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REGEX CHEAT SHEET

Python, PHP, and Perl Supported Metacharacters


Metacharacters Meaning
\a Alert
\b Backspace
\n Newline
\r Carriage return
\f Form feed
\t Horizontal tab
\octal Character specified by a three-digit octal code
[...] Range
[^...] Not in range
. Any character except newline
\w Word character [a-zA-Z0-9_]
\W Nonword character [^a-zA-Z0-9_]
\d Digit character [0-9]
\D Nondigit character [^0-9]
\s Whitespace character [\n\r\f\t]
\S Nonwhitespace character [^\n\r\f\t]
^ Start of string
\A Start of search string, in all match modes
$ End of string
\Z End of string, or the point before a string-ending newline, in any match mode
\b Word boundary
\B Not-word-boundary
(?=...) Positive lookahead
(?!...) Negative lookahead
(?<=...) Positive lookbehind
(?<!...) Negative lookbehind
i Case-insensitive matching
m ^ and $ match next to embedded \n
s Dot (.) matches newline
x Ignore whitespace, and allow comments (#) in pattern
(?mode) Turn list modes on fot the rest of the subexpression
(?#...) Treat substring as a comment
#... Rest of the line is treated as a comment in x mode
(...) Group subpattern and capture submatch into \1, \2, ..
\n Contains the result of nth earlier submatch from a parentheses capture group, or a named
capture group
(?:...) Groups subpattern, but does not capture submatch
...|... Try subpatterns in alternation
* Match 0 or more times
+ Match 1 or more times
? Match 1 or 0 times
{n} Match exactly n times
{x,y} Match at least x times, but no more than y times
*? Match 0 or more times, but a few times as possible
+? Match 1 or more times, but a few times as possible
?? Match 0 or 1 times, but as few times as possible
{x,y}? Match at least x times, no more than y times, and as few times as possible

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