Oct 1, 2012 · In Regex, . refers to any character, be it a number, an aplhabet character, or any other special character. * means zero or more times.

Oct 15, 2009 · May I know what ?= means in a regular expression? For example, what is its significance in this expression: (?=.*\\d).

Aug 16, 2020 · 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 …

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 …

Be aware that the first ^ in this answer gives the regex a completely different meaning: It makes the regular expression look only for matches starting from the beginning of the string.

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.

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 …

In case it is JS it indicates the start and end of the regex, like quotes for strings. stackoverflow.com/questions/15661969/…

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 …

Aug 7, 2008 · Regex Syntax Summary How Regexes Work JavaScript Regular Expressions Footnote †: The statement above that . matches any character is a simplification for …