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- regex - How . * (dot star) works? - Stack Overflow
In Regex, refers to any character, be it a number, an aplhabet character, or any other special character * means zero or more times
- regex - Carets in Regular Expressions - Stack Overflow
Specifically when does ^ mean "match start" and when does it mean "not the following" in regular expressions? From the Wikipedia article and other references, I've concluded it means the former a
- javascript - What is the need for caret (^) and dollar symbol ($) in . . .
Javascript RegExp () allows you to specify a multi-line mode (m) which changes the behavior of ^ and $ ^ represents the start of the current line in multi-line mode, otherwise the start of the string $ represents the end of the current line in multi-line mode, otherwise the end of the string For example: this allows you to match something like semicolons at the end of a line where the next
- regex - What does ?= mean in a regular expression? - Stack Overflow
May I know what ?= means in a regular expression? For example, what is its significance in this expression: (?= *\\d)
- regex - What are ^. * and . *$ in regular expressions? - Stack Overflow
In case it is JS it indicates the start and end of the regex, like quotes for strings stackoverflow com questions 15661969 …
- Regex: ?: notation (Question mark and colon notation)
The regex compiles fine, and there are already JUnit tests that show how it works It's just that I'm a bit confused about why the first question mark and colon are there
- regex - Matching up to the first occurrence of a character with a . . .
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
- What does ?: do in regex - Stack Overflow
It indicates that the subpattern is a non-capture subpattern That means whatever is matched in (?:\w+\s), even though it's enclosed by () it won't appear in the list of matches, only (\w+) will You're still looking for a specific pattern (in this case, a single whitespace character following at least one word), but you don't care what's actually matched
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