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The Stack Overflow Regular Expressions FAQ




Online tutorials




  • RegexOne

  • Regular Expressions Info


Quantifiers




  • Zero-or-more: *:greedy, *?:reluctant, *+:possessive

  • One-or-more: +:greedy, +?:reluctant, ++:possessive


  • ?:optional (zero-or-one)

  • Min/max ranges (all inclusive): {n,m}:between n & m, {n,}:n-or-more, {n}:exactly n

  • Differences between greedy, reluctant (a.k.a. "lazy", "ungreedy") and possessive quantifier:


    • Greedy vs. Reluctant vs. Possessive Quantifiers

    • In-depth discussion on the differences between greedy versus non-greedy

    • What's the difference between {n} and {n}?


    • Can someone explain Possessive Quantifiers to me? php, perl, java, ruby


    • Emulating possessive quantifiers .net

    • Non-Stack Overflow references: From Oracle, regular-expressions.info




Character Classes




  • What is the difference between square brackets and parentheses?


  • [...]: any one character, [^...]: negated/any character but


  • [^] matches any one character including newlines javascript


  • [w-[d]] / [a-z-[qz]]: set subtraction .net, xml-schema, xpath, JGSoft


  • [w&&[^d]]: set intersection java, ruby 1.9+


  • [[:alpha:]]:POSIX character classes


  • Why do [^\D2], [^[^0-9]2], [^2[^0-9]] get different results in Java? java

  • Shorthand:


    • Digit: d:digit, D:non-digit

    • Word character (Letter, digit, underscore): w:word character, W:non-word character

    • Whitespace: s:whitespace, S:non-whitespace



  • Unicode categories (p{L}, P{L}, etc.)


Escape Sequences




  • Horizontal whitespace: h:space-or-tab, t:tab

  • Newlines:



    • r, n:carriage return and line feed


    • R:generic newline php



  • Negated whitespace sequences: H:Non horizontal whitespace character, V:Non vertical whitespace character, N:Non line feed character pcre php5 java-8

  • Other: v:vertical tab, e:the escape character


Anchors





  • ^:start of line/input, b:word boundary, and B:non-word boundary, $:end of line/input


  • A:start of input, Z:end of input php, perl, ruby


  • z:the very end of input (Z in Python) .net, php, pcre, java, ruby, icu, swift, objective-c


  • G:start of match php, perl, ruby


(Also see "Flavor-Specific Information → Java → The functions in Matcher")



Groups





  • (...):capture group, (?:):non-capture group


    • Why is my repeating capturing group only capturing the last match?




  • 1:backreference and capture-group reference, $1:capture group reference


    • What's the meaning of a number after a backslash in a regular expression?


    • g<1>123:How to follow a numbered capture group, such as 1, with a number?: python



  • What does a subpattern (?i:regex) mean?

  • What does the 'P' in (?P<group_name>regexp) mean?


  • (?>):atomic group or independent group, (?|):branch reset



    • Equivalent of branch reset in .NET/C# .net



  • Named capture groups:


    • General named capturing group reference at regular-expressions.info


    • java: (?<groupname>regex): Overview and naming rules (Non-Stack Overflow links)

    • Other languages: (?P<groupname>regex) python, (?<groupname>regex) .net, (?<groupname>regex) perl, (?P<groupname>regex) and (?<groupname>regex) php




Lookarounds




  • Lookaheads: (?=...):positive, (?!...):negative

  • Lookbehinds: (?<=...):positive, (?<!...):negative (not supported by javascript)

  • Lookbehind limits in:



    • Lookbehinds need to be constant-length php, perl, python, ruby


    • Lookarounds of limited length {0,n} java


    • Variable length lookbehinds are allowed .net



  • Lookbehind alternatives:



    • Using K php, perl (Flavors that support K)


    • Alternative regex module for Python python


      • The hacky way


      • JavaScript negative lookbehind equivalents External link






Modifiers




  • Most flavors: g:global, i:case-insensitive, u:unicode, x:whitespace-extended


  • c:current position perl e:expression php perl o:once ruby


  • m:multiline php perl python javascript .net java, m:(non)multiline ruby


  • s:single line (not supported by javascript or ruby), s workaround javascript


  • S:study php U:ungreedy php r

  • How to convert preg_replace e to preg_replace_callback?

  • What are inline modifiers?

  • What is '?-mix' in a Ruby Regular Expression


Other:





  • |:alternation (OR) operator, .:any character, [.]:literal dot character

  • What special characters must be escaped?

  • Control verbs (php and perl): (*PRUNE), (*SKIP), (*FAIL) and (*F)



    • php only: (*BSR_ANYCRLF)



  • Recursion (php and perl): (?R), (?0) and (?1), (?-1), (?&groupname)


Common Tasks




  • Get a string between two curly braces: {...}

  • Match (or replace) a pattern except in situations s1, s2, s3...

  • How do I find all YouTube video ids in a string using a regex?

  • Validation:


    • Internet: email addresses, URLs (host/port: regex and non-regex alternatives), passwords

    • Numeric: a number, min-max ranges (such as 1-31), phone numbers, date

    • Parsing HTML with regex: See "General Information > When not to use Regex"




Advanced Regex-Fu




  • Strings and numbers:


    • Regular expression to match a line that doesn't contain a word?

    • How does this PCRE pattern detect palindromes?

    • Match strings whose length is a fourth power

    • How does this regex find triangular numbers?

    • How to determine if a number is a prime with regex?

    • How to match the middle character in a string with regex?



  • Other:


    • How can we match a^n b^n with Java regex?

    • Match nested brackets



      • Using a recursive pattern php, perl


      • Using balancing groups .net



    • “Vertical” regex matching in an ASCII “image”

    • List of highly up-voted regex questions on Code Golf

    • How to make two quantifiers repeat the same number of times?

    • An impossible-to-match regular expression: (?!a)a

    • Match/delete/replace this except in contexts A, B and C

    • Match nested brackets with regex without using recursion or balancing groups?




Flavor-Specific Information



(Except for those marked with *, this section contains non-Stack Overflow links.)




  • Java


    • Official documentation: Pattern Javadoc, Oracle's regular expressions tutorial

    • The differences between functions in java.util.regex.Matcher:



      • matches()): The match must be anchored to both input-start and -end


      • find()): A match may be anywhere in the input string (substrings)


      • lookingAt(): The match must be anchored to input-start only

      • (For anchors in general, see the section "Anchors")



    • The only java.lang.String functions that accept regular expressions: matches(s), replaceAll(s,s), replaceFirst(s,s), split(s), split(s,i)

    • *An (opinionated and) detailed discussion of the disadvantages of and missing features in java.util.regex



  • .NET


    • How to read a .NET regex with look-ahead, look-behind, capturing groups and back-references mixed together?



  • Official documentation:


    • Boost regex engine: General syntax, Perl syntax (used by TextPad, Sublime Text, UltraEdit, ...???)

    • JavaScript 1.5 general info and RegExp object


    • .NET MySQL Oracle Perl5 version 18.2

    • PHP: pattern syntax, preg_match

    • Python: Regular expression operations, search vs match, how-to

    • Splunk: regex terminology and syntax and regex command

    • Tcl: regex syntax, manpage, regexp command

    • Visual Studio Find and Replace




General information



(Links marked with * are non-Stack Overflow links.)




  • Other general documentation resources: Learning Regular Expressions, *Regular-expressions.info, *Wikipedia entry, *RexEgg, Open-Directory Project

  • DFA versus NFA

  • Generating Strings matching regex

  • Books: Jeffrey Friedl's Mastering Regular Expressions

  • When to not use regular expressions:



    • Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use regular expressions." Now they have two problems. (blog post written by Stack Overflow's founder)*

    • Do not use regex to parse HTML:



      • Don't. Please, just don't


      • Well, maybe...if you're really determined (other answers in this question are also good)






Examples of regex that can cause regex engine to fail




  • Why does this regular expression kill the Java regex engine?


Tools: Testers and Explainers



(This section contains non-Stack Overflow links.)





  • Online (* includes replacement tester, + includes split tester):





    • Debuggex (Also has a repository of useful regexes) javascript, python, pcre

    • *Regular Expressions 101 php, pcre, python, javascript


    • Regex Pal, regular-expressions.info javascript


    • Rubular ruby RegExr Regex Hero dotnet

    • *+ regexstorm.net .net

    • *RegexPlanet: Java java, Go go, Haskell haskell, JavaScript javascript, .NET dotnet, Perl perl php PCRE php, Python python, Ruby ruby, XRegExp xregexp


    • freeformatter.com xregexp

    • *+regex.larsolavtorvik.com php PCRE and POSIX, javascript


    • Refiddle javascript ruby .net




  • Offline:




    • Microsoft Windows: RegexBuddy (analysis), RegexMagic (creation), Expresso (analysis, creation, free)








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    The Stack Overflow Regular Expressions FAQ




    Online tutorials




    • RegexOne

    • Regular Expressions Info


    Quantifiers




    • Zero-or-more: *:greedy, *?:reluctant, *+:possessive

    • One-or-more: +:greedy, +?:reluctant, ++:possessive


    • ?:optional (zero-or-one)

    • Min/max ranges (all inclusive): {n,m}:between n & m, {n,}:n-or-more, {n}:exactly n

    • Differences between greedy, reluctant (a.k.a. "lazy", "ungreedy") and possessive quantifier:


      • Greedy vs. Reluctant vs. Possessive Quantifiers

      • In-depth discussion on the differences between greedy versus non-greedy

      • What's the difference between {n} and {n}?


      • Can someone explain Possessive Quantifiers to me? php, perl, java, ruby


      • Emulating possessive quantifiers .net

      • Non-Stack Overflow references: From Oracle, regular-expressions.info




    Character Classes




    • What is the difference between square brackets and parentheses?


    • [...]: any one character, [^...]: negated/any character but


    • [^] matches any one character including newlines javascript


    • [w-[d]] / [a-z-[qz]]: set subtraction .net, xml-schema, xpath, JGSoft


    • [w&&[^d]]: set intersection java, ruby 1.9+


    • [[:alpha:]]:POSIX character classes


    • Why do [^\D2], [^[^0-9]2], [^2[^0-9]] get different results in Java? java

    • Shorthand:


      • Digit: d:digit, D:non-digit

      • Word character (Letter, digit, underscore): w:word character, W:non-word character

      • Whitespace: s:whitespace, S:non-whitespace



    • Unicode categories (p{L}, P{L}, etc.)


    Escape Sequences




    • Horizontal whitespace: h:space-or-tab, t:tab

    • Newlines:



      • r, n:carriage return and line feed


      • R:generic newline php



    • Negated whitespace sequences: H:Non horizontal whitespace character, V:Non vertical whitespace character, N:Non line feed character pcre php5 java-8

    • Other: v:vertical tab, e:the escape character


    Anchors





    • ^:start of line/input, b:word boundary, and B:non-word boundary, $:end of line/input


    • A:start of input, Z:end of input php, perl, ruby


    • z:the very end of input (Z in Python) .net, php, pcre, java, ruby, icu, swift, objective-c


    • G:start of match php, perl, ruby


    (Also see "Flavor-Specific Information → Java → The functions in Matcher")



    Groups





    • (...):capture group, (?:):non-capture group


      • Why is my repeating capturing group only capturing the last match?




    • 1:backreference and capture-group reference, $1:capture group reference


      • What's the meaning of a number after a backslash in a regular expression?


      • g<1>123:How to follow a numbered capture group, such as 1, with a number?: python



    • What does a subpattern (?i:regex) mean?

    • What does the 'P' in (?P<group_name>regexp) mean?


    • (?>):atomic group or independent group, (?|):branch reset



      • Equivalent of branch reset in .NET/C# .net



    • Named capture groups:


      • General named capturing group reference at regular-expressions.info


      • java: (?<groupname>regex): Overview and naming rules (Non-Stack Overflow links)

      • Other languages: (?P<groupname>regex) python, (?<groupname>regex) .net, (?<groupname>regex) perl, (?P<groupname>regex) and (?<groupname>regex) php




    Lookarounds




    • Lookaheads: (?=...):positive, (?!...):negative

    • Lookbehinds: (?<=...):positive, (?<!...):negative (not supported by javascript)

    • Lookbehind limits in:



      • Lookbehinds need to be constant-length php, perl, python, ruby


      • Lookarounds of limited length {0,n} java


      • Variable length lookbehinds are allowed .net



    • Lookbehind alternatives:



      • Using K php, perl (Flavors that support K)


      • Alternative regex module for Python python


        • The hacky way


        • JavaScript negative lookbehind equivalents External link






    Modifiers




    • Most flavors: g:global, i:case-insensitive, u:unicode, x:whitespace-extended


    • c:current position perl e:expression php perl o:once ruby


    • m:multiline php perl python javascript .net java, m:(non)multiline ruby


    • s:single line (not supported by javascript or ruby), s workaround javascript


    • S:study php U:ungreedy php r

    • How to convert preg_replace e to preg_replace_callback?

    • What are inline modifiers?

    • What is '?-mix' in a Ruby Regular Expression


    Other:





    • |:alternation (OR) operator, .:any character, [.]:literal dot character

    • What special characters must be escaped?

    • Control verbs (php and perl): (*PRUNE), (*SKIP), (*FAIL) and (*F)



      • php only: (*BSR_ANYCRLF)



    • Recursion (php and perl): (?R), (?0) and (?1), (?-1), (?&groupname)


    Common Tasks




    • Get a string between two curly braces: {...}

    • Match (or replace) a pattern except in situations s1, s2, s3...

    • How do I find all YouTube video ids in a string using a regex?

    • Validation:


      • Internet: email addresses, URLs (host/port: regex and non-regex alternatives), passwords

      • Numeric: a number, min-max ranges (such as 1-31), phone numbers, date

      • Parsing HTML with regex: See "General Information > When not to use Regex"




    Advanced Regex-Fu




    • Strings and numbers:


      • Regular expression to match a line that doesn't contain a word?

      • How does this PCRE pattern detect palindromes?

      • Match strings whose length is a fourth power

      • How does this regex find triangular numbers?

      • How to determine if a number is a prime with regex?

      • How to match the middle character in a string with regex?



    • Other:


      • How can we match a^n b^n with Java regex?

      • Match nested brackets



        • Using a recursive pattern php, perl


        • Using balancing groups .net



      • “Vertical” regex matching in an ASCII “image”

      • List of highly up-voted regex questions on Code Golf

      • How to make two quantifiers repeat the same number of times?

      • An impossible-to-match regular expression: (?!a)a

      • Match/delete/replace this except in contexts A, B and C

      • Match nested brackets with regex without using recursion or balancing groups?




    Flavor-Specific Information



    (Except for those marked with *, this section contains non-Stack Overflow links.)




    • Java


      • Official documentation: Pattern Javadoc, Oracle's regular expressions tutorial

      • The differences between functions in java.util.regex.Matcher:



        • matches()): The match must be anchored to both input-start and -end


        • find()): A match may be anywhere in the input string (substrings)


        • lookingAt(): The match must be anchored to input-start only

        • (For anchors in general, see the section "Anchors")



      • The only java.lang.String functions that accept regular expressions: matches(s), replaceAll(s,s), replaceFirst(s,s), split(s), split(s,i)

      • *An (opinionated and) detailed discussion of the disadvantages of and missing features in java.util.regex



    • .NET


      • How to read a .NET regex with look-ahead, look-behind, capturing groups and back-references mixed together?



    • Official documentation:


      • Boost regex engine: General syntax, Perl syntax (used by TextPad, Sublime Text, UltraEdit, ...???)

      • JavaScript 1.5 general info and RegExp object


      • .NET MySQL Oracle Perl5 version 18.2

      • PHP: pattern syntax, preg_match

      • Python: Regular expression operations, search vs match, how-to

      • Splunk: regex terminology and syntax and regex command

      • Tcl: regex syntax, manpage, regexp command

      • Visual Studio Find and Replace




    General information



    (Links marked with * are non-Stack Overflow links.)




    • Other general documentation resources: Learning Regular Expressions, *Regular-expressions.info, *Wikipedia entry, *RexEgg, Open-Directory Project

    • DFA versus NFA

    • Generating Strings matching regex

    • Books: Jeffrey Friedl's Mastering Regular Expressions

    • When to not use regular expressions:



      • Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use regular expressions." Now they have two problems. (blog post written by Stack Overflow's founder)*

      • Do not use regex to parse HTML:



        • Don't. Please, just don't


        • Well, maybe...if you're really determined (other answers in this question are also good)






    Examples of regex that can cause regex engine to fail




    • Why does this regular expression kill the Java regex engine?


    Tools: Testers and Explainers



    (This section contains non-Stack Overflow links.)





    • Online (* includes replacement tester, + includes split tester):





      • Debuggex (Also has a repository of useful regexes) javascript, python, pcre

      • *Regular Expressions 101 php, pcre, python, javascript


      • Regex Pal, regular-expressions.info javascript


      • Rubular ruby RegExr Regex Hero dotnet

      • *+ regexstorm.net .net

      • *RegexPlanet: Java java, Go go, Haskell haskell, JavaScript javascript, .NET dotnet, Perl perl php PCRE php, Python python, Ruby ruby, XRegExp xregexp


      • freeformatter.com xregexp

      • *+regex.larsolavtorvik.com php PCRE and POSIX, javascript


      • Refiddle javascript ruby .net




    • Offline:




      • Microsoft Windows: RegexBuddy (analysis), RegexMagic (creation), Expresso (analysis, creation, free)








    share



























      up vote
      722
      down vote



      accepted










      The Stack Overflow Regular Expressions FAQ




      Online tutorials




      • RegexOne

      • Regular Expressions Info


      Quantifiers




      • Zero-or-more: *:greedy, *?:reluctant, *+:possessive

      • One-or-more: +:greedy, +?:reluctant, ++:possessive


      • ?:optional (zero-or-one)

      • Min/max ranges (all inclusive): {n,m}:between n & m, {n,}:n-or-more, {n}:exactly n

      • Differences between greedy, reluctant (a.k.a. "lazy", "ungreedy") and possessive quantifier:


        • Greedy vs. Reluctant vs. Possessive Quantifiers

        • In-depth discussion on the differences between greedy versus non-greedy

        • What's the difference between {n} and {n}?


        • Can someone explain Possessive Quantifiers to me? php, perl, java, ruby


        • Emulating possessive quantifiers .net

        • Non-Stack Overflow references: From Oracle, regular-expressions.info




      Character Classes




      • What is the difference between square brackets and parentheses?


      • [...]: any one character, [^...]: negated/any character but


      • [^] matches any one character including newlines javascript


      • [w-[d]] / [a-z-[qz]]: set subtraction .net, xml-schema, xpath, JGSoft


      • [w&&[^d]]: set intersection java, ruby 1.9+


      • [[:alpha:]]:POSIX character classes


      • Why do [^\D2], [^[^0-9]2], [^2[^0-9]] get different results in Java? java

      • Shorthand:


        • Digit: d:digit, D:non-digit

        • Word character (Letter, digit, underscore): w:word character, W:non-word character

        • Whitespace: s:whitespace, S:non-whitespace



      • Unicode categories (p{L}, P{L}, etc.)


      Escape Sequences




      • Horizontal whitespace: h:space-or-tab, t:tab

      • Newlines:



        • r, n:carriage return and line feed


        • R:generic newline php



      • Negated whitespace sequences: H:Non horizontal whitespace character, V:Non vertical whitespace character, N:Non line feed character pcre php5 java-8

      • Other: v:vertical tab, e:the escape character


      Anchors





      • ^:start of line/input, b:word boundary, and B:non-word boundary, $:end of line/input


      • A:start of input, Z:end of input php, perl, ruby


      • z:the very end of input (Z in Python) .net, php, pcre, java, ruby, icu, swift, objective-c


      • G:start of match php, perl, ruby


      (Also see "Flavor-Specific Information → Java → The functions in Matcher")



      Groups





      • (...):capture group, (?:):non-capture group


        • Why is my repeating capturing group only capturing the last match?




      • 1:backreference and capture-group reference, $1:capture group reference


        • What's the meaning of a number after a backslash in a regular expression?


        • g<1>123:How to follow a numbered capture group, such as 1, with a number?: python



      • What does a subpattern (?i:regex) mean?

      • What does the 'P' in (?P<group_name>regexp) mean?


      • (?>):atomic group or independent group, (?|):branch reset



        • Equivalent of branch reset in .NET/C# .net



      • Named capture groups:


        • General named capturing group reference at regular-expressions.info


        • java: (?<groupname>regex): Overview and naming rules (Non-Stack Overflow links)

        • Other languages: (?P<groupname>regex) python, (?<groupname>regex) .net, (?<groupname>regex) perl, (?P<groupname>regex) and (?<groupname>regex) php




      Lookarounds




      • Lookaheads: (?=...):positive, (?!...):negative

      • Lookbehinds: (?<=...):positive, (?<!...):negative (not supported by javascript)

      • Lookbehind limits in:



        • Lookbehinds need to be constant-length php, perl, python, ruby


        • Lookarounds of limited length {0,n} java


        • Variable length lookbehinds are allowed .net



      • Lookbehind alternatives:



        • Using K php, perl (Flavors that support K)


        • Alternative regex module for Python python


          • The hacky way


          • JavaScript negative lookbehind equivalents External link






      Modifiers




      • Most flavors: g:global, i:case-insensitive, u:unicode, x:whitespace-extended


      • c:current position perl e:expression php perl o:once ruby


      • m:multiline php perl python javascript .net java, m:(non)multiline ruby


      • s:single line (not supported by javascript or ruby), s workaround javascript


      • S:study php U:ungreedy php r

      • How to convert preg_replace e to preg_replace_callback?

      • What are inline modifiers?

      • What is '?-mix' in a Ruby Regular Expression


      Other:





      • |:alternation (OR) operator, .:any character, [.]:literal dot character

      • What special characters must be escaped?

      • Control verbs (php and perl): (*PRUNE), (*SKIP), (*FAIL) and (*F)



        • php only: (*BSR_ANYCRLF)



      • Recursion (php and perl): (?R), (?0) and (?1), (?-1), (?&groupname)


      Common Tasks




      • Get a string between two curly braces: {...}

      • Match (or replace) a pattern except in situations s1, s2, s3...

      • How do I find all YouTube video ids in a string using a regex?

      • Validation:


        • Internet: email addresses, URLs (host/port: regex and non-regex alternatives), passwords

        • Numeric: a number, min-max ranges (such as 1-31), phone numbers, date

        • Parsing HTML with regex: See "General Information > When not to use Regex"




      Advanced Regex-Fu




      • Strings and numbers:


        • Regular expression to match a line that doesn't contain a word?

        • How does this PCRE pattern detect palindromes?

        • Match strings whose length is a fourth power

        • How does this regex find triangular numbers?

        • How to determine if a number is a prime with regex?

        • How to match the middle character in a string with regex?



      • Other:


        • How can we match a^n b^n with Java regex?

        • Match nested brackets



          • Using a recursive pattern php, perl


          • Using balancing groups .net



        • “Vertical” regex matching in an ASCII “image”

        • List of highly up-voted regex questions on Code Golf

        • How to make two quantifiers repeat the same number of times?

        • An impossible-to-match regular expression: (?!a)a

        • Match/delete/replace this except in contexts A, B and C

        • Match nested brackets with regex without using recursion or balancing groups?




      Flavor-Specific Information



      (Except for those marked with *, this section contains non-Stack Overflow links.)




      • Java


        • Official documentation: Pattern Javadoc, Oracle's regular expressions tutorial

        • The differences between functions in java.util.regex.Matcher:



          • matches()): The match must be anchored to both input-start and -end


          • find()): A match may be anywhere in the input string (substrings)


          • lookingAt(): The match must be anchored to input-start only

          • (For anchors in general, see the section "Anchors")



        • The only java.lang.String functions that accept regular expressions: matches(s), replaceAll(s,s), replaceFirst(s,s), split(s), split(s,i)

        • *An (opinionated and) detailed discussion of the disadvantages of and missing features in java.util.regex



      • .NET


        • How to read a .NET regex with look-ahead, look-behind, capturing groups and back-references mixed together?



      • Official documentation:


        • Boost regex engine: General syntax, Perl syntax (used by TextPad, Sublime Text, UltraEdit, ...???)

        • JavaScript 1.5 general info and RegExp object


        • .NET MySQL Oracle Perl5 version 18.2

        • PHP: pattern syntax, preg_match

        • Python: Regular expression operations, search vs match, how-to

        • Splunk: regex terminology and syntax and regex command

        • Tcl: regex syntax, manpage, regexp command

        • Visual Studio Find and Replace




      General information



      (Links marked with * are non-Stack Overflow links.)




      • Other general documentation resources: Learning Regular Expressions, *Regular-expressions.info, *Wikipedia entry, *RexEgg, Open-Directory Project

      • DFA versus NFA

      • Generating Strings matching regex

      • Books: Jeffrey Friedl's Mastering Regular Expressions

      • When to not use regular expressions:



        • Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use regular expressions." Now they have two problems. (blog post written by Stack Overflow's founder)*

        • Do not use regex to parse HTML:



          • Don't. Please, just don't


          • Well, maybe...if you're really determined (other answers in this question are also good)






      Examples of regex that can cause regex engine to fail




      • Why does this regular expression kill the Java regex engine?


      Tools: Testers and Explainers



      (This section contains non-Stack Overflow links.)





      • Online (* includes replacement tester, + includes split tester):





        • Debuggex (Also has a repository of useful regexes) javascript, python, pcre

        • *Regular Expressions 101 php, pcre, python, javascript


        • Regex Pal, regular-expressions.info javascript


        • Rubular ruby RegExr Regex Hero dotnet

        • *+ regexstorm.net .net

        • *RegexPlanet: Java java, Go go, Haskell haskell, JavaScript javascript, .NET dotnet, Perl perl php PCRE php, Python python, Ruby ruby, XRegExp xregexp


        • freeformatter.com xregexp

        • *+regex.larsolavtorvik.com php PCRE and POSIX, javascript


        • Refiddle javascript ruby .net




      • Offline:




        • Microsoft Windows: RegexBuddy (analysis), RegexMagic (creation), Expresso (analysis, creation, free)








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        The Stack Overflow Regular Expressions FAQ




        Online tutorials




        • RegexOne

        • Regular Expressions Info


        Quantifiers




        • Zero-or-more: *:greedy, *?:reluctant, *+:possessive

        • One-or-more: +:greedy, +?:reluctant, ++:possessive


        • ?:optional (zero-or-one)

        • Min/max ranges (all inclusive): {n,m}:between n & m, {n,}:n-or-more, {n}:exactly n

        • Differences between greedy, reluctant (a.k.a. "lazy", "ungreedy") and possessive quantifier:


          • Greedy vs. Reluctant vs. Possessive Quantifiers

          • In-depth discussion on the differences between greedy versus non-greedy

          • What's the difference between {n} and {n}?


          • Can someone explain Possessive Quantifiers to me? php, perl, java, ruby


          • Emulating possessive quantifiers .net

          • Non-Stack Overflow references: From Oracle, regular-expressions.info




        Character Classes




        • What is the difference between square brackets and parentheses?


        • [...]: any one character, [^...]: negated/any character but


        • [^] matches any one character including newlines javascript


        • [w-[d]] / [a-z-[qz]]: set subtraction .net, xml-schema, xpath, JGSoft


        • [w&&[^d]]: set intersection java, ruby 1.9+


        • [[:alpha:]]:POSIX character classes


        • Why do [^\D2], [^[^0-9]2], [^2[^0-9]] get different results in Java? java

        • Shorthand:


          • Digit: d:digit, D:non-digit

          • Word character (Letter, digit, underscore): w:word character, W:non-word character

          • Whitespace: s:whitespace, S:non-whitespace



        • Unicode categories (p{L}, P{L}, etc.)


        Escape Sequences




        • Horizontal whitespace: h:space-or-tab, t:tab

        • Newlines:



          • r, n:carriage return and line feed


          • R:generic newline php



        • Negated whitespace sequences: H:Non horizontal whitespace character, V:Non vertical whitespace character, N:Non line feed character pcre php5 java-8

        • Other: v:vertical tab, e:the escape character


        Anchors





        • ^:start of line/input, b:word boundary, and B:non-word boundary, $:end of line/input


        • A:start of input, Z:end of input php, perl, ruby


        • z:the very end of input (Z in Python) .net, php, pcre, java, ruby, icu, swift, objective-c


        • G:start of match php, perl, ruby


        (Also see "Flavor-Specific Information → Java → The functions in Matcher")



        Groups





        • (...):capture group, (?:):non-capture group


          • Why is my repeating capturing group only capturing the last match?




        • 1:backreference and capture-group reference, $1:capture group reference


          • What's the meaning of a number after a backslash in a regular expression?


          • g<1>123:How to follow a numbered capture group, such as 1, with a number?: python



        • What does a subpattern (?i:regex) mean?

        • What does the 'P' in (?P<group_name>regexp) mean?


        • (?>):atomic group or independent group, (?|):branch reset



          • Equivalent of branch reset in .NET/C# .net



        • Named capture groups:


          • General named capturing group reference at regular-expressions.info


          • java: (?<groupname>regex): Overview and naming rules (Non-Stack Overflow links)

          • Other languages: (?P<groupname>regex) python, (?<groupname>regex) .net, (?<groupname>regex) perl, (?P<groupname>regex) and (?<groupname>regex) php




        Lookarounds




        • Lookaheads: (?=...):positive, (?!...):negative

        • Lookbehinds: (?<=...):positive, (?<!...):negative (not supported by javascript)

        • Lookbehind limits in:



          • Lookbehinds need to be constant-length php, perl, python, ruby


          • Lookarounds of limited length {0,n} java


          • Variable length lookbehinds are allowed .net



        • Lookbehind alternatives:



          • Using K php, perl (Flavors that support K)


          • Alternative regex module for Python python


            • The hacky way


            • JavaScript negative lookbehind equivalents External link






        Modifiers




        • Most flavors: g:global, i:case-insensitive, u:unicode, x:whitespace-extended


        • c:current position perl e:expression php perl o:once ruby


        • m:multiline php perl python javascript .net java, m:(non)multiline ruby


        • s:single line (not supported by javascript or ruby), s workaround javascript


        • S:study php U:ungreedy php r

        • How to convert preg_replace e to preg_replace_callback?

        • What are inline modifiers?

        • What is '?-mix' in a Ruby Regular Expression


        Other:





        • |:alternation (OR) operator, .:any character, [.]:literal dot character

        • What special characters must be escaped?

        • Control verbs (php and perl): (*PRUNE), (*SKIP), (*FAIL) and (*F)



          • php only: (*BSR_ANYCRLF)



        • Recursion (php and perl): (?R), (?0) and (?1), (?-1), (?&groupname)


        Common Tasks




        • Get a string between two curly braces: {...}

        • Match (or replace) a pattern except in situations s1, s2, s3...

        • How do I find all YouTube video ids in a string using a regex?

        • Validation:


          • Internet: email addresses, URLs (host/port: regex and non-regex alternatives), passwords

          • Numeric: a number, min-max ranges (such as 1-31), phone numbers, date

          • Parsing HTML with regex: See "General Information > When not to use Regex"




        Advanced Regex-Fu




        • Strings and numbers:


          • Regular expression to match a line that doesn't contain a word?

          • How does this PCRE pattern detect palindromes?

          • Match strings whose length is a fourth power

          • How does this regex find triangular numbers?

          • How to determine if a number is a prime with regex?

          • How to match the middle character in a string with regex?



        • Other:


          • How can we match a^n b^n with Java regex?

          • Match nested brackets



            • Using a recursive pattern php, perl


            • Using balancing groups .net



          • “Vertical” regex matching in an ASCII “image”

          • List of highly up-voted regex questions on Code Golf

          • How to make two quantifiers repeat the same number of times?

          • An impossible-to-match regular expression: (?!a)a

          • Match/delete/replace this except in contexts A, B and C

          • Match nested brackets with regex without using recursion or balancing groups?




        Flavor-Specific Information



        (Except for those marked with *, this section contains non-Stack Overflow links.)




        • Java


          • Official documentation: Pattern Javadoc, Oracle's regular expressions tutorial

          • The differences between functions in java.util.regex.Matcher:



            • matches()): The match must be anchored to both input-start and -end


            • find()): A match may be anywhere in the input string (substrings)


            • lookingAt(): The match must be anchored to input-start only

            • (For anchors in general, see the section "Anchors")



          • The only java.lang.String functions that accept regular expressions: matches(s), replaceAll(s,s), replaceFirst(s,s), split(s), split(s,i)

          • *An (opinionated and) detailed discussion of the disadvantages of and missing features in java.util.regex



        • .NET


          • How to read a .NET regex with look-ahead, look-behind, capturing groups and back-references mixed together?



        • Official documentation:


          • Boost regex engine: General syntax, Perl syntax (used by TextPad, Sublime Text, UltraEdit, ...???)

          • JavaScript 1.5 general info and RegExp object


          • .NET MySQL Oracle Perl5 version 18.2

          • PHP: pattern syntax, preg_match

          • Python: Regular expression operations, search vs match, how-to

          • Splunk: regex terminology and syntax and regex command

          • Tcl: regex syntax, manpage, regexp command

          • Visual Studio Find and Replace




        General information



        (Links marked with * are non-Stack Overflow links.)




        • Other general documentation resources: Learning Regular Expressions, *Regular-expressions.info, *Wikipedia entry, *RexEgg, Open-Directory Project

        • DFA versus NFA

        • Generating Strings matching regex

        • Books: Jeffrey Friedl's Mastering Regular Expressions

        • When to not use regular expressions:



          • Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use regular expressions." Now they have two problems. (blog post written by Stack Overflow's founder)*

          • Do not use regex to parse HTML:



            • Don't. Please, just don't


            • Well, maybe...if you're really determined (other answers in this question are also good)






        Examples of regex that can cause regex engine to fail




        • Why does this regular expression kill the Java regex engine?


        Tools: Testers and Explainers



        (This section contains non-Stack Overflow links.)





        • Online (* includes replacement tester, + includes split tester):





          • Debuggex (Also has a repository of useful regexes) javascript, python, pcre

          • *Regular Expressions 101 php, pcre, python, javascript


          • Regex Pal, regular-expressions.info javascript


          • Rubular ruby RegExr Regex Hero dotnet

          • *+ regexstorm.net .net

          • *RegexPlanet: Java java, Go go, Haskell haskell, JavaScript javascript, .NET dotnet, Perl perl php PCRE php, Python python, Ruby ruby, XRegExp xregexp


          • freeformatter.com xregexp

          • *+regex.larsolavtorvik.com php PCRE and POSIX, javascript


          • Refiddle javascript ruby .net




        • Offline:




          • Microsoft Windows: RegexBuddy (analysis), RegexMagic (creation), Expresso (analysis, creation, free)








        share














        The Stack Overflow Regular Expressions FAQ




        Online tutorials




        • RegexOne

        • Regular Expressions Info


        Quantifiers




        • Zero-or-more: *:greedy, *?:reluctant, *+:possessive

        • One-or-more: +:greedy, +?:reluctant, ++:possessive


        • ?:optional (zero-or-one)

        • Min/max ranges (all inclusive): {n,m}:between n & m, {n,}:n-or-more, {n}:exactly n

        • Differences between greedy, reluctant (a.k.a. "lazy", "ungreedy") and possessive quantifier:


          • Greedy vs. Reluctant vs. Possessive Quantifiers

          • In-depth discussion on the differences between greedy versus non-greedy

          • What's the difference between {n} and {n}?


          • Can someone explain Possessive Quantifiers to me? php, perl, java, ruby


          • Emulating possessive quantifiers .net

          • Non-Stack Overflow references: From Oracle, regular-expressions.info




        Character Classes




        • What is the difference between square brackets and parentheses?


        • [...]: any one character, [^...]: negated/any character but


        • [^] matches any one character including newlines javascript


        • [w-[d]] / [a-z-[qz]]: set subtraction .net, xml-schema, xpath, JGSoft


        • [w&&[^d]]: set intersection java, ruby 1.9+


        • [[:alpha:]]:POSIX character classes


        • Why do [^\D2], [^[^0-9]2], [^2[^0-9]] get different results in Java? java

        • Shorthand:


          • Digit: d:digit, D:non-digit

          • Word character (Letter, digit, underscore): w:word character, W:non-word character

          • Whitespace: s:whitespace, S:non-whitespace



        • Unicode categories (p{L}, P{L}, etc.)


        Escape Sequences




        • Horizontal whitespace: h:space-or-tab, t:tab

        • Newlines:



          • r, n:carriage return and line feed


          • R:generic newline php



        • Negated whitespace sequences: H:Non horizontal whitespace character, V:Non vertical whitespace character, N:Non line feed character pcre php5 java-8

        • Other: v:vertical tab, e:the escape character


        Anchors





        • ^:start of line/input, b:word boundary, and B:non-word boundary, $:end of line/input


        • A:start of input, Z:end of input php, perl, ruby


        • z:the very end of input (Z in Python) .net, php, pcre, java, ruby, icu, swift, objective-c


        • G:start of match php, perl, ruby


        (Also see "Flavor-Specific Information → Java → The functions in Matcher")



        Groups





        • (...):capture group, (?:):non-capture group


          • Why is my repeating capturing group only capturing the last match?




        • 1:backreference and capture-group reference, $1:capture group reference


          • What's the meaning of a number after a backslash in a regular expression?


          • g<1>123:How to follow a numbered capture group, such as 1, with a number?: python



        • What does a subpattern (?i:regex) mean?

        • What does the 'P' in (?P<group_name>regexp) mean?


        • (?>):atomic group or independent group, (?|):branch reset



          • Equivalent of branch reset in .NET/C# .net



        • Named capture groups:


          • General named capturing group reference at regular-expressions.info


          • java: (?<groupname>regex): Overview and naming rules (Non-Stack Overflow links)

          • Other languages: (?P<groupname>regex) python, (?<groupname>regex) .net, (?<groupname>regex) perl, (?P<groupname>regex) and (?<groupname>regex) php




        Lookarounds




        • Lookaheads: (?=...):positive, (?!...):negative

        • Lookbehinds: (?<=...):positive, (?<!...):negative (not supported by javascript)

        • Lookbehind limits in:



          • Lookbehinds need to be constant-length php, perl, python, ruby


          • Lookarounds of limited length {0,n} java


          • Variable length lookbehinds are allowed .net



        • Lookbehind alternatives:



          • Using K php, perl (Flavors that support K)


          • Alternative regex module for Python python


            • The hacky way


            • JavaScript negative lookbehind equivalents External link






        Modifiers




        • Most flavors: g:global, i:case-insensitive, u:unicode, x:whitespace-extended


        • c:current position perl e:expression php perl o:once ruby


        • m:multiline php perl python javascript .net java, m:(non)multiline ruby


        • s:single line (not supported by javascript or ruby), s workaround javascript


        • S:study php U:ungreedy php r

        • How to convert preg_replace e to preg_replace_callback?

        • What are inline modifiers?

        • What is '?-mix' in a Ruby Regular Expression


        Other:





        • |:alternation (OR) operator, .:any character, [.]:literal dot character

        • What special characters must be escaped?

        • Control verbs (php and perl): (*PRUNE), (*SKIP), (*FAIL) and (*F)



          • php only: (*BSR_ANYCRLF)



        • Recursion (php and perl): (?R), (?0) and (?1), (?-1), (?&groupname)


        Common Tasks




        • Get a string between two curly braces: {...}

        • Match (or replace) a pattern except in situations s1, s2, s3...

        • How do I find all YouTube video ids in a string using a regex?

        • Validation:


          • Internet: email addresses, URLs (host/port: regex and non-regex alternatives), passwords

          • Numeric: a number, min-max ranges (such as 1-31), phone numbers, date

          • Parsing HTML with regex: See "General Information > When not to use Regex"




        Advanced Regex-Fu




        • Strings and numbers:


          • Regular expression to match a line that doesn't contain a word?

          • How does this PCRE pattern detect palindromes?

          • Match strings whose length is a fourth power

          • How does this regex find triangular numbers?

          • How to determine if a number is a prime with regex?

          • How to match the middle character in a string with regex?



        • Other:


          • How can we match a^n b^n with Java regex?

          • Match nested brackets



            • Using a recursive pattern php, perl


            • Using balancing groups .net



          • “Vertical” regex matching in an ASCII “image”

          • List of highly up-voted regex questions on Code Golf

          • How to make two quantifiers repeat the same number of times?

          • An impossible-to-match regular expression: (?!a)a

          • Match/delete/replace this except in contexts A, B and C

          • Match nested brackets with regex without using recursion or balancing groups?




        Flavor-Specific Information



        (Except for those marked with *, this section contains non-Stack Overflow links.)




        • Java


          • Official documentation: Pattern Javadoc, Oracle's regular expressions tutorial

          • The differences between functions in java.util.regex.Matcher:



            • matches()): The match must be anchored to both input-start and -end


            • find()): A match may be anywhere in the input string (substrings)


            • lookingAt(): The match must be anchored to input-start only

            • (For anchors in general, see the section "Anchors")



          • The only java.lang.String functions that accept regular expressions: matches(s), replaceAll(s,s), replaceFirst(s,s), split(s), split(s,i)

          • *An (opinionated and) detailed discussion of the disadvantages of and missing features in java.util.regex



        • .NET


          • How to read a .NET regex with look-ahead, look-behind, capturing groups and back-references mixed together?



        • Official documentation:


          • Boost regex engine: General syntax, Perl syntax (used by TextPad, Sublime Text, UltraEdit, ...???)

          • JavaScript 1.5 general info and RegExp object


          • .NET MySQL Oracle Perl5 version 18.2

          • PHP: pattern syntax, preg_match

          • Python: Regular expression operations, search vs match, how-to

          • Splunk: regex terminology and syntax and regex command

          • Tcl: regex syntax, manpage, regexp command

          • Visual Studio Find and Replace




        General information



        (Links marked with * are non-Stack Overflow links.)




        • Other general documentation resources: Learning Regular Expressions, *Regular-expressions.info, *Wikipedia entry, *RexEgg, Open-Directory Project

        • DFA versus NFA

        • Generating Strings matching regex

        • Books: Jeffrey Friedl's Mastering Regular Expressions

        • When to not use regular expressions:



          • Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use regular expressions." Now they have two problems. (blog post written by Stack Overflow's founder)*

          • Do not use regex to parse HTML:



            • Don't. Please, just don't


            • Well, maybe...if you're really determined (other answers in this question are also good)






        Examples of regex that can cause regex engine to fail




        • Why does this regular expression kill the Java regex engine?


        Tools: Testers and Explainers



        (This section contains non-Stack Overflow links.)





        • Online (* includes replacement tester, + includes split tester):





          • Debuggex (Also has a repository of useful regexes) javascript, python, pcre

          • *Regular Expressions 101 php, pcre, python, javascript


          • Regex Pal, regular-expressions.info javascript


          • Rubular ruby RegExr Regex Hero dotnet

          • *+ regexstorm.net .net

          • *RegexPlanet: Java java, Go go, Haskell haskell, JavaScript javascript, .NET dotnet, Perl perl php PCRE php, Python python, Ruby ruby, XRegExp xregexp


          • freeformatter.com xregexp

          • *+regex.larsolavtorvik.com php PCRE and POSIX, javascript


          • Refiddle javascript ruby .net




        • Offline:




          • Microsoft Windows: RegexBuddy (analysis), RegexMagic (creation), Expresso (analysis, creation, free)









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