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 $ …

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 "regex" could be …

How do I make an expression to match absolutely anything (including whitespaces)? Example: Regex: I bought _____ sheep. Matches: I bought sheep. I bought a sheep. I bought five sheep. I tried usi...

59 That regex "\\s*,\\s*" means: \s* any number of whitespace characters a comma \s* any number of whitespace characters which will split on commas and consume any spaces either side

Sep 14, 2010 · 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+) …

Oct 3, 2010 · Now, when the regex engine tries to match against aaaaaaaab, the .* will again consume the entire string. However, since the engine will have reached the end of the string and the pattern is …

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 well as …

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 use a …

May 15, 2010 · What does \d+ mean in a regular expression?Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

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 when we …