![Regular Expressions Cheat Sheet
by Dave Child (DaveChild) via cheatography.com/1/cs/5/
Regular Expressions Anchors
^ Start of string, or start of line in multi-line pattern
A Start of string
$ End of string, or end of line in multi-line pattern
Z End of string
b Word boundary
B Not word boundary
< Start of word
> End of word
Regular Expressions Character Classes
c Control character
s White space
S Not white space
d Digit
D Not digit
w Word
W Not word
x Hexadecimal digit
O Octal digit
Regular Expressions POSIX
[:upper:] Upper case letters
[:lower:] Lower case letters
[:alpha:] All letters
[:alnum:] Digits and letters
[:digit:] Digits
[:xdigit:] Hexadecimal digits
[:punct:] Punctuation
[:blank:] Space and tab
[:space:] Blank characters
[:cntrl:] Control characters
[:graph:] Printed characters
[:print:] Printed characters and spaces
[:word:] Digits, letters and underscore
Regular Expressions Assertions
?= Lookahead assertion
?! Negative lookahead
?<= Lookbehind assertion
?!= or ?<! Negative lookbehind
?> Once-only Subexpression
?() Condition [if then]
?()| Condition [if then else]
?# Comment
Regular Expressions Quantifiers
* 0 or more
+ 1 or more
? 0 or 1
{3} Exactly 3
{3,} 3 or more
{3,5} 3, 4 or 5
Add a ? to a quantifier to make it ungreedy.
Regular Expressions Escape Sequences
Escape following character
Q Begin literal sequence
E End literal sequence
"Escaping" is a way of treating characters which have
a special meaning in regular expressions literally,
rather than as special characters.
Regular Expression Common Metacharacters
^ [ .
$ { *
( +
) | ?
< >
The escape character is usually the backslash - .
Regular Expressions Special Characters
n New line
r Carriage return
t Tab
v Vertical tab
f Form feed
xxx Octal character xxx
xhh Hex character hh
Regular Expressions Groups and Ranges
. Any character except new line (n)
(a|b) a or b
(...) Group
(?:...) Passive (non-capturing) group
[abc] Range (a or b or c)
[^abc] Not a or b or c
[a-q] Letter from a to q
[A-Q] Upper case letter from A to Q
[0-7] Digit from 0 to 7
n nth group/subpattern
Ranges are inclusive.
Regular Expressions Pattern Modifiers
g Global match
i Case-insensitive
m Multiple lines
s Treat string as single line
x Allow comments and white space in pattern
e Evaluate replacement
U Ungreedy pattern
Regular Expressions String Replacement
$n nth non-passive group
$2 "xyz" in /^(abc(xyz))$/
$1 "xyz" in /^(?:abc)(xyz)$/
$` Before matched string
$' After matched string
$+ Last matched string
$& Entire matched string
Some regex implementations use instead of $.
Cheatographer
Dave Child (DaveChild)
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www.addedbytes.com
Cheat Sheet
This cheat sheet was published on 19th October, 2011
and was last updated on 14th November, 2012.
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- 1. Regular Expressions Cheat Sheet by Dave Child (DaveChild) via cheatography.com/1/cs/5/ Regular Expressions Anchors ^ Start of string, or start of line in multi-line pattern A Start of string $ End of string, or end of line in multi-line pattern Z End of string b Word boundary B Not word boundary < Start of word > End of word Regular Expressions Character Classes c Control character s White space S Not white space d Digit D Not digit w Word W Not word x Hexadecimal digit O Octal digit Regular Expressions POSIX [:upper:] Upper case letters [:lower:] Lower case letters [:alpha:] All letters [:alnum:] Digits and letters [:digit:] Digits [:xdigit:] Hexadecimal digits [:punct:] Punctuation [:blank:] Space and tab [:space:] Blank characters [:cntrl:] Control characters [:graph:] Printed characters [:print:] Printed characters and spaces [:word:] Digits, letters and underscore Regular Expressions Assertions ?= Lookahead assertion ?! Negative lookahead ?<= Lookbehind assertion ?!= or ?<! Negative lookbehind ?> Once-only Subexpression ?() Condition [if then] ?()| Condition [if then else] ?# Comment Regular Expressions Quantifiers * 0 or more + 1 or more ? 0 or 1 {3} Exactly 3 {3,} 3 or more {3,5} 3, 4 or 5 Add a ? to a quantifier to make it ungreedy. Regular Expressions Escape Sequences Escape following character Q Begin literal sequence E End literal sequence "Escaping" is a way of treating characters which have a special meaning in regular expressions literally, rather than as special characters. Regular Expression Common Metacharacters ^ [ . $ { * ( + ) | ? < > The escape character is usually the backslash - . Regular Expressions Special Characters n New line r Carriage return t Tab v Vertical tab f Form feed xxx Octal character xxx xhh Hex character hh Regular Expressions Groups and Ranges . Any character except new line (n) (a|b) a or b (...) Group (?:...) Passive (non-capturing) group [abc] Range (a or b or c) [^abc] Not a or b or c [a-q] Letter from a to q [A-Q] Upper case letter from A to Q [0-7] Digit from 0 to 7 n nth group/subpattern Ranges are inclusive. Regular Expressions Pattern Modifiers g Global match i Case-insensitive m Multiple lines s Treat string as single line x Allow comments and white space in pattern e Evaluate replacement U Ungreedy pattern Regular Expressions String Replacement $n nth non-passive group $2 "xyz" in /^(abc(xyz))$/ $1 "xyz" in /^(?:abc)(xyz)$/ $` Before matched string $' After matched string $+ Last matched string $& Entire matched string Some regex implementations use instead of $. Cheatographer Dave Child (DaveChild) cheatography.com/davechild/ www.addedbytes.com Cheat Sheet This cheat sheet was published on 19th October, 2011 and was last updated on 14th November, 2012. Sponsor FeedbackFair, increase your conversion rate today! Try it free! http://www.FeedbackFair.com