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Regular expressions, or regex, are patterns used to match character strings and find/replace text. This cheat sheet provides examples of common regex patterns including: - . matches any single character - * matches the previous item 0 or more times - ^ matches at the beginning of a string - $ matches at the end of a string - [...] matches any single character in the brackets It also covers grouping, quantifiers, character classes, boundaries, and other regex tokens with descriptions and use cases.

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Character Description Example: Uncomplicating The Complicated

Regular expressions, or regex, are patterns used to match character strings and find/replace text. This cheat sheet provides examples of common regex patterns including: - . matches any single character - * matches the previous item 0 or more times - ^ matches at the beginning of a string - $ matches at the end of a string - [...] matches any single character in the brackets It also covers grouping, quantifiers, character classes, boundaries, and other regex tokens with descriptions and use cases.

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Regular Expressions Cheat Sheet

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A regular expression is a specific pattern used in computing that provides concise and flexible means to "match" (specify and recognize) strings of text, such as particular characters, words, or patterns of characters. ommon abbreviations for "regular expression" include regex and regexp.! Wikipedia

Character
. (dot)

Description

Example

Match any single character, except newline c.t matches "cat", "cut" or "cot." (\n) Repeat the previous expression 0 or more times (greedy mode) Repeat the previous expression 1 or more times. Ma$es the previous item optional. 12*3 matches "1 ", "1! ", "1!! ", "1!!! ". "t can #e used together with . (dot) such as m.*easier to match "ma$etecheasier". 12+3 matches "1! ","1!! ","1!!! " ma?ke matches "ma$e", "m$e"

* (star)

+ (plus) ? (%uestion mar$) ^ (caret) $ (dollar) (...) (round #rac$et)

Match &rom the #eginning ^he matches "hello", "hell", "help", "he is a #oy" o& the string Match &rom the end o& the ed$ matches "acted", #ed", "greed" string 'rouping o& characters or (ak) matches "ma$e", "ta$e", ( expression 12{3}5 matches "1!!!+" 12{3,5}3 matches 12223, 122223, 1222223

{n} (curly Match the previous item #rac$et, where exactly n times n )* 1) {n,m} (n )*1, Match the previous item #etween n and m times m ) n) {n,} (n )*1)

Match the previous item at 12{2,}3 matches 1223, 12223, 122223 least n times a[BC]d matches ,a-cd. or ,a#/d. a[^ ]c matches "aec", "acc", "adc", #ut not "a#c"

[...] (s%uare match any single character in the #rac$et #rac$et) [^...] Match any character except &or those that are de&ined in the #rac$et Match either the expression on the le&t or right o& the pipe.

! (pipe)

c"#("!"$)r matches "color", "colour"

% (hypen) + (#ac$slash)

0peci&y a range o& [a%&] matches all lowercase alpha#et. characters to match. 1sed ['%(] matches all uppercase alpha#et. mostly with s%uare [)%*] matches all the digit 0 to 2. #rac$et. 3scape a special a+*c matches "a4c".

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Character
+n, +r, +t,+d,, +-,+s

Description
character match a newline, return, ta#, digit, word, whitespace character respectively 5egate version o& +d,, +-,,+s. Match (not digit), (not word), (not whitespace) character respectively.

Example

+.,,+/,,+0

+ ...+

Match a string at the + 1ech+ matches the word "6ech" in the phrase "Ma$e #oundary /an #e used to 6ech 3asier". match a word in a phrase. Match a string not within the #oundary. /an #e ued +B1ech+B matches Tech i! MakeTechEasier, "#t !ot i! to match a string within Make Tech Easier. another string 7hen used inside a s%uare #rac$et, + matches a #ac$space character

+B...+B

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