Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
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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]
  • 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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using System; using System.Text.RegularExpressions; public class Example { public static void Main() { string pattern = @".*(playlist[^;]+;).*"; string substitution = @"$1"; string input = @"<code lang=""javascript""> playlist: { id: 1 , seasons:[{""season"":8,""blocked"":false,""episodes"":[{""episode"":""1"",""id"":252323,""hlsList"":{""1080"":""https://m1.rumer.club/manifest/MTc4LjE1OS4yMTUuOTY=/?video=https%3A%2F%2Fhls-t001-l001-c051-s001.vidstr.club%2F06_30_20%2F06%2F30%2F03%2FHASZJ7WG%2FPSZ4DDK2.mp4%2Ftracks%2Fv1-a%2Fmaster.m3u8"",""480"":""https://m1.rumer.club/manifest/MTc4LjE1OS4yMTUuOTY=/?video=https%3A%2F%2Fhls-t001-l001-c051-s001.vidstr.club%2F06_30_20%2F06%2F30%2F03%2FHASZJ7WG%2FPSZ4DDK2.mp4%2Ftracks%2Fv2-a%2Fmaster.m3u8"",""720"":""https://m1.rumer.club/manifest/MTc4LjE1OS4yMTUuOTY=/?video=https%3A%2F%2Fhls-t001-l001-c051-s001.vidstr.club%2F06_30_20%2F06%2F30%2F03%2FHASZJ7WG%2FPSZ4DDK2.mp4%2Ftracks%2Fv1-a%2Fmaster.m3u8""},""audio"":{""names"":[""Рус. Дублированный"",""AlexFilm"",""LostFilm"",""JASKIER"",""HDRezka Studio"",""AMS"",""Fox"",""Novamedia"",""FocusStudio"",""НеЗупиняйПродакшн (укр)"",""Eng.Original""],""order"":[3,1,0,5,6,7,2,8,9,4,10]},""cc"":[{""url"":""https://hls-c1.vidstr.club/06_30_20/06/30/02/RTPE2OFQ/GGNIJSJX.vtt"",""name"":""Рус. форсированные""}],""duration"":3187,""title"":""Игра престолов (8 сезон) - 1 серия""},{""episode"":""10"",""id"":223739,""dash"":""https://m1.rumer.club/manifest/MTc4LjE1OS4yMTUuOTY=/?video=https%3A%2F%2Fhls-t001-l001-c058-s001.pixars.org%2F05_20%2F29%2F23%2FCQWEUCBD%2F570778.mpd"",""hlsList"":{""1080"":""https://m1.rumer.club/manifest/MTc4LjE1OS4yMTUuOTY=/?video=https%3A%2F%2Fhls-t001-l001-c058-s001.vidstr.club%2F05_29_20%2F05%2F29%2F18%2FWAH732XV%2FIMG6I4IA.mp4%2Ftracks%2Fv1-a%2Fmaster.m3u8"",""480"":""https://m1.rumer.club/manifest/MTc4LjE1OS4yMTUuOTY=/?video=https%3A%2F%2Fhls-t001-l001-c058-s001.vidstr.club%2F05_29_20%2F05%2F29%2F18%2FWAH732XV%2FIMG6I4IA.mp4%2Ftracks%2Fv2-a%2Fmaster.m3u8"",""720"":""https://m1.rumer.club/manifest/MTc4LjE1OS4yMTUuOTY=/?video=https%3A%2F%2Fhls-t001-l001-c058-s001.vidstr.club%2F05_29_20%2F05%2F29%2F18%2FWAH732XV%2FIMG6I4IA.mp4%2Ftracks%2Fv1-a%2Fmaster.m3u8""},""audio"":{""names"":[""AlexFilm"",""LostFilm"",""Fox"",""Рус. Дублированный"",""Укр. Дубльований"",""Eng.Original"",""Eng. Orig. with Commentary""],""order"":[1,0,2,3,4,5,6]},""cc"":[{""url"":""https://hls-c1.vidstr.club/05_29_20/05/29/18/F4RPKISV/HOXVWRJ5.vtt"",""name"":""Рус. форсированные""}],""duration"":3157,""title"":""Игра престолов (1 сезон) - 10 серия""}]}] }, theme: ""2"" }); </code></spoiler>"; RegexOptions options = RegexOptions.Multiline | RegexOptions.Singleline; Regex regex = new Regex(pattern, options); string result = regex.Replace(input, substitution); } }

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 C#, please visit: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.text.regularexpressions.regex(v=vs.110).aspx