Regular Expressions: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 18:15, 20 December 2019

Regular expressions are used for matching text.
You can test regular expressions online at [1].

[a-zA-Z]

You should match numbers using [0-9].
\d will match unicode characters which are classified as digits.
See \d vs 0-9

Mostly copied from Regex DB.

Without matching scientific notation (e.g. 1.5e-6). Reference

[-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+

With matching scientific notation (e.g. 1.5e-6). Reference
Capturing significand and exponent separately.

([-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+)(?:[eE]([-+]?[0-9]+))?

Capturing the entire string together.

([-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+(?:[eE][-+]?[0-9]+)?)

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-Regular expressions are used for matching text.
+Regular expressions are used for matching text.<br>
+You can test regular expressions online at [https://regex101.com/].
+==Syntax==
+===Letters===
+<code>[a-zA-Z]</code>
+===Numbers===
+You should match numbers using <code>[0-9]</code>.<br>
+<code>\d</code> will match unicode characters which are classified as digits.<br>
+See [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/890686/should-i-use-d-or-0-9-to-match-digits-in-a-perl-regex \d vs 0-9]
 ==Useful Regular Expressions==
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 With matching scientific notation (e.g. 1.5e-6).
-[https://rgxdb.com/r/1RSPF8MG Reference]
+[https://rgxdb.com/r/1RSPF8MG Reference]<br>
+Capturing significand and exponent separately.
 <syntaxhighlight lang="ragel">
-([-+]?\d*\.?\d+)(?:[eE]([-+]?\d+))?
+([-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+)(?:[eE]([-+]?[0-9]+))?
+</syntaxhighlight>
+Capturing the entire string together.
+<syntaxhighlight lang="ragel">
+([-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+(?:[eE][-+]?[0-9]+)?)
 </syntaxhighlight>