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  • All Tokens
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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

Regular Expression
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Test String

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Generated Code

$re = '/(?P<mesini>\d{2})(?P<diaini>\d{2})(?P<horaini>\d{2})(?P<minini>\d{2})\s(?P<duracaosegundo>\d{5})\s\d{4}\s(\w{1,2}|\s)\s{5,6}\d\s(?<rota>\d{4})\s{6,13}(?<numerob>\d{8,20})\s(?<ramal>\d{4,8})\s{13,17}(?P<senha>(\d{5}|\s{5}))\s{15}\d{2}\s(?<tronco>\d{5})(?<nodetrunk>\d{4})\n/m'; $str = '06191559 00000 0000 J 1388 1616 00 1388 06191529 00241 0000 1871 1871 1019 00 007002016 06191608 00000 0000 CO 0 8985 984248885 1616 00 005003013 06191612 00109 0000 M 0 8985 37491871 1616 00 005003019 06191614 00124 0000 M 0 8985 024981105000 1616 00 005003020 06191616 00203 0000 M 0 8985 02433485083 1616 00 005003022 06191617 00020 0000 J 1388 1616 00 1388 06191618 00056 0000 T 1201 1388 00 1201 06191622 00000 0000 B 1388 1616 00 1388 06191623 00402 0000 T 0 8985 37491871 1388 00 005003025 06191636 00326 0000 L 1388 1616 00 1388 06191636 00001 0000 0 8985 984248885 1388 00 005003010 06191640 00355 0000 L 1388 1616 00 1388 06191640 00003 0000 0 8985 024981105000 1388 00 005003014 06191648 00126 0000 L 1388 1616 00 1388 06191648 00109 0000 M 0 8985 02433485083 1616 00 005003019 06191622 00000 0000 B 1388 1616 00 1388 06191623 00402 0000 T 0 8985 37491871 1388 00 005003025 06191624 00000 0000 CO 0 8985 984248885 1616 00 005003027 06191624 00000 0000 CO 0 8985 984248885 1616 00 005003028 06221129 00147 0000 M 0 8985 984248885 1388 12319 00 005003015 '; preg_match_all($re, $str, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER, 0); // Print the entire match result var_dump($matches);

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 PHP, please visit: http://php.net/manual/en/ref.pcre.php