Regular Expressions 101

href=the literal text href= (case sensitive)

Negated Character Class[^>]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

pdf"the literal text pdf" (case sensitive)

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

s modifier: single line. Allows a dot to match line terminators

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Regular Expression

href=[^>]+\.pdf"

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<li>Your browser may be missing a required plug-in contained in <a href="http://get.adobe.com/reader/">Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>.  Please reload this page after installing the missing component.<br />If this error persists, you can also save a copy of <a href="http://www.police.vt.edu/VTPD_v2.1/crime_stats/crime_logs/data/VT_2011-01_Crime_Log.pdf">

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