til/Brain/regex.md

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Regular expression

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Read Golang-Regex-Tutorial.

regex meaning
. any character, default not including \n
[xy] x or y character
[^xy] not x and y character
x|y x or y
x* 0 or more x, prefer more
x+ 1 or more x, prefer more
x? 0 or 1 x , prefer 1
x*? 0 or more x, prefer fewer
x+? 1 or more x, prefer fewer
^ at beginning of text
$ at end of text
\d digits
\D not digits
\s whitespace
\S not whitespace
advanced regex meaning
(foo) numbered capturing group (submatch)
(?:foo) non capturing group
(?:x|y) x or y expression wrap in ()
(?flags) set flags within current group
flag meaning
i case-insensitive
s . match \n