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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • 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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r"
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gm

Test String

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Generated Code

package main import ( "regexp" "fmt" ) func main() { var re = regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)(?:^|\b(?<!\.))(?:1?\d?\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])(?:\.(?:1?\d?\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])){3}(?=$|[^\w.])`) var str = `My input string & constraints are as follows : IPv4 Range : 0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255 55.123.99.988 256.1.1.1 IPv4 address may / may not be present in the string Valid Examples : this is an ip & this is an ip 200.100.2.32 String may start with IPv4 address Valid Examples : 200.100.2.32 is an ip | Output : ['200.100.2.32'] Invalid Examples : 200.100.2.32is an ip | Output : [] String may end with IPv4 address Valid Examples : the ip is 200.100.2.32 Output : ['200.100.2.32'] Invalid Examples : the ip is200.100.2.32 Output : [] String may contain an IPv4 address in the middle, and if it does - there will a space before and after the IPv4 address. Valid Examples : the ip is 200.100.2.32 and it is ipv4 | Output : ['200.100.2.32'] Valid Examples : the ip is 200.100.2.32and it is ipv4 | Output : [] Multiple IPs may be present in a single string Valid Examples : 200.100.2.32 100.50.1.16 | Output : ['200.100.2.32', '100.50.1.16'] Invalid Examples : 200.100.2.32.100.50.1.16 | Output : [] 10.151.0.0,8.8.8.8,127.0.0.1,10.51.0.0,10.151.1.0` for i, match := range re.FindAllString(str, -1) { fmt.Println(match, "found at index", 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 Golang, please visit: https://golang.org/pkg/regexp/