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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]
  • 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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package main import ( "regexp" "fmt" ) func main() { var re = regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)^\s*($|#|\w+\s*=|(?<SECOND>(?:\?|\*|(?:(?<START_SEC>[0-5]?\d)(?:(?<DELIMITER_SEC>\-|\/|\,)(?<END_SEC>[0-6]?\d))*)))\s+(?<MINUTE>(?:\?|\*|(?:(?<START_MIN>[0-5]?\d)(?:(?<DELIMITER_MIN>\-|\/|\,)(?<END_MIN>[0-6]?\d))*)))\s+(?<HOUR>(?:\?|\*|(?:(?<START_HR>[0-2]?\d)(?:(?<DELIMITER_HR>\-|\/|\,)(?<END_HR>[0-2]?\d))*)))\s+(?<DAYOFMONTH>\?|\*|(?:(?<START_DOM>L|W|LW|[1-3]?\dW?)(?:(?<DELIMITER_DOM>\-|\/|\,)(?<END_DOM>[1-3]?\d?W?))*))\s+(?<MONTH>\*|(?:(?<START_MON>[1-9]|1[012]|JAN|FEB|MAR|APR|MAY|JUN|JUL|AUG|SEP|OCT|NOV|DEC)(?:(?<DELIMITER_MON>\-|\/|\,)(?<END_MON>[1-9]|1[012]|JAN|FEB|MAR|APR|MAY|JUN|JUL|AUG|SEP|OCT|NOV|DEC))*))\s+(?<DAYOFWEEK>\?|\*|(?:(?<START_DOW>[1-7]|SUN|MON|TUE|WED|THU|FRI|SAT)(?:(?:(?:(?<DELIMITER_DOW>\/|\,|\#)(?<END_DOW>[1-7]|SUN|MON|TUE|WED|THU|FRI|SAT))*)L?)*))(?:|\s)+(?<YEAR>(?:\*|(?:(?<START_YR>\b(?:[1-2](?:9|0)\d\d)\b)(?:(?<DELIMITER_YR>\-|\/|\,)(?<END_YR>\b(?:[1-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-8][0-9]|19[0-2])\b|\b(?:[1-2](?:9|0)\d\d)\b))*))))$`) var str = `* 37 11 1/32 * ? 2023/1 0 0 0 1/14 3/2 ? 2020,2045,2055,2060 0 0 0 1,6,11,13,16,21,22 3/2 ? 2020,2045,2055,2060 46 10 10 2/7 2/2 MON,FRI,SUN 2024/1` for i, match := range re.FindAllString(str, -1) { fmt.Println(match, "found at index", i) } }

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 Golang, please visit: https://golang.org/pkg/regexp/