- How to match, but not capture, part of a regex? - Stack Overflow
A variation of the expression by @Gumbo that makes use of \K for resetting match positions to prevent the inclusion of number blocks in the match Usable in PCRE regex flavours
- regex - How do I match any character across multiple lines in a regular . . .
For example, this regex ( *)<FooBar> will match: abcde<FooBar> But how do I get it to match across multiple lines? abcde fghij<FooBar>
- If two cells match, return value from third - Stack Overflow
If two cells match, return value from third Asked 11 years, 1 month ago Modified 6 years, 9 months ago Viewed 633k times
- Match everything except for specified strings - Stack Overflow
I know that the following regex will match "red", "green", or "blue" red|green|blue Is there a straightforward way of making it match everything except several specified strings?
- Regular expression to match a line that doesnt contain a word
I know it's possible to match a word and then reverse the matches using other tools (e g grep -v) However, is it possible to match lines that do not contain a specific word, e g hede, using a re
- Differences between re. match, re. search, re. fullmatch
Answer (line anchors vs string anchors) What this tells me is that re match and re fullmatch don't match line anchors ^ and $ respectively, but that they instead match string anchors \A and \Z respectively
- OR condition in Regex - Stack Overflow
For example, ab|de would match either side of the expression However, for something like your case you might want to use the ? quantifier, which will match the previous expression exactly 0 or 1 times (1 times preferred; i e it's a "greedy" match) Another (probably more relyable) alternative would be using a custom character group:
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