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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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/
/
gm

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use strict; my $str = '2001:db8:3333:4444:5555:6666:7777:8888 2001:db8:3333:4444:CCCC:DDDD:EEEE:FFFF 2001:0db8:0001:0000:0000:0ab9:C0A8: fffe:3465:efab:23fe:2235:6565 2001:0000:6dcd:8c74:::ac32:6a1 2345:0425:2CA1:::5673:23b5 2001:db8:1::ab9:C0A8:102 2001:db8::1234:5678 FF02:0:0:0:0:0:0:2 fdf8:f53b:82e4::53 fe80::200:5aee:feaa:20a2 2001:0000:4136:e378: 8000:63bf:3fff:fdd2 2001:db8:: ::1234:5678 2000:: 2001:db8:a0b:12f0::1 2001:4:112:cd:65a:753:0:a1 2001:0002:6c::430 2001:5:: fe08::7:8 2001:10:240:ab::a 2002:cb0a:3cdd:1::1 2001:db8:8:4::2 ff01:0:0:0:0:0:0:2 1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8 1::3:4:5:6:7:8 1::4:5:6:7:8 1:2:3::5:6:7:8 1::7:8 1:2:3:4:5::7:8 1:2:3:4:5::8 ::2:3:4:5:6:7:8 ::8 :: ::1 ::ffff:192.0.2.47 ::255.255.255.255 ::ffff:255.255.255.255 ::ffff:0:255.255.255.255 2001:db8:3:4::192.0.2.33 64:ff9b::192.0.2.33 2001:db8:3333:4444:5555:6666:1.2.3.4 24a6:57:c:36cf:0000:5efe:109.205.140.116 ::11.22.33.44 ::10.0.0.3 2001:db8::123.123.123.123 ::ffff:10.0.0.3 ::1234:5678:91.123.4.56 ::1234:5678:1.2.3.4 2001:db8::1234:5678:5.6.7.8 2001:db8:3:4:5::192.0.2.33'; my $regex = qr/(?i)(?:[\da-f]{0,4}:){1,7}(?:(?<ipv4>(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1?\d\d?)\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1?\d\d?))|[\da-f]{0,4})/mp; 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