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(?:expression)
(quick) ($:brown) (fox) The quick brown fox jumps up and
down. The quick brown fox jumps up
and down.
All found text = quick brown fox;
Found Text 1= quick; Found Text 2
= fox
Case-insensitive
on
(?i)
(?i)apple
You can also use (?i:apple)
Apple apple APPLE AppleappleAPPLE
Case-insensitive
off
(?-i)
(?-i)apple Apple apple APPLE Apple apple APPLE
Multiline on
(?m)
(?m)^\w+
In this example, the expression looks for
one or more (+) word characters (\w) at the
beginning of a line (^). The (?m) expression
allows all lines within the found text to be
treated as separate lines.
One Two Three Four Five Six Seven
Eight One Two ThreeFour Five SixSeven
Eight
Multiline off
(?-m)
(?-m)^\w+ One Two Three Four Five Six Seven
Eight One Two Three Four Five Six Seven
Eight
Single-line on
(?s)
(?s)c.a
The searches for any character ( . ) between
the letters c and a. The (?s) expression
matches any character, even if it falls on the
next line.
abc abc abc abc abc abcabc abc
Single-line off (?-s)c.a abc abc abc abc abc abc abc abc
Ignore
whitespace on
(?x)
(?s)\w \w\w
This searches for any word character (\w)
followed by a space, followed by two more
word characters (\w\w). The (?s) expression
essentially ignores all whitespace so that it
looks for three characters in a row (\w\w\w).
The quick brown fox Thequick brown fox
Ignore
whitespace off
(?-x)
(?-s)\w \w\w The quick brown fox The quick brown fox
Repeat number
of times
{ }
b{3} matches exactly 3 times
b(3,} matches at least 3 times
b{3,}? matches at least 3 times (shortest
match)
b{2,3} matches at least 2 times and not
more than 3
b{2,3}? matches at least 2 times and not
more than 3 (shortest match)
abbc abbbc abbbbc abbbbbc abbc abbbc abbbbc abbbbbc
abbc abbbc abbbbc abbbbbc
abbc abbbc abbbbc abbbbbc
abbc abbbc abbbbc abbbbbc
abbc abbbc abbbbc abbbbbc
Expression Search string Sample text Matches (in bold)