes (current process);52,410,015,744 bytes (Tableau total); 49,979,158,528 bytes (total of all processes); 30 (info count) } Second Form: {""ts"":""2019-11-06T17:06:06.305"",""pid"":37552,""tid"":""4958"",""sev"":""info"",""req"":""-"",""sess"":""-"",""site"":""-"",""user"":""-"",""k"":""msg"",""v"":""Resource Manager: Memory info: 73,793,536 bytes (current process);52,410,015,744 bytes (Tableau total); 49,979,158,528 bytes (total of all processes); 30 (info count)""}"; RegexOptions options = RegexOptions.Multiline; foreach (Match m in Regex.Matches(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