regularexpressions A ‘Start of string + (\d{1L,2}V\d{1L,2}V\d{4}) Date (e.9: 21/3/2006) $ End of line + ((4\s]+(?=\.Gpglgiflpng))\.\2) Jpg, gif or png image wz End of string + (9[1-9](1}$1*[1-41{1}[0-9](1}$1*50$) ‘Any number from 1 to $0 inclusive \b Word boundary + (#2([A-Fa-f0-9]){3}(([A-Fa-fO-9}){3})?) Valid hexadecimal colour code ‘B Not word boundary + ((2=.*\d)(2=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z]).{8,15}) 8 to 15 character string with at least one (\w+@[a-2A-Z_]+?\.[2-2A-Z2]{2,6}) Email addresses ee (se) HTML Tags == 7 0 or 1, ungreedy + [abe) Range (a or b or c) + Gupper:) Upper case letters 3} 3 or more + [ea] Letter between a and q + alpha: All letters {3,5}? 3, 4 0r 5, ungreedy + between A and Q + Ledigit:) Digits | speciat characters wo nth group/subpattern + Cexdigit:] Hexadecimal digits L:punet:} Punctuation \ Escape Character + nc | songs or neve LU:space:) Blank characters: a Carriage return + Gentri:) Control characters ie Tab + Ee [:graph:) Printed characters Ww Vertical tab + prints} Printed characters and ve Form feed + g Global match [:word:] Digits, letters and (b) Backspace m Multiple lines So Evalbete|rupincement = Lookahead assertion + Ungreedy pattern 7 Negative lookahead + sn nth non-passive group P= Lookbehind assertion + 2 "xyz" in /9(abe(xy2))$/ ro SSD Negative lookbehind + st aya" in /4(2:ab0)(x92)8/ COnce-only Subexpression | §* Before matched string “ l 20. Condition [if then] s After matched string $ « * 701 Condition [if then else] s+ Last matched string ( \ + 7# Comment $8 Entire matched string ) 1 ? = Entire input string < > Ei Items marked + should work in most $$ Literal regular expression implementations. Available free from AddedBytes.com