Regular Expressions 101

Pro

^start of string

.*any character, repeated any number of times

Group 1()

<!--the literal text <!--

.+?any character, repeated at least once

stylesheetthe literal text stylesheet (case sensitive)

.+?any character, repeated at least once

-->the literal text -->

Global pattern flags

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

Detailed match information will be displayed here automatically.

25 tokens

Regular Expression

^.*(<!--.+?stylesheet.+?-->)

New

<!-- The quick brown fox 
              jumps over the lazy dog -->

<!--[if IE 7]>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/supersheet.css" />
<![endif]-->

<!-- Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs -->

Extraction

<!-- The quick brown fox 
              jumps over the lazy dog -->

<!--[if IE 7]>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/supersheet.css" />
<![endif]-->

<!-- Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs -->