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Feature: Flags

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Flags control certain aspects of the matching behavior of a pattern.

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The following flags are supported:

i — Ignore Case. Matchescharacter classes using a case-insensitive comparison.
m — Multiline. Causes theanchors^ and$ to match the start and end of each line (respectively), rather than the start and end of the input.
s — Singleline. Causes thewildcard. to match newline characters.
x — Extended Mode. Ignores whitespace in a pattern. Spaces must instead be represented by\s or\ (an escaped space).

Feature: Anchors

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Anchors match the start or end of a line.

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^ — Matches the start of a line when them (multiline)flag is set. Otherwise, matches the start of the input.
$ — Matches the end of a line when them (multiline)flag is set. Otherwise, matches the end of the input.

Feature: Buffer Boundaries

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ABuffer Boundary is anAtom that matches the start or the end of the input. This differs slightly from^ and$ which can be affected byRegExp flags likem.

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\A — Matches the start of the input.
\z — Matches the end of the input.
\Z — A zero-width assertion consisting of an optional newline at the end of the buffer. Equivalent to(?=\n?\z).

Feature: Word Boundaries

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AWord Boundary is anAtom that matches the start or the end of a word.

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\b — Matches the start or the end of a word.
\B — Matches whennot at the start or the end of a word.

Feature: Text Segment Boundaries

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Feature: Continuation Escape

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AContinuation Escape is a zero-width assertion that matches either the start of the input or the start of the last match.

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\G — Matches either the start of the input or the start of the last match.

Feature: Alternatives

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AnAlternative represents two or more branches in a pattern. If first branch of a pattern fails to match, each alternative is attempted from left to right until a match is found.

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…|… — Matches the pattern to the left of the|. If that fails, matches the pattern to the right of|.

Feature: Wildcard

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AWildcard matches a single, non-newline character.

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. — Matches any character except newline characters. If thes (single-line)flag is set then this matches any character.

Feature: Character Classes

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ACharacter Class is anAtom that specifies a set of characters to match a single character in the set.

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[…] — Where… is one or more single characters or character class escapes, excluding^ at the start and- between two entries in the set. Matches a character in the set. Example:[abc] matchesa,b, orc.
[^…] — Where… is one or more single characters or character class escapes, excluding- between two entries in the set. Matches any character not in the set. Example:[^abc] matchesd,e, orf, etc., but nota,b, orc.
[a-z] — Wherea andz are single characters or character escapes. Matches any character in the range betweena andz (inclusive). Example:[a-c] matchesa,b, orc, but notd.

Feature: Posix Character Classes

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APosix Character Class is a member of aCharacter Class set that specifies a named, pre-defined set of characters.

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[[:name:]] — Wherename is in a set of predefined names. Matches any character in the set.

Feature: Negated Posix Character Classes

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ANegated Posix Character Class is a member of aCharacter Class set that specifies a named, pre-defined set of excluded characters.

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[[:^name:]] — Wherename is in a set of predefined names. Matches any character not in the set.

Feature: Collating Elements

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Feature: Equivalence Classes

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Feature: Character Class Escapes

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ACharacter Class Escape is a single character escape that represents an entire character class. They can be used as an element of aCharacter Class or as anAtom. It is often the case that a lower-case escape character is the inclusive set, while an upper-case variant of the same character excludes that set.

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\d — A decimal digit character in the range 0-9. Equivalent to[0-9].
\D — Any character not in the range 0-9. Equivalent to[^0-9].
\w — Any “word” character. Equivalent to[a-zA-Z0-9_].
\W — Any non-“word” character. Equivalent to[^a-zA-Z0-9_].
\s — Any whitespace character.
\S — Any non-whitespace character.

Feature: Line Endings Escape

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ALine Endings Escape is anAtom that matches any line ending character sequence.

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\R — Equivalent to(?>\r\n?|[\x0A-\x0C\x85\u{2028}\u{2029}])

Feature: Character Property Escapes

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ACharacter Property Escape is an escape sequence used to match a character with a specific character property.

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\pX — WhereX is a single character. Matches a character that has the propertyX.
\p{name} — Wherename is a predefined property name. Matches a character that has the propertyname.
\PX — WhereX is a single character. Matches a character that does not have the propertyX.
\P{name} — Wherename is a predefined property name. Matches a character that does not have the propertyname.

Feature: Character Class Nested Set

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Feature: Character Class Intersection

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Feature: Character Class Union

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Feature: Character Class Subtraction

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Feature: Character Class Symmetric Difference

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Feature: Character Class Complement

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Feature: Quoted Characters

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Quoted Characters are a sequence of characters treated as literal characters rather than RegExp characters.

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\Q…\E — All characters following\Q and preceding the next\E are treated as literal characters. Example:\Q.+\E matches.+ but notaa.
\Q… — If there is no trailing\E, all characters until the end of the pattern are treated as literal characters.

Feature: Quantifiers

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Quantifiers specify repetition of anAtom. By default, quantifiers are “greedy” in that they attempt to match as many instances of the precedingAtom as possible to satisfy the pattern before backtracking.

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* — Matches the precedingAtom zero or more times. Example:a*b matchesb,ab,aab,aaab, etc.
+ — Matches the precedingAtom one or more times. Example:a+b matchesab,aab,aaab, etc., but notb.
? — Matches the precedingAtom zero or one times. Example:a?b matchesb,ab.
{n} — Wheren is an integer. Matches the precedingAtom exactlyn times. Example:a{2} matchesaa but nota oraaa.
{n,} — Wheren is an integer. Matches the precedingAtom at-leastn times. Example:a{2,} matchesaa,aaa,aaaa, etc., but nota.
{n,m} — Wheren andm are integers, andm >=n. Matches the precedingAtom at-leastn times and at-mostm times. Example:a{2,3} matchesaa,aaa,aaaa, etc., but nota oraaaa.

Feature: Lazy Quantifiers

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Lazy Quantifiers specify repetition of anAtom, but attempt to match as few instances of the precedingAtom as possible to satisfy the pattern before advancing.

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*? — Matches the precedingAtom zero or more times.
+? — Matches the precedingAtom one or more times.
?? — Matches the precedingAtom zero or one times.
{n}? — Wheren is an integer. Matches the precedingAtom exactlyn times.
{n,}? — Wheren is an integer. Matches the precedingAtom at-leastn times.
{n,m}? — Wheren andm are integers, andm >=n. Matches the precedingAtom at-leastn times and at-mostm times.

Feature: Possessive Quantifiers

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Possessive Quantifiers are like greedy (i.e., regular)quantifiers, except that backtracking is not performed.

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*+ — Match zero or more characters without backtracking.
++ — Match one or more characters without backtracking.
?+ — Match zero or one characters without backtracking.
{n,}+ — Wheren is an integer. Matches the precedingAtom at-leastn times without backtracking.
{n,m}+ — Wheren andm are integers, andm >=n. Matches the precedingAtom at-leastn times and at-mostm times without backtracking.

Feature: Capturing Groups

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ACapturing Group is a subexpression that can be treated as anAtom and can be repeated usingQuantifiers and referenced usingBackreferences by index. A Capturing Group can be captured and returned by the matching algorithm.

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(…) — Groups the subexpression as a singleAtom. The result is captured and returned by the matching algorithm.

Feature: Named Capturing Groups

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ANamed Capturing Group is a subexpression that can be captured and returned by the matching algorithm. A Named Capturing Group is also anAtom and can be repeated usingQuantifiers and referenced usingBackreferences by name.

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(?<name>…) — Groups the subexpression as a singleAtom associated with the providedname. The result is captured and returned by the matching algorithm.
(?'name'…) — Groups the subexpression as a singleAtom associated with the providedname. The result is captured and returned by the matching algorithm.
(?P<name>…) — Groups the subexpression as a singleAtom associated with the providedname. The result is captured and returned by the matching algorithm.

Feature: Non-Capturing Groups

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ANon-capturing Group is a subexpression that can be treated as anAtom and can be repeated usingQuantifiers but cannot be referenced usingBackreferences. A Non-capturing Group is not captured by the matching algorithm.

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(?:…) — Groups the subexpression as a singleAtom.

Feature: Backreferences

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Backreferences allow a pattern to re-match a previously matched capture group¹² either by number (n) or byname.

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\n — Wheren is an integer >= 1. Matches the same string as thecapture groupn.
- NOTE: If then is > 9 it may be interpreted as an octal literal if there are less thanncapture groups in the pattern.
\gn — Wheren is an integer >= 1. Matches the same string as thecapture groupn.
\g-n — Wheren is an integer >= 1. Matches thenth previouscapture group.
\g+n — Wheren is an integer >= 1. Matches thenth nextcapture group.
\g{n} — Wheren is an integer >= 1. Matches the same string as thecapture groupn.
\g{-n} — Wheren is an integer >= 1. Matches thenth previouscapture group.
\g{+n} — Wheren is an integer >= 1. Matches thenth nextcapture group.
\g{name} — Matches thenamed capture group with the namename.
\k<name> — Matches thenamed capture group with the namename.
\k'name' — Matches thenamed capture group with the namename.
(?P=name) — Matches thenamed capture group with the namename.

Feature: Comments

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AComment is a sequence of characters that is ignored by pattern matching and can be used to document a pattern.

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(?#…) — The entire expression is removed from the pattern. A comment may not contain other( or) characters.

Feature: Line Comments

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ALine Comment is a sequence of characters starting with# and ending with\n (or the end of the pattern) that is ignored by pattern matching and can be used to document a pattern.

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#…\n — The rest of the line starting from# is removed from the pattern. Only supported when thex (extended mode)RegExp flag is set.

Feature: Modifiers

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Modifiers allow you to change the currently activeRegExp flags within a subexpression.

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(?imsx-imsx) - Sets or unsets (using-) the specifiedRegExp flags starting at the current position until the next closing) or the end of the pattern. Example:(?-i)A(?i)B(?-i)C matchesABC,AbC.
(?imsx-imsx:…) - Sets or unsets (using-) the specifiedRegExp flags for the subexpression. Example:(?-i:A(?i:B)C) matchesABC,AbC.

Feature: Branch Reset

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Feature: Lookahead

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ALookahead is a zero-width assertion that matches if the provided pattern would match the characters to the right of the current position.

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(?=…) — Positive Lookahead. Matches if the provided pattern would match but does not advance the current position.
(?!…) — Negative Lookahead. Matches if the provided pattern would not match, but does not advance the current position.

Feature: Lookbehind

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ALookbehind is a zero-width assertion that matches if the provided pattern would match the characters to the left of the current position.

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(?<=…) — Positive Lookbehind. Matches if the provided pattern would match the preceding characters, but does not advance the current position. The pattern must have a fixed length (unboundedquantifiers are not permitted).
(?<!…) — Negative Lookbehind. Matches if the provided pattern would not match the preceding characters, but does not advance the current position. The pattern must have a fixed length (unboundedquantifiers are not permitted).

Feature: Non-Backtracking Expressions

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ANon-Backtracking Expression is matched independent of neighboring patterns, and will not backtrack in the event of a failed match. This is often used to improve performance.

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(?>…) — Matches the provided pattern, but no backtracking is performed if the match fails.

Feature: Recursion

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ARecursive Expression provides a mechanism for re-evaluating acapture group inside of itself, to handle cases such as matching balanced parenthesis or brackets, etc.

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(?R) — Reevaluates the entire pattern starting at the current position.
(?0) — Reevaluates the entire pattern starting at the current position.

Feature: Conditional Expressions

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AConditional Expression checks a condition and evaluates its first alternative if the condition istrue; otherwise, it evaluates its second alternative.

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(?(condition)yes-pattern|no-pattern) — Matchesyes-pattern ifcondition istrue; otherwise, matchesno-pattern.
(?(condition)yes-pattern) — Matchesyes-pattern ifcondition istrue; otherwise, matches the empty string.

Conditions

The following conditions are supported:

(?(?=test-pattern)…) — Evaluates totrue if alookahead fortest-pattern matches; Otherwise, evaluates tofalse.
(?(?!test-pattern)…) — Evaluates totrue if a negativelookahead fortest-pattern matches; Otherwise, evaluates tofalse.
(?(n)…) — Evaluates totrue if thecapture group at offsetn was successfully matched; Otherwise, evaluates tofalse.
(?(<name>)…) — Evaluates totrue if thenamed capture group with the namename was successfully matched; Otherwise, evaluates tofalse.
(?('name')…) — Evaluates totrue if thenamed capture group with the namename was successfully matched; Otherwise, evaluates tofalse.
(?(R)…) — Evaluates totrue if inside arecursive expression; Otherwise, evaluates tofalse.
(?(Rn)…) — Evaluates totrue if inside arecursive expression for thecapture group at offsetn; Otherwise, evaluates tofalse.
(?(R&name)…) — Evaluates totrue if inside arecursive expression for thenamed capture group with the namename; Otherwise, evaluates tofalse.
(?(DEFINE)…) — Always evaluates tofalse. This allows you to defineSubroutines.

Feature: Subroutines

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ASubroutine is a pre-definedcapture group ornamed capture group that can be reused in multiple places within the pattern to re-evaluate the subexpression from the group.

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(?(DEFINE)…) — Defines a set of reusablecapture groups that can be referenced elsewhere in the pattern.
(?n) — Wheren is an integer >= 1. Evaluates thecapture group whose offset isn.
(?-n) — Wheren is an integer >= 1. Evaluates thecapture group whose offset is thenthcapture group declared to the left of the currentAtom. Example:(?-1) would revaluate the last declaredcapture group.
(?+n) — Wheren is an integer >= 1. Evaluates thecapture group whose offset is thenthcapture group declared to the right of the currentAtom. Example:(?+1) would evaluate the next declaredcapture group.
(?&name) — Evaluates thenamed capture group with the providedname.
(?P>name) — Evaluates thenamed capture group with the providedname.

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(?(DEFINE)  (?<Year>\d{4}|[+-]\d{5,})  (?<Month>0[1-9]|1[0-2])  (?<Day>0[1-9]|2[0-9]|3[01]))(?<Date>(?&Year)-(?&Month)-(?&Day)|(?&Year)(?&Month)(?&Day))

Feature: Callouts

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Feature: Backtracking Control Verbs

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Feature: Flags

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Feature: Anchors

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Feature: Buffer Boundaries

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Feature: Word Boundaries

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Feature: Text Segment Boundaries

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Feature: Continuation Escape

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Feature: Alternatives

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Feature: Wildcard

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Feature: Character Classes

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Feature: Posix Character Classes

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Feature: Negated Posix Character Classes

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Feature: Collating Elements

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Feature: Equivalence Classes

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Feature: Character Class Escapes

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Feature: Line Endings Escape

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Feature: Character Property Escapes

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Feature: Character Class Nested Set

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Feature: Character Class Intersection

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Feature: Character Class Union

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Feature: Character Class Subtraction

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Feature: Character Class Symmetric Difference

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Feature: Character Class Complement

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Feature: Quoted Characters

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Feature: Quantifiers

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Feature: Lazy Quantifiers

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Feature: Possessive Quantifiers

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Feature: Capturing Groups

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Feature: Named Capturing Groups

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Feature: Non-Capturing Groups

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Feature: Backreferences