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

Regular Expression
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/
/
g

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const regex = /[\x{0080}-\x{02AF}\x{0300}-\x{03FF}\x{0600}-\x{06FF}\x{0C00}-\x{0C7F}\x{1DC0}-\x{1DFF}\x{1E00}-\x{1EFF}\x{2000}-\x{209F}\x{20D0}-\x{214F}\x{2190}-\x{23FF}\x{2460}-\x{25FF}\x{2600}-\x{27EF}\x{2900}-\x{29FF}\x{2B00}-\x{2BFF}\x{2C60}-\x{2C7F}\x{2E00}-\x{2E7F}\x{3000}-\x{303F}\x{A490}-\x{A4CF}\x{E000}-\x{F8FF}\x{FE00}-\x{FE0F}\x{FE30}-\x{FE4F}]/g; // Alternative syntax using RegExp constructor // const regex = new RegExp('[\\x{0080}-\\x{02AF}\\x{0300}-\\x{03FF}\\x{0600}-\\x{06FF}\\x{0C00}-\\x{0C7F}\\x{1DC0}-\\x{1DFF}\\x{1E00}-\\x{1EFF}\\x{2000}-\\x{209F}\\x{20D0}-\\x{214F}\\x{2190}-\\x{23FF}\\x{2460}-\\x{25FF}\\x{2600}-\\x{27EF}\\x{2900}-\\x{29FF}\\x{2B00}-\\x{2BFF}\\x{2C60}-\\x{2C7F}\\x{2E00}-\\x{2E7F}\\x{3000}-\\x{303F}\\x{A490}-\\x{A4CF}\\x{E000}-\\x{F8FF}\\x{FE00}-\\x{FE0F}\\x{FE30}-\\x{FE4F}]', 'g') const str = `Тест ⚡`; // Reset `lastIndex` if this regex is defined globally // regex.lastIndex = 0; let m; while ((m = regex.exec(str)) !== null) { // This is necessary to avoid infinite loops with zero-width matches if (m.index === regex.lastIndex) { regex.lastIndex++; } // The result can be accessed through the `m`-variable. m.forEach((match, groupIndex) => { console.log(`Found match, group ${groupIndex}: ${match}`); }); }

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 JavaScript, please visit: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Regular_Expressions