Normally the dot matches any character except newlines. So if .* isn't working, set the "dot matches newlines, too" option (or use (?s).*). If you're using JavaScript, which doesn't have a "dotall" option, …

Feb 24, 2023 · For reference, from regular-expressions.info/dot.html: "JavaScript and VBScript do not have an option to make the dot match line break characters. In those languages, you can use a …

Oct 5, 2008 · The RegEx of accepted answer returns the values including their sourrounding quotation marks: "Foo Bar" and "Another Value" as matches. Here are RegEx which return only the values …

If you're looking to capture everything up to "abc": /^(.*?)abc/ Explanation: ( ) capture the expression inside the parentheses for access using $1, $2, etc. ^ match start of line .* match anything, ? non …

Aug 18, 2010 · What is also important there is that regex with non-capturing groups (?: is much faster than the same regex with capturing groups ' ('. So we should use non-capturing groups when we …

Be aware that the first ^ in this answer gives the regex a completely different meaning: It makes the regular expression look only for matches starting from the beginning of the string.

I need to extract from a string a set of characters which are included between two delimiters, without returning the delimiters themselves. A simple example should be helpful: Target: extract the

I have a regular expression as follows: ^/[a-z0-9]+$ This matches strings such as /hello or /hello123. However, I would like it to exclude a couple of string values such as /ignoreme and /ignoreme...

64 A simple and cheap regex that will never match anything is to match against something that is simply unmatchable, for example: \b\B. It's simply impossible for this regex to match, since it's a …

Oct 1, 2012 · In Regex, . refers to any character, be it a number, an aplhabet character, or any other special character. * means zero or more times.