Regular Expressions 101

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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 = @"[a-z]+([\n].*?<\/div>[\n ]+<div class=""large-3 small-3 columns"">[\n ]+)[a-z]+"; string input = @" <div class=""row""> <div class=""large-3 columns displayoffer-centered""> <small>1 &#10799; <img src=""/static/currency/Exalted_Orb.png"" class=""currencyimg""> &larr; 1500 &#10799; <img src=""/static/currency/Orb_of_Alteration.png"" class=""currencyimg""></small> </div> <div class=""large-6 columns""> <div class=""displayoffer-primary displayoffer-centered""> <div class=""row""> <div class=""large-3 small-3 columns""> exalted </div> <div class=""large-6 small-6 columns displayoffer-text""> <div class=""displayoffer-left""><img src=""/static/currency/Exalted_Orb.png"" class=""currencyimg""></div> <div class=""displayoffer-right""><img src=""/static/currency/Orb_of_Alteration.png"" class=""currencyimg""></div> <div class=""displayoffer-middle"">1 &lArr; 1500</div> </div> <div class=""large-3 small-3 columns""> alteration </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class=""large-3 columns displayoffer-centered""> <small>1 &#10799; <img src=""/static/currency/Orb_of_Alteration.png"" class=""currencyimg""> &rarr; 0.0007 &#10799; <img src=""/static/currency/Exalted_Orb.png"" class=""currencyimg""></small> </div> </div> <div class=""row""> <div class=""large-12 columns""> <div class=""displayoffer-bottom"">IGN: MoreSpellDamage <span class=""right""><a href=""#"" onclick=""contact_form(this); return false;"">Contact seller</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class=""displayoffer"" data-username=""joshxx"" data-sellcurrency=""6"" data-sellvalue=""1.0"" data-buycurrency=""7"" data-buyvalue=""1650.0"" data-ign=""joshhhz""> <div class=""row""> <div class=""large-3 columns displayoffer-centered""> <small>1 &#10799; <img src=""/static/currency/Exalted_Orb.png"" class=""currencyimg""> &larr; 1650 &#10799; <img src=""/static/currency/Chromatic_Orb.png"" class=""currencyimg""></small> </div> <div class=""large-6 columns""> <div class=""displayoffer-primary displayoffer-centered""> <div class=""row""> <div class=""large-3 small-3 columns""> exalted </div> <div class=""large-6 small-6 columns displayoffer-text""> <div class=""displayoffer-left""><img src=""/static/currency/Exalted_Orb.png"" class=""currencyimg""></div> <div class=""displayoffer-right""><img src=""/static/currency/Chromatic_Orb.png"" class=""currencyimg""></div> <div class=""displayoffer-middle"">1 &lArr; 1650</div> </div> <div class=""large-3 small-3 columns""> chrome </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class=""large-3 columns displayoffer-centered""> <small>1 &#10799; <img src=""/static/currency/Chromatic_Orb.png"" class=""currencyimg""> &rarr; 0.0006 &#10799; <img src=""/static/currency/Exalted_Orb.png"" class=""currencyimg""></small> </div> </div> <div class=""row""> <div class=""large-12 columns""> <div class=""displayoffer-bottom""><span class=""success label"">online</span> · IGN: joshhhz <span class=""right""><a href=""#"" onclick=""contact_form(this); return false;"">Contact seller</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class=""displayoffer"" data-username=""deadlylegolas"" data-sellcurrency=""6"" data-sellvalue=""1.0"" data-buycurrency=""7"" data-buyvalue=""1700.0"" data-ign=""LegoSaiyanGod""> <div class=""row""> <div class=""large-3 columns displayoffer-centered""> <small>1 &#10799; <img src=""/static/currency/Exalted_Orb.png"" class=""currencyimg""> &larr; 1700 &#10799; <img src=""/static/currency/Chromatic_Orb.png"" class=""currencyimg""></small> </div> <div class=""large-6 columns""> <div class=""displayoffer-primary displayoffer-centered""> <div class=""row""> <div class=""large-3 small-3 columns""> exalted </div> <div class=""large-6 small-6 columns displayoffer-text""> <div class=""displayoffer-left""><img src=""/static/currency/Exalted_Orb.png"" class=""currencyimg""></div> <div class=""displayoffer-right""><img src=""/static/currency/Chromatic_Orb.png"" class=""currencyimg""></div> <div class=""displayoffer-middle"">1 &lArr; 1700</div> </div> <div class=""large-3 small-3 columns""> chrome </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class=""large-3 columns displayoffer-centered""> <small>1 &#10799; <img src=""/static/currency/Chromatic_Orb.png"" class=""currencyimg""> &rarr; 0.0006 &#10799; <img src=""/static/currency/Exalted_Orb.png"" class=""currencyimg""></small> </div> "; RegexOptions options = RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.Singleline; foreach (Match m in Regex.Matches(input, pattern, options)) { Console.WriteLine("'{0}' found at index {1}.", m.Value, m.Index); } } }

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