Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • 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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using System; using System.Text.RegularExpressions; public class Example { public static void Main() { string pattern = @"(?<="")[^""]+?\.xml(?="")"; string input = @"[],""bitrate"":0,""duration"":0.0,""format"":""JPEG"",""height""z614,""lanquage"":"",""width"":1536,""assetTypeIds"": [""http://data.media.theplatform.eu/media/data/AssetType/4480581423""],""assetTypes"": xnfl AA' v x [""hero_1536x614""],""serverId""z""http://data.media.theplatform.eu/media/data/Server/4538437053"",""streamingUrl"":""httpzllmena-imq-cdn- lb.aws.playco.com/Sony/OUTLANDERYZO148028001/OUTLANDERY2014SOZEo01-1536x614-DHE.jpg"",""protectionScheme"":""}, {""id""z""http://data.media.theplatform.eu/media/data/MediaFile/114391621220"",""downloadUrl"":"",""releases"": [],""bitrate"":0,""duration"":0.0,""format"":""JPEG"",""height""z324,""lanquage"":"",""width"":S76,""assetTypeIds"":[""http://data.media.theplatform.eulmedia/data/AssetType/7849541325""],""assetTypes"": [""dsk_tab_screenshot_576x324""1,""serverId"":""http://data.media.theplatform.eu/media/data/Server/4S38437053"",""streamingUrl"":""http://mena-img-cdn- lb.aws.playco.com/Sony/OUTLANDERYZO148028001/OUTLANDERY2014SOZEo01-576x324-LSD.jpg"",""protectionScheme"":""}, {""id""z""http://data.media.theplatform.eu/media/data/MediaFile/117352517052"",""downloadUrl"":"",""releases"": [],""bitrate"":0,""duration"":0.0,""format"":""JPEG"",""height""z370,""lanquage"":"",""width""z250,""assetTypeIds"": [""http://data.media.theplatform.eu/media/data/AssetType/14487621229""],""assetTypes"": [""ooredoo_poster_25ox370_Proqram""],""serverId""z""http://data.media.theplatform.eu/media/data/Server/11680325311"",""streamingUrl"":""http://distribution- ooredoo.83.amazonaws.com/Sony/EPISODES/STZ_OUTLANDERY20148028001/STZ_OUTLANDERY20148028001_25ox370_PST.jpg"",""protectionScheme"":""}, {""id""z""http://data.media.theplatform.eu/media/data/MediaFile/117352517066"",""downloadUrl"":"",""releases"": [],""bitrate"":0,""duration"":0.0,""format"":""JPEG"",""height""z370,""lanquage"":"",""width""z250,""assetTypeIds"": [""http://data.media.theplatform.eu/media/data/AssetType/14487621228""],""assetTypes"": [""ooredoo_poster_25ox370_Season""],""serverId""z""http://data.media.theplatform.eu/media/data/Server/l1680325311"",""streamingUrl"":""http://distribution- ooredoo.83.amazonaws.com/Sony/SERIES/STZ_OUTLANDERY2014802/STZ_OUTLANDERY2014802_25ox370_PST.jpg"",""protectionScheme"":""}]},{""ratings"": [],""mediaId"":""http://data.media.theplatform.eu/media/data/Media/114389573291"",""mediaTitle"":""Je Suis Prest"",""mediacuid""z""OUTLANDERY2014SOZEo09"",""availableDate"":""2016-07- 01T10:4lz"",""content"":[{""id""z""http://data.media.theplatform.eu/media/data/MediaFile/114391109180"",""downloadUrl"":"",""releases"": [{""pid"":""chroPmeUeyk"",""url""z""http://link.theplatform.eu/s/anAph/chroPmeUeyk"",""restrictionld"":""}],""bitrate"":0,""duration"":0.0,""format"":""Filmstrip"",""height"":110,""language"":""en"",""wid th"":199,""assetTypeIds"":[""http://data.media.theplatform.eu/media/data/AssetType/5416517342""],""assetTypes"": [""filmstrip_199x110""],""serverId""z""http://data.media.theplatform.eu/media/data/Server/4538437053"",""streamingUrl"":""http://mena-img-cdn- lb.aws.playco.com/Sony/OUTLANDERYZO148028009/OUTLANDERY2014SOZEo09.fs"",""protectionScheme"":""}, {""id""z""http://data.media.theplatform.eu/media/data/MediaFile/114446917184"",""downloadUrl"":"",""releases"": [{""pid"":""9pryBMkmeo"",""url""z""http://link.theplatform.eu/s/anAph/QpryBMkmeo"",""restrictionld"":""}],""bitrate"":0,""duration"":0.0,""format"":""DFXP"",""height"":0,""lanquage"":""ar"",""width"":0,"" assetTypeIds""z[""http://data.media.theplatform.eu/media/data/AssetType/23575621096""],""assetTypes""z[""dfxp_ar_vu""1,""serverId"":"",""streamingUrl"":""http://mena-jit-cdn-lb.aws.playco.com/JIT/sony/OUTLANDERY2014S02E009/DRM/942f9636aea1289badf655d9f340cc65936e4660/OUTLANDERY2014S02E009.xml"" , ""protectionScheme"":""},"; foreach (Match m in Regex.Matches(input, pattern)) { 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