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Single line modifier - s
What is the single line modifier? How to use it? How the single line modifier can be used on this example text: class Hello { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("Hello World!"); // Display the string. } } The single line modifier 's', also called "dot all" modifier, modifies...
2013-02-02, ∼4874🔥, 0💬

Negative look-behind assertion (?<!...)
What is a negative look-behind assertion? How to use it? How to write a regular expression to find words not ending with 'oo' in text like: how, too, bamboo, school, ? A negative look-behind assertion is a zero-width assertion that allows you to not match a subpattern left to the current position (l...
2013-01-31, ∼4786🔥, 0💬

Capturing timestamp from Apache Web log file
How to capture the timestamp from Apache Web log file? Here are some Apache Web log file entries: 127.0.0.1 - frank [10/May/2012:13:55:36 -0700] "GET /apache_pb.gif HTTP/1.0" 200 2326 "-" "-" "-" 213.135.131.79 - - [15/May/2012:19:21:49 -0400] "GET /features.htm HTTP/1.1" 200 9955 "http://www.abc.co...
2013-02-03, ∼4753🔥, 0💬

US phone number validation
How to perform a validation on US phone numbers using a regular expression? For example, " (021)423-2323 " is an valid US phone number. To perform a validation on US phone numbers, try this regular expression: ^\(?\d{3}\)?[-\s.]?\d{3}[-\s.] \d{4}$
2013-01-27, ∼4749🔥, 0💬

Multiple line modifier - m
What is the multiple line modifier? How to use it? How the multiple line modifier can be used on this example text: 06/10/2009 04:21 PM 69,584 avicap.dll 06/10/2009 04:21 PM 109,456 avifile.dll 07/13/2009 04:41 PM 32,816 COMMDLG.DLL 07/13/2009 04:41 PM 2,000 keyboard.drv 06/10/2009 04:42 PM 9,936 lz...
2013-02-02, ∼4724🔥, 0💬

Capturing fragment id from URL
How to capture fragment id from URL addresses with a regular expression? Here are URL address examples: ftp://ftp.example.org/ https://login.example.com:5800 /?mode=guest&lang=enhttp://www.google.com:80/api/e xample/submit.php?name=joe#newfile://localhost/c|/WINDOWS/do cument.html#chapter1URL ad...
2013-02-03, ∼4618🔥, 0💬

Negative look-ahead assertion (?!...)
What is a negative look-ahead assertion? How to use it? How to write a regular expression to find words without 'oo' in text like: how, to, look, google, school ? A negative look-ahead assertion is a zero-width assertion that allows you to not match a subpattern beyond the current position (look-ahe...
2013-01-26, ∼4606🔥, 0💬

Capturing query string from URL
How to capture query string from URL addresses with a regular expression? Here are URL address examples: ftp://ftp.example.org/ https://login.example.com:5800 /?mode=guest&lang=enhttp://www.google.com:80/api/e xample/submit.php?name=joe#newfile://localhost/c|/WINDOWS/do cument.html#chapter1URL a...
2013-02-03, ∼4536🔥, 0💬

Capturing path name from URL
How to capture path name from URL addresses with a regular expression? Here are URL address examples: ftp://ftp.example.org/ https://login.example.com:5800 /?mode=guesthttp://www.google.com:80/api/e xample/submit.php?name=joe#newfile://localhost/c|/WINDOWS/do cument.html#chapter1URL addresses are wr...
2013-02-03, ∼4473🔥, 0💬

Capturing user agent from Apache Web log file
How to capture the user agent from Apache Web log file? Here are some Apache Web log file entries: 127.0.0.1 - frank [10/May/2012:13:55:36 -0700] "GET /apache_pb.gif HTTP/1.0" 200 2326 "-" "-" "-" 213.135.131.79 - - [13/May/2012:17:35:32 -0600] "POST /submit.jsp HTTP/1.0" 200 1024 "-" "-" "SID=1000;...
2013-02-04, ∼4471🔥, 0💬

Capturing scheme name from URL
How to capture scheme name from URL addresses with a regular expression? Here are URL address examples: ftp://asmith@ftp.example.org https://login.example.com:5800 /http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W WW.html#Historyfile://localhost/c|/WINDOWS/cl ock.aviURL addresses are written in this format: scheme://...
2013-02-03, ∼4412🔥, 0💬

Validating Brazilian Postcodes
How to write a regular expression to validate Brazilian Postcodes? For example, 23080-060 is a valid Brazilian Postcodes. Here is the regular expression to validate Brazilian Postcodes: \d{5}-\d{3} \d{5} - 2 digits - - A - \d{3} - 3 digits
2013-01-29, ∼4383🔥, 0💬

Finding & characters in HTML document
How to find &amp; characters that are not part of HTML entities in HTML code? The the example HTML code is listed below: a & b c &amp; d a &lt; b c &#8364; d c && d The regular expression to find &amp; characters that are not part of HTML entities in an HTML document ...
2013-02-02, ∼4342🔥, 0💬

Using multiple lines and single line modifiers together - ms
What happens if I use multiple lines modifier, m, and single line modifier, s, together? How to write a regular expression to capture each bullet statement from this sample text: - The DAEMON or VENDOR label. - If the path is missing or incorrect, the product placed in the same directory as the x da...
2013-02-02, ∼4339🔥, 0💬

0 or more times repetition quantifier *
What is the 0 or more times repetition quantifier? How to use it? How to write a regular expression using a repetition quantifier to capture all names and values in a URL query string like this: User=Jack&Age=&City=Pa ris? The "0 or more times" repetition quantifier allows us to repeat a pat...
2013-01-26, ∼4336🔥, 0💬

Capturing referer URL from Apache Web log file
How to capture the referer URL from Apache Web log file? Here are some Apache Web log file entries: 127.0.0.1 - frank [10/May/2012:13:55:36 -0700] "GET /apache_pb.gif HTTP/1.0" 200 2326 "-" "-" "-" 213.135.131.79 - - [13/May/2012:17:35:32 -0600] "POST /submit.jsp HTTP/1.0" 200 1024 "-" "-" "SID=1000...
2013-02-04, ∼4318🔥, 0💬

Validating Complexity and Length of Passwords
How to write a regular expression to check the complexity and length of passwords with the following requirements: Password must be at least 6 characters long Password must include at least including 1 upper case letter Password must include at least including 1 lower case letter Password must inclu...
2013-01-29, ∼4318🔥, 0💬

Case insensitive modifier - i
What is case insensitive modifier? How to use it? How to write a regular expression to capture the "DIM" key word from this code example: Dim intArray(10, 10, 10) As Integer ReDim Preserve intArray(10, 10, 20) ReDIM Preserve intArray(10, 10, 15) Redim intArray(10, 10, 10) The regular expression to c...
2013-02-03, ∼4308🔥, 0💬

None capturing group (?:...)
Is there any to stop capturing a group to improve matching performance? How to write a possessive quantified subpattern to match double-quoted strings like this: "He said: \“Hello!\”" ? Yes. To turn the default capturing behavior on a group, you can entered '?:' at the beginning of the group a...
2013-01-26, ∼4303🔥, 0💬

Capturing attributes of XML elements
How to capture attributes of XML elements in XML documents? An example XML document is listed below: The regular expression to capture attributes of XML elements in an XML document can be written as: ([^\s=]+)\s*=\s*"((?:[^"]*\")* [^"]*)"Note that: ([^\s=]+) - Attribute name ((?:[^"]*\")*[^"]*) - At...
2013-02-02, ∼4296🔥, 0💬

Parsing the "To:" field from emails
What would be the correct regex pattern to extract email addresses from a string coming from an email form "To" line, that allows the addresses to be delimited by commas ",", semicolons ";", or spaces? For example, the following "To" line contains 4 email addresses: "Joe Smith" , joe@aol.com; someon...
2013-01-30, ∼4274🔥, 0💬

Capturing authenticated user name from Apache Web log file
How to capture the authenticated user name from Apache Web log file? Here are some Apache Web log file entries: 127.0.0.1 - frank [10/May/2012:13:55:36 -0700] "GET /apache_pb.gif HTTP/1.0" 200 2326 "-" "-" "-" 213.135.131.79 - - [15/May/2012:19:21:49 -0400] "GET /features.htm HTTP/1.1" 200 9955 "htt...
2013-02-03, ∼4248🔥, 0💬

Validating United Kingdom postcodes
How to write a regular expression to validate United Kingdom postcodes? For example, EC1A 1BB is a valid UK postcodes. Here is the regular expression to validate United Kingdom postcodes: [A-Z]{1,2}\d[A-Z\d]? \d[ABD-HJLNP-UW-Z]{2} [A-Z]{1,2} - 1 or 2 letters \d - A digit [A-Z\d]? - An optional lette...
2013-01-29, ∼4221🔥, 0💬

US post code validation
How to perform a validation on US post codes using a regular expression? For example, " 12345-5434 " is an valid US post code. To perform a validation on US post codes, try this regular expression: ^([0-9]{5})(-[0-9]{4})?$
2013-01-27, ∼4201🔥, 0💬

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