Normally the dot matches any character except newlines. So if .* isn't working, set the "dot matches newlines, too" option (or use (?s).*). If you're using JavaScript, which doesn't have a …

Feb 24, 2023 · For reference, from regular-expressions.info/dot.html: "JavaScript and VBScript do not have an option to make the dot match line break characters. In those languages, you can …

In regex in general, ^ is negation only at the beginning of a character class. Unless CMake is doing something really funky (to the point where calling their pattern matching language …

Mar 11, 2012 · How can I make the following regex ignore case sensitivity? It should match all the correct characters but ignore whether they are lower or uppercase. G[a-b].*

Oct 5, 2008 · The RegEx of accepted answer returns the values including their sourrounding quotation marks: "Foo Bar" and "Another Value" as matches. Here are RegEx which return …

Apr 13, 2013 · Note that your regex would have worked too if it was written as \d \w|\d instead of \d|\d \w. This is because in your case, once the regex matches the first option, \d, it ceases to …

Dec 8, 2018 · 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.

By putting ^ at the beginning of your regex and $ at the end, you ensure that no other characters are allowed before or after your regex. For example, the regex [0-9] matches the strings "9" as …

Aug 18, 2010 · What is also important there is that regex with non-capturing groups (?: is much faster than the same regex with capturing groups ' ('. So we should use non-capturing groups …

Apr 7, 2011 · I'm reading the regular expressions reference and I'm thinking about ? and ?? characters. Could you explain me with some examples their usefulness? I don't understand …