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  • 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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$re = '/^.*250 g<\/td><td><span[^>]*>([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+[0-9]+[0-9]+)\,([0-9]+[0-9]+)<\/span>.*$/'; $str = ' <div id="content" class="s1"><!--TYPO3SEARCH_begin--><div id="c27140" class="csc-default"><h1>Preise für Goldbarren, Silberbarren, Platinbarren und Palladiumbarren</h1><p class="bodytext">Alle Ankauf-Preise in Euro. ESG-Schalterankaufspreise vom&nbsp;10.07.2015 / <span title="date-otc">10.07.2015</span>.</p><table class="quotetable"> <thead> <tr><th>Barren</th> <th scope="col">Gold<br /><img src="fileadmin/_migrated/RTE/RTEmagicC_gold_small_02.png.png" title="gold small" txdam="1005" height="52" width="70" alt="" /></th> <th scope="col">Silber<br /><img src="fileadmin/_migrated/RTE/RTEmagicC_silver_small_02.png.png" title="silver small" txdam="1008" height="52" width="70" alt="" /></th> <th scope="col">Palladium<br /><img src="fileadmin/_migrated/RTE/RTEmagicC_palladium_small_02.png.png" title="palladium small" txdam="1006" height="52" width="70" alt="" /></th> <th scope="col">Platin<br /><img src="fileadmin/_migrated/RTE/RTEmagicC_platinum_small_02.png.png" title="platinum small" txdam="1007" height="52" width="70" alt="" /></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr class="impair"> <td class="th">1 g</td><td><span title="01011011-otc">33,43</span> €</td><td><span title="10201714-otc">0,44</span> €</td><td><span title="10201762-otc">17,90</span> €</td><td><span title="10201752-otc">28,64</span> €</td></tr> <tr><td class="th">5 g</td><td><span title="01011021-otc">167,16</span> €</td><td><span title="10201715-otc">2,22</span> €</td><td><span title="10201763-otc">89,53</span> €</td><td><span title="10201753-otc">143,22</span> €</td></tr> <tr class="impair"><td class="th">10 g</td><td><span title="01011031-otc">334,33</span> €</td><td><span title="10201716-otc">4,45</span> €</td><td><span title="10201764-otc">179,06</span> €</td><td><span title="10201754-otc">286,44</span> €</td></tr> <tr><td class="th">20 g</td><td><span title="01011041-otc">668,66</span> €</td><td><span title="10201720-otc">8,91</span> €</td><td><span title="10201765-otc">358,12</span> €</td><td><span title="10201755-otc">572,88</span> €</td></tr> <tr class="impair"><td class="th"><p class="align-right"><b>1 oz </b></p><p class="align-right"><b>(31,10 g)<br /></b></p></td><td><b><span title="01011051-otc">1.039,78</span> €<br /></b></td><td><b><span title="10201893-otc">13,86</span> €<br /></b></td><td><b><span title="10201766-otc">556,88</span> €<br /></b></td><td><b><span title="10201756-otc">890,84</span> €<br /></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="th">50 g</td><td><span title="01011061-otc">1.671,67</span> €</td><td><span title="10201721-otc">22,29</span> €</td><td><span title="10201767-otc">895,31</span> € </td><td><span title="10201757-otc">1.432,22</span> €</td></tr> <tr class="impair"><td class="th">100 g</td><td><span title="01011071-otc">3.343,34</span> €</td><td><span title="10201722-otc">44,59</span> €</td><td><span title="10201768-otc">1.790,62</span> €</td><td><span title="10201758-otc">2.864,44</span> €</td></tr> <tr><td class="th">250 g</td><td><span title="01011081-otc">8.358,36</span> €</td><td><span title="10201723-otc">111,49</span> €</td><td><span title="10201769-otc">4.476,55</span> €</td><td><span title="10201759-otc">7.161,10</span> €</td></tr> <tr class="impair"><td class="th">500 g</td><td><span title="01011091-otc">16.716,73</span> €</td><td><span title="10201724-otc">222,99</span> €</td><td><span title="10201770-otc">8.953,11</span> €</td><td><span title="10201760-otc">14.322,21</span> €</td></tr> <tr><td class="th">1000 g</td><td><span title="01011101-otc">33.433,47</span> €</td><td><span title="10201725-otc">445,98</span> €</td><td><span title="10201771-otc">17.906,23</span> €</td><td><span title="10201761-otc">28.644,42</span> €</td></tr></tbody></table><ul><li>1oz = 1 Unze = 31,10g</li><li>Maßgeblich für den Gutschriftsbetrag / Auszahlungsbetrag ist jeweils der Tageskurs bei Barreneingang in unserem Hause) </li></ul></div><div class="csc-default"><div class="divider"><hr /></div></div><div id="c12890" class="csc-default"><div class="yui-g">'; preg_match($re, $str, $matches, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE, 0); // Print the entire match result var_dump($matches);

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