PCRE version 3.9 02-Jan-2002
/(?<!bar)foo/
foo
0: foo
catfood
0: foo
arfootle
0: foo
rfoosh
0: foo
*** Failers
No match
barfoo
No match
towbarfoo
No match
/\w{3}(?<!bar)foo/
catfood
0: catfoo
*** Failers
No match
foo
No match
barfoo
No match
towbarfoo
No match
/(?<=(foo)a)bar/
fooabar
0: bar
1: foo
*** Failers
No match
bar
No match
foobbar
No match
/\Aabc\z/m
abc
0: abc
*** Failers
No match
abc\n
No match
qqq\nabc
No match
abc\nzzz
No match
qqq\nabc\nzzz
No match
"(?>.*/)foo"
/this/is/a/very/long/line/in/deed/with/very/many/slashes/in/it/you/see/
No match
"(?>.*/)foo"
/this/is/a/very/long/line/in/deed/with/very/many/slashes/in/and/foo
0: /this/is/a/very/long/line/in/deed/with/very/many/slashes/in/and/foo
/(?>(\.\d\d[1-9]?))\d+/
1.230003938
0: .230003938
1: .23
1.875000282
0: .875000282
1: .875
*** Failers
No match
1.235
No match
/^((?>\w+)|(?>\s+))*$/
now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party
0: now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party
1: party
*** Failers
No match
this is not a line with only words and spaces!
No match
/(\d+)(\w)/
12345a
0: 12345a
1: 12345
2: a
12345+
0: 12345
1: 1234
2: 5
/((?>\d+))(\w)/
12345a
0: 12345a
1: 12345
2: a
*** Failers
No match
12345+
No match
/(?>a+)b/
aaab
0: aaab
/((?>a+)b)/
aaab
0: aaab
1: aaab
/(?>(a+))b/
aaab
0: aaab
1: aaa
/(?>b)+/
aaabbbccc
0: bbb
/(?>a+|b+|c+)*c/
aaabbbbccccd
0: aaabbbbc
/((?>[^()]+)|\([^()]*\))+/
((abc(ade)ufh()()x
0: abc(ade)ufh()()x
1: x
/\(((?>[^()]+)|\([^()]+\))+\)/
(abc)
0: (abc)
1: abc
(abc(def)xyz)
0: (abc(def)xyz)
1: xyz
*** Failers
No match
((()aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
No match
/a(?-i)b/i
ab
0: ab
*** Failers
No match
Ab
No match
aB
No match
AB
No match
/(a (?x)b c)d e/
a bcd e
0: a bcd e
1: a bc
*** Failers
No match
a b cd e
No match
abcd e
No match
a bcde
No match
/(a b(?x)c d (?-x)e f)/
a bcde f
0: a bcde f
1: a bcde f
*** Failers
No match
abcdef
No match
/(a(?i)b)c/
abc
0: abc
1: ab
aBc
0: aBc
1: aB
*** Failers
No match
abC
No match
aBC
No match
Abc
No match
ABc
No match
ABC
No match
AbC
No match
/a(?i:b)c/
abc
0: abc
aBc
0: aBc
*** Failers
No match
ABC
No match
abC
No match
aBC
No match
/a(?i:b)*c/
aBc
0: aBc
aBBc
0: aBBc
*** Failers
No match
aBC
No match
aBBC
No match
/a(?=b(?i)c)\w\wd/
abcd
0: abcd
abCd
0: abCd
*** Failers
No match
aBCd
No match
abcD
No match
/(?s-i:more.*than).*million/i
more than million
0: more than million
more than MILLION
0: more than MILLION
more \n than Million
0: more \x0a than Million
*** Failers
No match
MORE THAN MILLION
No match
more \n than \n million
No match
/(?:(?s-i)more.*than).*million/i
more than million
0: more than million
more than MILLION
0: more than MILLION
more \n than Million
0: more \x0a than Million
*** Failers
No match
MORE THAN MILLION
No match
more \n than \n million
No match
/(?>a(?i)b+)+c/
abc
0: abc
aBbc
0: aBbc
aBBc
0: aBBc
*** Failers
No match
Abc
No match
abAb
No match
abbC
No match
/(?=a(?i)b)\w\wc/
abc
0: abc
aBc
0: aBc
*** Failers
No match
Ab
No match
abC
No match
aBC
No match
/(?<=a(?i)b)(\w\w)c/
abxxc
0: xxc
1: xx
aBxxc
0: xxc
1: xx
*** Failers
No match
Abxxc
No match
ABxxc
No match
abxxC
No match
/(?:(a)|b)(?(1)A|B)/
aA
0: aA
1: a
bB
0: bB
*** Failers
No match
aB
No match
bA
No match
/^(a)?(?(1)a|b)+$/
aa
0: aa
1: a
b
0: b
bb
0: bb
*** Failers
No match
ab
No match
/^(?(?=abc)\w{3}:|\d\d)$/
abc:
0: abc:
12
0: 12
*** Failers
No match
123
No match
xyz
No match
/^(?(?!abc)\d\d|\w{3}:)$/
abc:
0: abc:
12
0: 12
*** Failers
No match
123
No match
xyz
No match
/(?(?<=foo)bar|cat)/
foobar
0: bar
cat
0: cat
fcat
0: cat
focat
0: cat
*** Failers
No match
foocat
No match
/(?(?<!foo)cat|bar)/
foobar
0: bar
cat
0: cat
fcat
0: cat
focat
0: cat
*** Failers
No match
foocat
No match
/( \( )? [^()]+ (?(1) \) |) /x
abcd
0: abcd
(abcd)
0: (abcd)
1: (
the quick (abcd) fox
0: the quick
(abcd
0: abcd
/( \( )? [^()]+ (?(1) \) ) /x
abcd
0: abcd
(abcd)
0: (abcd)
1: (
the quick (abcd) fox
0: the quick
(abcd
0: abcd
/^(?(2)a|(1)(2))+$/
12
0: 12
1: 1
2: 2
12a
0: 12a
1: 1
2: 2
12aa
0: 12aa
1: 1
2: 2
*** Failers
No match
1234
No match
/((?i)blah)\s+\1/
blah blah
0: blah blah
1: blah
BLAH BLAH
0: BLAH BLAH
1: BLAH
Blah Blah
0: Blah Blah
1: Blah
blaH blaH
0: blaH blaH
1: blaH
*** Failers
No match
blah BLAH
No match
Blah blah
No match
blaH blah
No match
/((?i)blah)\s+(?i:\1)/
blah blah
0: blah blah
1: blah
BLAH BLAH
0: BLAH BLAH
1: BLAH
Blah Blah
0: Blah Blah
1: Blah
blaH blaH
0: blaH blaH
1: blaH
blah BLAH
0: blah BLAH
1: blah
Blah blah
0: Blah blah
1: Blah
blaH blah
0: blaH blah
1: blaH
/(?>a*)*/
a
0: a
aa
0: aa
aaaa
0: aaaa
/(abc|)+/
abc
0: abc
1:
abcabc
0: abcabc
1:
abcabcabc
0: abcabcabc
1:
xyz
0:
1:
/([a]*)*/
a
0: a
1:
aaaaa
0: aaaaa
1:
/([ab]*)*/
a
0: a
1:
b
0: b
1:
ababab
0: ababab
1:
aaaabcde
0: aaaab
1:
bbbb
0: bbbb
1:
/([^a]*)*/
b
0: b
1:
bbbb
0: bbbb
1:
aaa
0:
1:
/([^ab]*)*/
cccc
0: cccc
1:
abab
0:
1:
/([a]*?)*/
a
0:
1:
aaaa
0:
1:
/([ab]*?)*/
a
0:
1:
b
0:
1:
abab
0:
1:
baba
0:
1:
/([^a]*?)*/
b
0:
1:
bbbb
0:
1:
aaa
0:
1:
/([^ab]*?)*/
c
0:
1:
cccc
0:
1:
baba
0:
1:
/(?>a*)*/
a
0: a
aaabcde
0: aaa
/((?>a*))*/
aaaaa
0: aaaaa
1:
aabbaa
0: aa
1:
/((?>a*?))*/
aaaaa
0:
1:
aabbaa
0:
1:
/(?(?=[^a-z]+[a-z]) \d{2}-[a-z]{3}-\d{2} | \d{2}-\d{2}-\d{2} ) /x
12-sep-98
0: 12-sep-98
12-09-98
0: 12-09-98
*** Failers
No match
sep-12-98
No match
/(?<=(foo))bar\1/
foobarfoo
0: barfoo
1: foo
foobarfootling
0: barfoo
1: foo
*** Failers
No match
foobar
No match
barfoo
No match
/(?i:saturday|sunday)/
saturday
0: saturday
sunday
0: sunday
Saturday
0: Saturday
Sunday
0: Sunday
SATURDAY
0: SATURDAY
SUNDAY
0: SUNDAY
SunDay
0: SunDay
/(a(?i)bc|BB)x/
abcx
0: abcx
1: abc
aBCx
0: aBCx
1: aBC
bbx
0: bbx
1: bb
BBx
0: BBx
1: BB
*** Failers
No match
abcX
No match
aBCX
No match
bbX
No match
BBX
No match
/^([ab](?i)[cd]|[ef])/
ac
0: ac
1: ac
aC
0: aC
1: aC
bD
0: bD
1: bD
elephant
0: e
1: e
Europe
0: E
1: E
frog
0: f
1: f
France
0: F
1: F
*** Failers
No match
Africa
No match
/^(ab|a(?i)[b-c](?m-i)d|x(?i)y|z)/
ab
0: ab
1: ab
aBd
0: aBd
1: aBd
xy
0: xy
1: xy
xY
0: xY
1: xY
zebra
0: z
1: z
Zambesi
0: Z
1: Z
*** Failers
No match
aCD
No match
XY
No match
/(?<=foo\n)^bar/m
foo\nbar
0: bar
*** Failers
No match
bar
No match
baz\nbar
No match
/(?<=(?<!foo)bar)baz/
barbaz
0: baz
barbarbaz
0: baz
koobarbaz
0: baz
*** Failers
No match
baz
No match
foobarbaz
No match
/The case of aaaaaa is missed out below because I think Perl 5.005_02 gets/
/it wrong; it sets $1 to aaa rather than aa. Compare the following test,/
No match
/where it does set $1 to aa when matching aaaaaa./
No match
/^(a\1?){4}$/
a
No match
aa
No match
aaa
No match
aaaa
0: aaaa
1: a
aaaaa
0: aaaaa
1: a
aaaaaaa
0: aaaaaaa
1: a
aaaaaaaa
No match
aaaaaaaaa
No match
aaaaaaaaaa
0: aaaaaaaaaa
1: aaaa
aaaaaaaaaaa
No match
aaaaaaaaaaaa
No match
aaaaaaaaaaaaa
No match
aaaaaaaaaaaaaa
No match
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
No match
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
No match
/^(a\1?)(a\1?)(a\2?)(a\3?)$/
a
No match
aa
No match
aaa
No match
aaaa
0: aaaa
1: a
2: a
3: a
4: a
aaaaa
0: aaaaa
1: a
2: aa
3: a
4: a
aaaaaa
0: aaaaaa
1: a
2: aa
3: a
4: aa
aaaaaaa
0: aaaaaaa
1: a
2: aa
3: aaa
4: a
aaaaaaaa
No match
aaaaaaaaa
No match
aaaaaaaaaa
0: aaaaaaaaaa
1: a
2: aa
3: aaa
4: aaaa
aaaaaaaaaaa
No match
aaaaaaaaaaaa
No match
aaaaaaaaaaaaa
No match
aaaaaaaaaaaaaa
No match
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
No match
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
No match
/The following tests are taken from the Perl 5.005 test suite; some of them/
/are compatible with 5.004, but I'd rather not have to sort them out./
No match
/abc/
abc
0: abc
xabcy
0: abc
ababc
0: abc
*** Failers
No match
xbc
No match
axc
No match
abx
No match
/ab*c/
abc
0: abc
/ab*bc/
abc
0: abc
abbc
0: abbc
abbbbc
0: abbbbc
/.{1}/
abbbbc
0: a
/.{3,4}/
abbbbc
0: abbb
/ab{0,}bc/
abbbbc
0: abbbbc
/ab+bc/
abbc
0: abbc
*** Failers
No match
abc
No match
abq
No match
/ab{1,}bc/
/ab+bc/
abbbbc
0: abbbbc
/ab{1,}bc/
abbbbc
0: abbbbc
/ab{1,3}bc/
abbbbc
0: abbbbc
/ab{3,4}bc/
abbbbc
0: abbbbc
/ab{4,5}bc/
*** Failers
No match
abq
No match
abbbbc
No match
/ab?bc/
abbc
0: abbc
abc
0: abc
/ab{0,1}bc/
abc
0: abc
/ab?bc/
/ab?c/
abc
0: abc
/ab{0,1}c/
abc
0: abc
/^abc$/
abc
0: abc
*** Failers
No match
abbbbc
No match
abcc
No match
/^abc/
abcc
0: abc
/^abc$/
/abc$/
aabc
0: abc
*** Failers
No match
aabc
0: abc
aabcd
No match
/^/
abc
0:
/$/
abc
0:
/a.c/
abc
0: abc
axc
0: axc
/a.*c/
axyzc
0: axyzc
/a[bc]d/
abd
0: abd
*** Failers
No match
axyzd
No match
abc
No match
/a[b-d]e/
ace
0: ace
/a[b-d]/
aac
0: ac
/a[-b]/
a-
0: a-
/a[b-]/
a-
0: a-
/a]/
a]
0: a]
/a[]]b/
a]b
0: a]b
/a[^bc]d/
aed
0: aed
*** Failers
No match
abd
No match
abd
No match
/a[^-b]c/
adc
0: adc
/a[^]b]c/
adc
0: adc
*** Failers
No match
a-c
0: a-c
a]c
No match
/\ba\b/
a-
0: a
-a
0: a
-a-
0: a
/\by\b/
*** Failers
No match
xy
No match
yz
No match
xyz
No match
/\Ba\B/
*** Failers
0: a
a-
No match
-a
No match
-a-
No match
/\By\b/
xy
0: y
/\by\B/
yz
0: y
/\By\B/
xyz
0: y
/\w/
a
0: a
/\W/
-
0: -
*** Failers
0: *
-
0: -
a
No match
/a\sb/
a b
0: a b
/a\Sb/
a-b
0: a-b
*** Failers
No match
a-b
0: a-b
a b
No match
/\d/
1
0: 1
/\D/
-
0: -
*** Failers
0: *
-
0: -
1
No match
/[\w]/
a
0: a
/[\W]/
-
0: -
*** Failers
0: *
-
0: -
a
No match
/a[\s]b/
a b
0: a b
/a[\S]b/
a-b
0: a-b
*** Failers
No match
a-b
0: a-b
a b
No match
/[\d]/
1
0: 1
/[\D]/
-
0: -
*** Failers
0: *
-
0: -
1
No match
/ab|cd/
abc
0: ab
abcd
0: ab
/()ef/
def
0: ef
1:
/$b/
/a\(b/
a(b
0: a(b
/a\(*b/
ab
0: ab
a((b
0: a((b
/a\\b/
a\b
No match
/((a))/
abc
0: a
1: a
2: a
/(a)b(c)/
abc
0: abc
1: a
2: c
/a+b+c/
aabbabc
0: abc
/a{1,}b{1,}c/
aabbabc
0: abc
/a.+?c/
abcabc
0: abc
/(a+|b)*/
ab
0: ab
1: b
/(a+|b){0,}/
ab
0: ab
1: b
/(a+|b)+/
ab
0: ab
1: b
/(a+|b){1,}/
ab
0: ab
1: b
/(a+|b)?/
ab
0: a
1: a
/(a+|b){0,1}/
ab
0: a
1: a
/[^ab]*/
cde
0: cde
/abc/
*** Failers
No match
b
No match
/a*/
/([abc])*d/
abbbcd
0: abbbcd
1: c
/([abc])*bcd/
abcd
0: abcd
1: a
/a|b|c|d|e/
e
0: e
/(a|b|c|d|e)f/
ef
0: ef
1: e
/abcd*efg/
abcdefg
0: abcdefg
/ab*/
xabyabbbz
0: ab
xayabbbz
0: a
/(ab|cd)e/
abcde
0: cde
1: cd
/[abhgefdc]ij/
hij
0: hij
/^(ab|cd)e/
/(abc|)ef/
abcdef
0: ef
1:
/(a|b)c*d/
abcd
0: bcd
1: b
/(ab|ab*)bc/
abc
0: abc
1: a
/a([bc]*)c*/
abc
0: abc
1: bc
/a([bc]*)(c*d)/
abcd
0: abcd
1: bc
2: d
/a([bc]+)(c*d)/
abcd
0: abcd
1: bc
2: d
/a([bc]*)(c+d)/
abcd
0: abcd
1: b
2: cd
/a[bcd]*dcdcde/
adcdcde
0: adcdcde
/a[bcd]+dcdcde/
*** Failers
No match
abcde
No match
adcdcde
No match
/(ab|a)b*c/
abc
0: abc
1: ab
/((a)(b)c)(d)/
abcd
0: abcd
1: abc
2: a
3: b
4: d
/[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*/
alpha
0: alpha
/^a(bc+|b[eh])g|.h$/
abh
0: bh
/(bc+d$|ef*g.|h?i(j|k))/
effgz
0: effgz
1: effgz
ij
0: ij
1: ij
2: j
reffgz
0: effgz
1: effgz
*** Failers
No match
effg
No match
bcdd
No match
/((((((((((a))))))))))/
a
0: a
1: a
2: a
3: a
4: a
5: a
6: a
7: a
8: a
9: a
10: a
/((((((((((a))))))))))\10/
aa
0: aa
1: a
2: a
3: a
4: a
5: a
6: a
7: a
8: a
9: a
10: a
/(((((((((a)))))))))/
a
0: a
1: a
2: a
3: a
4: a
5: a
6: a
7: a
8: a
9: a
/multiple words of text/
*** Failers
No match
aa
No match
uh-uh
No match
/multiple words/
multiple words, yeah
0: multiple words
/(.*)c(.*)/
abcde
0: abcde
1: ab
2: de
/\((.*), (.*)\)/
(a, b)
0: (a, b)
1: a
2: b
/[k]/
/abcd/
abcd
0: abcd
/a(bc)d/
abcd
0: abcd
1: bc
/a[-]?c/
ac
0: ac
/(abc)\1/
abcabc
0: abcabc
1: abc
/([a-c]*)\1/
abcabc
0: abcabc
1: abc
/(a)|\1/
a
0: a
1: a
*** Failers
0: a
1: a
ab
0: a
1: a
x
No match
/(([a-c])b*?\2)*/
ababbbcbc
0: ababb
1: bb
2: b
/(([a-c])b*?\2){3}/
ababbbcbc
0: ababbbcbc
1: cbc
2: c
/((\3|b)\2(a)x)+/
aaaxabaxbaaxbbax
0: bbax
1: bbax
2: b
3: a
/((\3|b)\2(a)){2,}/
bbaababbabaaaaabbaaaabba
0: bbaaaabba
1: bba
2: b
3: a
/abc/i
ABC
0: ABC
XABCY
0: ABC
ABABC
0: ABC
*** Failers
No match
aaxabxbaxbbx
No match
XBC
No match
AXC
No match
ABX
No match
/ab*c/i
ABC
0: ABC
/ab*bc/i
ABC
0: ABC
ABBC
0: ABBC
/ab*?bc/i
ABBBBC
0: ABBBBC
/ab{0,}?bc/i
ABBBBC
0: ABBBBC
/ab+?bc/i
ABBC
0: ABBC
/ab+bc/i
*** Failers
No match
ABC
No match
ABQ
No match
/ab{1,}bc/i
/ab+bc/i
ABBBBC
0: ABBBBC
/ab{1,}?bc/i
ABBBBC
0: ABBBBC
/ab{1,3}?bc/i
ABBBBC
0: ABBBBC
/ab{3,4}?bc/i
ABBBBC
0: ABBBBC
/ab{4,5}?bc/i
*** Failers
No match
ABQ
No match
ABBBBC
No match
/ab??bc/i
ABBC
0: ABBC
ABC
0: ABC
/ab{0,1}?bc/i
ABC
0: ABC
/ab??bc/i
/ab??c/i
ABC
0: ABC
/ab{0,1}?c/i
ABC
0: ABC
/^abc$/i
ABC
0: ABC
*** Failers
No match
ABBBBC
No match
ABCC
No match
/^abc/i
ABCC
0: ABC
/^abc$/i
/abc$/i
AABC
0: ABC
/^/i
ABC
0:
/$/i
ABC
0:
/a.c/i
ABC
0: ABC
AXC
0: AXC
/a.*?c/i
AXYZC
0: AXYZC
/a.*c/i
*** Failers
No match
AABC
0: AABC
AXYZD
No match
/a[bc]d/i
ABD
0: ABD
/a[b-d]e/i
ACE
0: ACE
*** Failers
No match
ABC
No match
ABD
No match
/a[b-d]/i
AAC
0: AC
/a[-b]/i
A-
0: A-
/a[b-]/i
A-
0: A-
/a]/i
A]
0: A]
/a[]]b/i
A]B
0: A]B
/a[^bc]d/i
AED
0: AED
/a[^-b]c/i
ADC
0: ADC
*** Failers
No match
ABD
No match
A-C
No match
/a[^]b]c/i
ADC
0: ADC
/ab|cd/i
ABC
0: AB
ABCD
0: AB
/()ef/i
DEF
0: EF
1:
/$b/i
*** Failers
No match
A]C
No match
B
No match
/a\(b/i
A(B
0: A(B
/a\(*b/i
AB
0: AB
A((B
0: A((B
/a\\b/i
A\B
No match
/((a))/i
ABC
0: A
1: A
2: A
/(a)b(c)/i
ABC
0: ABC
1: A
2: C
/a+b+c/i
AABBABC
0: ABC
/a{1,}b{1,}c/i
AABBABC
0: ABC
/a.+?c/i
ABCABC
0: ABC
/a.*?c/i
ABCABC
0: ABC
/a.{0,5}?c/i
ABCABC
0: ABC
/(a+|b)*/i
AB
0: AB
1: B
/(a+|b){0,}/i
AB
0: AB
1: B
/(a+|b)+/i
AB
0: AB
1: B
/(a+|b){1,}/i
AB
0: AB
1: B
/(a+|b)?/i
AB
0: A
1: A
/(a+|b){0,1}/i
AB
0: A
1: A
/(a+|b){0,1}?/i
AB
0:
/[^ab]*/i
CDE
0: CDE
/abc/i
/a*/i
/([abc])*d/i
ABBBCD
0: ABBBCD
1: C
/([abc])*bcd/i
ABCD
0: ABCD
1: A
/a|b|c|d|e/i
E
0: E
/(a|b|c|d|e)f/i
EF
0: EF
1: E
/abcd*efg/i
ABCDEFG
0: ABCDEFG
/ab*/i
XABYABBBZ
0: AB
XAYABBBZ
0: A
/(ab|cd)e/i
ABCDE
0: CDE
1: CD
/[abhgefdc]ij/i
HIJ
0: HIJ
/^(ab|cd)e/i
ABCDE
No match
/(abc|)ef/i
ABCDEF
0: EF
1:
/(a|b)c*d/i
ABCD
0: BCD
1: B
/(ab|ab*)bc/i
ABC
0: ABC
1: A
/a([bc]*)c*/i
ABC
0: ABC
1: BC
/a([bc]*)(c*d)/i
ABCD
0: ABCD
1: BC
2: D
/a([bc]+)(c*d)/i
ABCD
0: ABCD
1: BC
2: D
/a([bc]*)(c+d)/i
ABCD
0: ABCD
1: B
2: CD
/a[bcd]*dcdcde/i
ADCDCDE
0: ADCDCDE
/a[bcd]+dcdcde/i
/(ab|a)b*c/i
ABC
0: ABC
1: AB
/((a)(b)c)(d)/i
ABCD
0: ABCD
1: ABC
2: A
3: B
4: D
/[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*/i
ALPHA
0: ALPHA
/^a(bc+|b[eh])g|.h$/i
ABH
0: BH
/(bc+d$|ef*g.|h?i(j|k))/i
EFFGZ
0: EFFGZ
1: EFFGZ
IJ
0: IJ
1: IJ
2: J
REFFGZ
0: EFFGZ
1: EFFGZ
*** Failers
No match
ADCDCDE
No match
EFFG
No match
BCDD
No match
/((((((((((a))))))))))/i
A
0: A
1: A
2: A
3: A
4: A
5: A
6: A
7: A
8: A
9: A
10: A
/((((((((((a))))))))))\10/i
AA
0: AA
1: A
2: A
3: A
4: A
5: A
6: A
7: A
8: A
9: A
10: A
/(((((((((a)))))))))/i
A
0: A
1: A
2: A
3: A
4: A
5: A
6: A
7: A
8: A
9: A
/(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(a))))))))))/i
A
0: A
1: A
/(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(a|b|c))))))))))/i
C
0: C
1: C
/multiple words of text/i
*** Failers
No match
AA
No match
UH-UH
No match
/multiple words/i
MULTIPLE WORDS, YEAH
0: MULTIPLE WORDS
/(.*)c(.*)/i
ABCDE
0: ABCDE
1: AB
2: DE
/\((.*), (.*)\)/i
(A, B)
0: (A, B)
1: A
2: B
/[k]/i
/abcd/i
ABCD
0: ABCD
/a(bc)d/i
ABCD
0: ABCD
1: BC
/a[-]?c/i
AC
0: AC
/(abc)\1/i
ABCABC
0: ABCABC
1: ABC
/([a-c]*)\1/i
ABCABC
0: ABCABC
1: ABC
/a(?!b)./
abad
0: ad
/a(?=d)./
abad
0: ad
/a(?=c|d)./
abad
0: ad
/a(?:b|c|d)(.)/
ace
0: ace
1: e
/a(?:b|c|d)*(.)/
ace
0: ace
1: e
/a(?:b|c|d)+?(.)/
ace
0: ace
1: e
acdbcdbe
0: acd
1: d
/a(?:b|c|d)+(.)/
acdbcdbe
0: acdbcdbe
1: e
/a(?:b|c|d){2}(.)/
acdbcdbe
0: acdb
1: b
/a(?:b|c|d){4,5}(.)/
acdbcdbe
0: acdbcdb
1: b
/a(?:b|c|d){4,5}?(.)/
acdbcdbe
0: acdbcd
1: d
/((foo)|(bar))*/
foobar
0: foobar
1: bar
2: foo
3: bar
/a(?:b|c|d){6,7}(.)/
acdbcdbe
0: acdbcdbe
1: e
/a(?:b|c|d){6,7}?(.)/
acdbcdbe
0: acdbcdbe
1: e
/a(?:b|c|d){5,6}(.)/
acdbcdbe
0: acdbcdbe
1: e
/a(?:b|c|d){5,6}?(.)/
acdbcdbe
0: acdbcdb
1: b
/a(?:b|c|d){5,7}(.)/
acdbcdbe
0: acdbcdbe
1: e
/a(?:b|c|d){5,7}?(.)/
acdbcdbe
0: acdbcdb
1: b
/a(?:b|(c|e){1,2}?|d)+?(.)/
ace
0: ace
1: c
2: e
/^(.+)?B/
AB
0: AB
1: A
/^([^a-z])|(\^)$/
.
0: .
1: .
/^[<>]&/
<&OUT
0: <&
/^(a\1?){4}$/
aaaaaaaaaa
0: aaaaaaaaaa
1: aaaa
*** Failers
No match
AB
No match
aaaaaaaaa
No match
aaaaaaaaaaa
No match
/^(a(?(1)\1)){4}$/
aaaaaaaaaa
0: aaaaaaaaaa
1: aaaa
*** Failers
No match
aaaaaaaaa
No match
aaaaaaaaaaa
No match
/(?:(f)(o)(o)|(b)(a)(r))*/
foobar
0: foobar
1: f
2: o
3: o
4: b
5: a
6: r
/(?<=a)b/
ab
0: b
*** Failers
No match
cb
No match
b
No match
/(?<!c)b/
ab
0: b
b
0: b
b
0: b
/(?:..)*a/
aba
0: aba
/(?:..)*?a/
aba
0: a
/^(?:b|a(?=(.)))*\1/
abc
0: ab
1: b
/^(){3,5}/
abc
0:
1:
/^(a+)*ax/
aax
0: aax
1: a
/^((a|b)+)*ax/
aax
0: aax
1: a
2: a
/^((a|bc)+)*ax/
aax
0: aax
1: a
2: a
/(a|x)*ab/
cab
0: ab
/(a)*ab/
cab
0: ab
/(?:(?i)a)b/
ab
0: ab
/((?i)a)b/
ab
0: ab
1: a
/(?:(?i)a)b/
Ab
0: Ab
/((?i)a)b/
Ab
0: Ab
1: A
/(?:(?i)a)b/
*** Failers
No match
cb
No match
aB
No match
/((?i)a)b/
/(?i:a)b/
ab
0: ab
/((?i:a))b/
ab
0: ab
1: a
/(?i:a)b/
Ab
0: Ab
/((?i:a))b/
Ab
0: Ab
1: A
/(?i:a)b/
*** Failers
No match
aB
No match
aB
No match
/((?i:a))b/
/(?:(?-i)a)b/i
ab
0: ab
/((?-i)a)b/i
ab
0: ab
1: a
/(?:(?-i)a)b/i
aB
0: aB
/((?-i)a)b/i
aB
0: aB
1: a
/(?:(?-i)a)b/i
*** Failers
No match
aB
0: aB
Ab
No match
/((?-i)a)b/i
/(?:(?-i)a)b/i
aB
0: aB
/((?-i)a)b/i
aB
0: aB
1: a
/(?:(?-i)a)b/i
*** Failers
No match
Ab
No match
AB
No match
/((?-i)a)b/i
/(?-i:a)b/i
ab
0: ab
/((?-i:a))b/i
ab
0: ab
1: a
/(?-i:a)b/i
aB
0: aB
/((?-i:a))b/i
aB
0: aB
1: a
/(?-i:a)b/i
*** Failers
No match
AB
No match
Ab
No match
/((?-i:a))b/i
/(?-i:a)b/i
aB
0: aB
/((?-i:a))b/i
aB
0: aB
1: a
/(?-i:a)b/i
*** Failers
No match
Ab
No match
AB
No match
/((?-i:a))b/i
/((?-i:a.))b/i
*** Failers
No match
AB
No match
a\nB
No match
/((?s-i:a.))b/i
a\nB
0: a\x0aB
1: a\x0a
/(?:c|d)(?:)(?:a(?:)(?:b)(?:b(?:))(?:b(?:)(?:b)))/
cabbbb
0: cabbbb
/(?:c|d)(?:)(?:aaaaaaaa(?:)(?:bbbbbbbb)(?:bbbbbbbb(?:))(?:bbbbbbbb(?:)(?:bbbbbbbb)))/
caaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
0: caaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
/(ab)\d\1/i
Ab4ab
0: Ab4ab
1: Ab
ab4Ab
0: ab4Ab
1: ab
/foo\w*\d{4}baz/
foobar1234baz
0: foobar1234baz
/x(~~)*(?:(?:F)?)?/
x~~
0: x~~
1: ~~
/^a(?#xxx){3}c/
aaac
0: aaac
/^a (?#xxx) (?#yyy) {3}c/x
aaac
0: aaac
/(?<![cd])b/
*** Failers
No match
B\nB
No match
dbcb
No match
/(?<![cd])[ab]/
dbaacb
0: a
/(?<!(c|d))b/
/(?<!(c|d))[ab]/
dbaacb
0: a
/(?<!cd)[ab]/
cdaccb
0: b
/^(?:a?b?)*$/
*** Failers
No match
dbcb
No match
a--
No match
/((?s)^a(.))((?m)^b$)/
a\nb\nc\n
0: a\x0ab
1: a\x0a
2: \x0a
3: b
/((?m)^b$)/
a\nb\nc\n
0: b
1: b
/(?m)^b/
a\nb\n
0: b
/(?m)^(b)/
a\nb\n
0: b
1: b
/((?m)^b)/
a\nb\n
0: b
1: b
/\n((?m)^b)/
a\nb\n
0: \x0ab
1: b
/((?s).)c(?!.)/
a\nb\nc\n
0: \x0ac
1: \x0a
a\nb\nc\n
0: \x0ac
1: \x0a
/((?s)b.)c(?!.)/
a\nb\nc\n
0: b\x0ac
1: b\x0a
a\nb\nc\n
0: b\x0ac
1: b\x0a
/^b/
/()^b/
*** Failers
No match
a\nb\nc\n
No match
a\nb\nc\n
No match
/((?m)^b)/
a\nb\nc\n
0: b
1: b
/(?(1)a|b)/
/(?(1)b|a)/
a
0: a
/(x)?(?(1)a|b)/
*** Failers
No match
a
No match
a
No match
/(x)?(?(1)b|a)/
a
0: a
/()?(?(1)b|a)/
a
0: a
/()(?(1)b|a)/
/()?(?(1)a|b)/
a
0: a
1:
/^(\()?blah(?(1)(\)))$/
(blah)
0: (blah)
1: (
2: )
blah
0: blah
*** Failers
No match
a
No match
blah)
No match
(blah
No match
/^(\(+)?blah(?(1)(\)))$/
(blah)
0: (blah)
1: (
2: )
blah
0: blah
*** Failers
No match
blah)
No match
(blah
No match
/(?(?!a)a|b)/
/(?(?!a)b|a)/
a
0: a
/(?(?=a)b|a)/
*** Failers
No match
a
No match
a
No match
/(?(?=a)a|b)/
a
0: a
/(?=(a+?))(\1ab)/
aaab
0: aab
1: a
2: aab
/^(?=(a+?))\1ab/
/(\w+:)+/
one:
0: one:
1: one:
/$(?<=^(a))/
a
0:
1: a
/(?=(a+?))(\1ab)/
aaab
0: aab
1: a
2: aab
/^(?=(a+?))\1ab/
*** Failers
No match
aaab
No match
aaab
No match
/([\w:]+::)?(\w+)$/
abcd
0: abcd
1: <unset>
2: abcd
xy:z:::abcd
0: xy:z:::abcd
1: xy:z:::
2: abcd
/^[^bcd]*(c+)/
aexycd
0: aexyc
1: c
/(a*)b+/
caab
0: aab
1: aa
/([\w:]+::)?(\w+)$/
abcd
0: abcd
1: <unset>
2: abcd
xy:z:::abcd
0: xy:z:::abcd
1: xy:z:::
2: abcd
*** Failers
0: Failers
1: <unset>
2: Failers
abcd:
No match
abcd:
No match
/^[^bcd]*(c+)/
aexycd
0: aexyc
1: c
/(>a+)ab/
/(?>a+)b/
aaab
0: aaab
/([[:]+)/
a:[b]:
0: :[
1: :[
/([[=]+)/
a=[b]=
0: =[
1: =[
/([[.]+)/
a.[b].
0: .[
1: .[
/((?>a+)b)/
aaab
0: aaab
1: aaab
/(?>(a+))b/
aaab
0: aaab
1: aaa
/((?>[^()]+)|\([^()]*\))+/
((abc(ade)ufh()()x
0: abc(ade)ufh()()x
1: x
/a\Z/
*** Failers
No match
aaab
No match
a\nb\n
No match
/b\Z/
a\nb\n
0: b
/b\z/
/b\Z/
a\nb
0: b
/b\z/
a\nb
0: b
*** Failers
No match
/^(?>(?(1)\.|())[^\W_](?>[a-z0-9-]*[^\W_])?)+$/
a
0: a
1:
abc
0: abc
1:
a-b
0: a-b
1:
0-9
0: 0-9
1:
a.b
0: a.b
1:
5.6.7
0: 5.6.7
1:
the.quick.brown.fox
0: the.quick.brown.fox
1:
a100.b200.300c
0: a100.b200.300c
1:
12-ab.1245
0: 12-ab.1245
1:
***Failers
No match
\
No match
.a
No match
-a
No match
a-
No match
a.
No match
a_b
No match
a.-
No match
a..
No match
ab..bc
No match
the.quick.brown.fox-
No match
the.quick.brown.fox.
No match
the.quick.brown.fox_
No match
the.quick.brown.fox+
No match
/(?>.*)(?<=(abcd|wxyz))/
alphabetabcd
0: alphabetabcd
1: abcd
endingwxyz
0: endingwxyz
1: wxyz
*** Failers
No match
a rather long string that doesn't end with one of them
No match
/word (?>(?:(?!otherword)[a-zA-Z0-9]+ ){0,30})otherword/
word cat dog elephant mussel cow horse canary baboon snake shark otherword
0: word cat dog elephant mussel cow horse canary baboon snake shark otherword
word cat dog elephant mussel cow horse canary baboon snake shark
No match
/word (?>[a-zA-Z0-9]+ ){0,30}otherword/
word cat dog elephant mussel cow horse canary baboon snake shark the quick brown fox and the lazy dog and several other words getting close to thirty by now I hope
No match
/(?<=\d{3}(?!999))foo/
999foo
0: foo
123999foo
0: foo
*** Failers
No match
123abcfoo
No match
/(?<=(?!...999)\d{3})foo/
999foo
0: foo
123999foo
0: foo
*** Failers
No match
123abcfoo
No match
/(?<=\d{3}(?!999)...)foo/
123abcfoo
0: foo
123456foo
0: foo
*** Failers
No match
123999foo
No match
/(?<=\d{3}...)(?<!999)foo/
123abcfoo
0: foo
123456foo
0: foo
*** Failers
No match
123999foo
No match
/<a[\s]+href[\s]*=[\s]* # find <a href=
([\"\'])? # find single or double quote
(?(1) (.*?)\1 | ([^\s]+)) # if quote found, match up to next matching
# quote, otherwise match up to next space
/isx
<a href=abcd xyz
0: <a href=abcd
1: <unset>
2: <unset>
3: abcd
<a href=\"abcd xyz pqr\" cats
0: <a href="abcd xyz pqr"
1: "
2: abcd xyz pqr
<a href=\'abcd xyz pqr\' cats
0: <a href='abcd xyz pqr'
1: '
2: abcd xyz pqr
/<a\s+href\s*=\s* # find <a href=
(["'])? # find single or double quote
(?(1) (.*?)\1 | (\S+)) # if quote found, match up to next matching
# quote, otherwise match up to next space
/isx
<a href=abcd xyz
0: <a href=abcd
1: <unset>
2: <unset>
3: abcd
<a href=\"abcd xyz pqr\" cats
0: <a href="abcd xyz pqr"
1: "
2: abcd xyz pqr
<a href = \'abcd xyz pqr\' cats
0: <a href = 'abcd xyz pqr'
1: '
2: abcd xyz pqr
/<a\s+href(?>\s*)=(?>\s*) # find <a href=
(["'])? # find single or double quote
(?(1) (.*?)\1 | (\S+)) # if quote found, match up to next matching
# quote, otherwise match up to next space
/isx
<a href=abcd xyz
0: <a href=abcd
1: <unset>
2: <unset>
3: abcd
<a href=\"abcd xyz pqr\" cats
0: <a href="abcd xyz pqr"
1: "
2: abcd xyz pqr
<a href = \'abcd xyz pqr\' cats
0: <a href = 'abcd xyz pqr'
1: '
2: abcd xyz pqr
/((Z)+|A)*/
ZABCDEFG
0: ZA
1: A
2: Z
/(Z()|A)*/
ZABCDEFG
0: ZA
1: A
2:
/(Z(())|A)*/
ZABCDEFG
0: ZA
1: A
2:
3:
/((?>Z)+|A)*/
ZABCDEFG
0: ZA
1: A
/((?>)+|A)*/
ZABCDEFG
0:
1:
/a*/g
abbab
0: a
0:
0:
0: a
0:
0:
/^[a-\d]/
abcde
0: a
-things
0: -
0digit
0: 0
*** Failers
No match
bcdef
No match
/^[\d-a]/
abcde
0: a
-things
0: -
0digit
0: 0
*** Failers
No match
bcdef
No match
/ End of testinput3 /