Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
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  • Character Classes
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  • 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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const regex = /^\W{3}(\s|\s\s)(\«|\")\W{1,}\d+\W+\d+/gm; // Alternative syntax using RegExp constructor // const regex = new RegExp('^\\W{3}(\\s|\\s\\s)(\\«|\\")\\W{1,}\\d+\\W+\\d+', 'gm') const str = `ООО ноксиВ“ Банк получателя кпп 775701001 е ит” г „ Москва сч, 40702810100120000345 БИК 041501712 СЧ, 3010181 700000000712 Филиал А КБ “Ст ой Плательщик: 1 Оказание б СЧЕТ N? 21 от 21 Ноября 2017 г. ООО «Береза“, инн 7754003578, кпп 775701001, 117000, г.москва, Наименование товара галте ких Всего наименований 1, на сумму 1' 180,00 ниц а изме- ения шт Коли- чество Цена 1 ooo„oo Итого: н С18 Всего к оплате: Сумма 1000,00 1000.00 180.00 1180.00 Одна тысяча сто восемьдесят рублей 00 копеек Руководитель предприятия Главный бухгалтер (Аникоз Б.Е.) (Аников`; // 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