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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

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using System; using System.Text.RegularExpressions; public class Example { public static void Main() { string pattern = @"\d\d*[.]?\d*\d"; string substitution = @"!!!!"; string input = @"\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af1\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f1\fs20\insrsid13305240\charrsid3175333 \hich\af1\dbch\af31505\loch\f1 Xray-source / Detector distance:}{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af1\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f1\fs20\uld\insrsid13305240\charrsid3175333 \tab \tab }{ \rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af1\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f1\fs20\insrsid13305240\charrsid3175333 \hich\af1\dbch\af31505\loch\f1 529 mm}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\fs20\insrsid13305240 \hich\af1\dbch\af31505\loch\f1 (20.861 inches) \par \hich\af1\dbch\af31505\loch\f1 Rotation axis / Detector \hich\af1\dbch\af31505\loch\f1 distance:}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\fs20\uld\insrsid13305240 \hich\af1\dbch\af31505\loch\f1 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\fs20\insrsid13305240 \hich\af1\dbch\af31505\loch\f1 467.364 mm (18.4 inches) \par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af1\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f1\fs20\insrsid13305240\charrsid3175333 \hich\af1\dbch\af31505\loch\f1 Rotation axis / Xray-source distance:}{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af1\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f1\fs20\uld\insrsid13305240\charrsid3175333 \hich\af1\dbch\af31505\loch\f1 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af1\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f1\fs20\insrsid13305240\charrsid3175333 \hich\af1\dbch\af31505\loch\f1 62.5 mm}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\fs20\insrsid13305240 \hich\af1\dbch\af31505\loch\f1 \par \tab \hich\af1\dbch\af31505\loch\f1 type:}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\fs20\uld\insrsid3017018 \tab \tab \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\fs20\insrsid3017018 \hich\af1\dbch\af31505\loch\f1 step \par \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af1\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f1\fs20\insrsid3017018\charrsid7233753 \hich\af1\dbch\af31505\loch\f1 # projections:}{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af1\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f1\fs20\uld\insrsid3017018\charrsid7233753 \tab \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af1\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f1\fs20\insrsid3017018\charrsid7233753 \hich\af1\dbch\af31505\loch\f1 1440 \par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\fs20\insrsid3017018 \tab \hich\af1\dbch\af31505\loch\f1 # frames averaged:}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\fs20\uld\insrsid3017018 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\fs20\insrsid3017018"; RegexOptions options = RegexOptions.Multiline; 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