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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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re = /(\r|\n| |\t)+\<Grid(\r|\n| |\t)+Grid\.Row="0"(\r|\n| |\t)+IsVisible="False"(\r|\n| |\t)+Style="\{StaticResource(\r|\n| |\t)+MadressahFilterPickerGridBackgroundStyle\}"\>/ str = ' <Grid Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="2" RowSpacing="0"> <Grid.RowDefinitions> <RowDefinition Height="Auto" /> </Grid.RowDefinitions> <Grid Grid.Row="0" Style="{StaticResource MadressahFilterPickerGridBackgroundStyle}"> <StackLayout Orientation="Horizontal"> <StackLayout.GestureRecognizers> <TapGestureRecognizer Tapped="ParentTapGestureRecognizer_Tapped" /> </StackLayout.GestureRecognizers> <Label x:Name="parentName" Text="{Binding ParentPicker}" BindingContext="{ Binding Source={x:Reference Root}, Path=BindingContext}" Style="{StaticResource MadressahFilterPickerLabelStyle}" LineBreakMode="NoWrap"/> <Label Style="{StaticResource MadressahPickerArrowStyle}" /> </StackLayout> </Grid> <Grid Grid.Row="0" IsVisible="False" Style="{StaticResource MadressahFilterPickerGridBackgroundStyle}"> <Picker x:Name="parentList" Title="{i18n:Translate selectparent}" ItemsSource="{Binding ParentList}" ItemDisplayBinding="{Binding FullName}" SelectedItem="{Binding ParentSelected}" BindingContext="{ Binding Source={x:Reference Root}, Path=BindingContext}" /> </Grid> </Grid>' # Print the match result str.scan(re) do |match| puts match.to_s end

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 Ruby, please visit: http://ruby-doc.org/core-2.2.0/Regexp.html