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  • All 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]
  • Character class intersection
    [\w&&[^\d]]
  • 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

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use strict; my $str = '{{for(var i = 0; i < sites.length; i++) { const site = sites[i]; }} <div class="panel panel-default"> <div class="panel-heading" role="tab"> <h3 class="panel-title"> <a href="#{{site.Nom}}" onclick="event.preventDefault(); toggleOuvertureSite(\'{{site.Nom}}\')" role="button"> {{site.Nom}} <span>({{site.Applications.length}})</span> </a> </h3> </div> <div class="panel-collapse collapse {{if(site.Ouvert){}}in{{}}}" id="{{site.Nom}}"> <div class="panel-body"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-6"> <h4>Chemins virtuels</h4> {{if(site.Applications.length == 0) {}} <em>Aucun chemin virtuel</em> {{} else {}} {{for(var j = 0; j < site.Applications.length; j++) { const application = site.Applications[j]; }} <div>{{application.CheminVirtuel}}</div> {{}}}} </div> <div class="col-md-6"> <h4>Liaisons</h4> <table class="table table-condensed"> {{for(var j = 0; j < site.Liaisons.length; j++) { const liaison = site.Liaisons[j]; }} <tr class="row"> <th class="col-xs-6">{{liaison.Protocole}}</th> <td class="col-xs-6">{{liaison.Informations}}</td> </tr> {{}}} </table> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> {{}}} '; my $regex = qr/{{(((?!}}).)*}*}*)}}/p; if ( $str =~ /$regex/g ) { print "Whole match is ${^MATCH} and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[0] and \$+[0]\n"; # print "Capture Group 1 is $1 and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[1] and \$+[1]\n"; # print "Capture Group 2 is $2 ... and so on\n"; } # ${^POSTMATCH} and ${^PREMATCH} are also available with the use of '/p' # Named capture groups can be called via $+{name}

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 Perl, please visit: http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html