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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
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  • 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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guxm

Test String

Code Generator

Generated Code

const regex = /(?(DEFINE) (?<currency_symbol> \p{Sc} ) (?<leading_group> [1-9] \d{0,2}+ ) (?<group> \d{3} ) (?<non_leading_groups> (?&group) (?:(?&group_delim)(?&group))*+ ) (?<decimal_delim> (?# Use the opposite of group_delim. ) (?(group_delim_comma) \. | (?(group_delim_period) , | [,.] (?# There's no definitive grouping_delim. ) ) ) ) ) ^ (?> (?&currency_symbol) (?&leading_group) (?: (?<group_delim> (?<group_delim_comma> , ) | (?<group_delim_period> \. ) | \ (?# Allow whitespace as a delimiter. ) ) (?&non_leading_groups) | \d*+ (?# It's also possible that there's no delimiter. ) ) ) (?: (?&decimal_delim) \d*+ )?+ $/gum; // Alternative syntax using RegExp constructor // const regex = new RegExp('(?(DEFINE) (?<currency_symbol> \\p{Sc} ) (?<leading_group> [1-9] \\d{0,2}+ ) (?<group> \\d{3} ) (?<non_leading_groups> (?&group) (?:(?&group_delim)(?&group))*+ ) (?<decimal_delim> (?# Use the opposite of group_delim. ) (?(group_delim_comma) \\. | (?(group_delim_period) , | [,.] (?# There\'s no definitive grouping_delim. ) ) ) ) ) ^ (?> (?&currency_symbol) (?&leading_group) (?: (?<group_delim> (?<group_delim_comma> , ) | (?<group_delim_period> \\. ) | \\ (?# Allow whitespace as a delimiter. ) ) (?&non_leading_groups) | \\d*+ (?# It\'s also possible that there\'s no delimiter. ) ) ) (?: (?&decimal_delim) \\d*+ )?+ $', 'gum') const str = `We want to match these: \$1 \$10 \$100 \$1000 \$1,000 \$10,000 \$100,000 \$1,000,000 \$1.00 \$100.00 \$10,000.00 \$1,000,000.00 \$1.000.000,00 \$1.000 \$1.000.000 \$1,00 \$1.000,00 \$10000000000000 We don't want to match these: \$1,000,00 \$1,00,00 \$1.00.000 A few different currency symbols that we want to match: \$1 ¢1 £1 ¤1 ¥1 ₠1 ₡1 ₢1 ₣1 ₤1 ₥1 ₦1 ₧1 ₩1 ₪1 ₫1 €1 ₭1 ₮1 ₯1 ₰1 ₱1 ₲1 ₳1 ₴1 ₵1 ₶1 ₷1 ₸1 ₹1 ₺1 ₻1 ₼1 ₽1 Nearby symbols that share some bytes (UTF-8) that we don't want to match: ¡1 ¦1 §1 ©1 ₔ1`; // 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