^ # Beginning of the line $ # End of the line . # Any character \ # Escape character \w # [a-zA-Z0-9_] \W # not above \d # [0-9] \D # not above \s # Space \S # Non-space
[a-z] # Any letter from 'a' to 'z' [a-zA-Z0-9] # a-z or A-Z or 0-9 [az] # 'a' or 'z' [^az] # not 'a' and not 'z'
+ # One or more times * # Zero or more times ? # Zero or one {7} # 7 times {7,} # At least 7 times {7,9} # Between 7 to 9 times
(test)-\1 # Parse `test-test` (ab)-\2 (cd)-\1 # Parse `ab-cd cd-ab` (?:ab)-/1 (cd) # First group is not captured (test|TeSt) # `test` or `TeSt`
# Lookahead (if something is after) \d(?=PM) # From `9AM 1PM` parse `1` \d(?!PM) # From `9AM 1PM` parse `9` # Lookbehind (if something is before) (?<=\$)\d # From `PLN5 $2` parse `2` (?<!\$)\d # From `PLN5 $2` parse `5`
/test/g # Global (parse all matches) /test/m # Multiline (each line separately) /test/i # Case insensitive