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    Regular Expressions Cheat Sheet

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    This document provides a summary of common regular expression (regex) syntax including anchors, quantifiers, character classes, escape characters, modifiers, replacements, assertions and sample patterns. It explains regex tokens for matching the start/end of a string, words, lines, character ranges, repetition, groups, alternatives, lookarounds, comments and more. Examples are given for matching dates, images, colors, passwords, emails and HTML tags.

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    Regular Expressions Cheat Sheet

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    This document provides a summary of common regular expression (regex) syntax including anchors, quantifiers, character classes, escape characters, modifiers, replacements, assertions and sample patterns. It explains regex tokens for matching the start/end of a string, words, lines, character ranges, repetition, groups, alternatives, lookarounds, comments and more. Examples are given for matching dates, images, colors, passwords, emails and HTML tags.

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    This document provides a summary of common regular expression (regex) syntax including anchors, quantifiers, character classes, escape characters, modifiers, replacements, assertions and sample patterns. It explains regex tokens for matching the start/end of a string, words, lines, character ranges, repetition, groups, alternatives, lookarounds, comments and more. Examples are given for matching dates, images, colors, passwords, emails and HTML tags.

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    Regular Expressions Cheat Sheet

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    This document provides a summary of common regular expression (regex) syntax including anchors, quantifiers, character classes, escape characters, modifiers, replacements, assertions and sample patterns. It explains regex tokens for matching the start/end of a string, words, lines, character ranges, repetition, groups, alternatives, lookarounds, comments and more. Examples are given for matching dates, images, colors, passwords, emails and HTML tags.

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    Anchors Quantifiers Groups and Ranges

    ^ Start of string * 0 or more . Any character except


    \A Start of string + 1 or more new line (\n)
    $ End of string ? 0 or 1 (a|b) a or b
    \Z End of string {3} Exactly 3 (...) Group
    \b Word boundary {3,} 3 or more (?:...) Passive Group
    \B Not word boundary {3,5} 3, 4 or 5 [abc] Range (a or b or c)
    \< Start of word [^abc] Not a or b or c
    \> End of word [a-q] Letter between a and q
    Quantifier Modifiers
    [A-Q] Upper case letter
    "x" below represents a quantifier between A and Q
    Character Classes
    x? [0-7] Digit between 0 and 7
    Ungreedy version of "x"
    \n nth group/subpattern
    \c Control character
    Note: Ranges are inclusive.
    \s White space Escape Character
    \S Not white space
    \d Digit \ Pattern Modifiers
    Escape Character
    \D Not digit
    \w g Global match
    Word
    \W Metacharacters (must be escaped) i Case-insensitive
    Not word
    \x m Multiple lines
    Hexadecimal digit
    ^ [ . s Treat string as single line
    \O Octal digit
    $ { * x Allow comments and
    ( \ + white space in pattern
    POSIX
    ) | ? e Evaluate replacement
    < > U Ungreedy pattern
    [:upper:] Upper case letters
    [:lower:] Lower case letters
    [:alpha:] All letters Special Characters String Replacement (Backreferences)
    [:alnum:] Digits and letters
    [:digit:] Digits \n New line $n nth non-passive group
    [:xdigit:] Hexadecimal digits \r Carriage return $2 "xyz" in /^(abc(xyz))$/
    [:punct:] Punctuation \t Tab $1 "xyz" in /^(?:abc)(xyz)$/
    [:blank:] Space and tab \v Vertical tab $` Before matched string
    [:space:] Blank characters \f Form feed $' After matched string
    [:cntrl:] Control characters \xxx Octal character xxx $+ Last matched string
    [:graph:] Printed characters \xhh Hex character hh $& Entire matched string
    [:print:] Printed characters and
    spaces Sample Patterns
    [:word:] Digits, letters and
    underscore Pattern Will Match
    ([A-Za-z0-9-]+) Letters, numbers and hyphens
    (\d{1,2}\/\d{1,2}\/\d{4}) Date (e.g. 21/3/2006)
    Assertions
    ([^\s]+(?=\.(jpg|gif|png))\.\2) jpg, gif or png image
    ?= Lookahead assertion (^[1-9]{1}$|^[1-4]{1}[0-9]{1}$|^50$) Any number from 1 to 50 inclusive
    ?! Negative lookahead (#?([A-Fa-f0-9]){3}(([A-Fa-f0-9]){3})?) Valid hexadecimal colour code
    ?<= Lookbehind assertion ((?=.*\d)(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z]).{8,15}) String with at least one upper case
    ?!= or ?<! Negative lookbehind letter, one lower case letter, and one
    ?> Once-only Subexpression digit (useful for passwords).
    ?() Condition [if then] (\w+@[a-zA-Z_]+?\.[a-zA-Z]{2,6}) Email addresses
    ?()| Condition [if then else] (\<(/?[^\>]+)\>) HTML Tags
    ?# Comment
    Note: These patterns are intended for reference purposes and have not been
    extensively tested. Please use with caution and test thoroughly before use.
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