/-- This set of tests is for features that are compatible with all versions of
Perl >= 5.10, in non-UTF-8 mode. It should run clean for the 8-bit, 16-bit,
and 32-bit PCRE libraries. --/
< forbid 89?=ABCDEFfGILMNPTUWXZ<
/the quick brown fox/
the quick brown fox
0: the quick brown fox
The quick brown FOX
No match
What do you know about the quick brown fox?
0: the quick brown fox
What do you know about THE QUICK BROWN FOX?
No match
/The quick brown fox/i
the quick brown fox
0: the quick brown fox
The quick brown FOX
0: The quick brown FOX
What do you know about the quick brown fox?
0: the quick brown fox
What do you know about THE QUICK BROWN FOX?
0: THE QUICK BROWN FOX
/abcd\t\n\r\f\a\e\071\x3b\$\\\?caxyz/
abcd\t\n\r\f\a\e9;\$\\?caxyz
0: abcd\x09\x0a\x0d\x0c\x07\x1b9;$\?caxyz
/a*abc?xyz+pqr{3}ab{2,}xy{4,5}pq{0,6}AB{0,}zz/
abxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
0: abxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
abxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
0: abxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
aabxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
0: aabxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
aaabxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
0: aaabxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
aaaabxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
0: aaaabxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
abcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
0: abcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
aabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
0: aabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypAzz
0: aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypAzz
aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
0: aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqqAzz
0: aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqqAzz
aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqqqAzz
0: aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqqqAzz
aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqqqqAzz
0: aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqqqqAzz
aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqqqqqAzz
0: aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqqqqqAzz
aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqqqqqqAzz
0: aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqqqqqqAzz
aaaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
0: aaaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
abxyzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
0: abxyzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
aabxyzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
0: aabxyzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
aaabxyzzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
0: aaabxyzzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
aaaabxyzzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
0: aaaabxyzzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
abcxyzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
0: abcxyzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
aabcxyzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
0: aabcxyzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
aaabcxyzzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
0: aaabcxyzzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
aaaabcxyzzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
0: aaaabcxyzzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
aaaabcxyzzzzpqrrrabbbxyyyypqAzz
0: aaaabcxyzzzzpqrrrabbbxyyyypqAzz
aaaabcxyzzzzpqrrrabbbxyyyyypqAzz
0: aaaabcxyzzzzpqrrrabbbxyyyyypqAzz
aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypABzz
0: aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypABzz
aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypABBzz
0: aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypABBzz
>>>aaabxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
0: aaabxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
>aaaabxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
0: aaaabxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
>>>>abcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
0: abcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
*** Failers
No match
abxyzpqrrabbxyyyypqAzz
No match
abxyzpqrrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
No match
abxyzpqrrrabxyyyypqAzz
No match
aaaabcxyzzzzpqrrrabbbxyyyyyypqAzz
No match
aaaabcxyzzzzpqrrrabbbxyyypqAzz
No match
aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqqqqqqqAzz
No match
/^(abc){1,2}zz/
abczz
0: abczz
1: abc
abcabczz
0: abcabczz
1: abc
*** Failers
No match
zz
No match
abcabcabczz
No match
>>abczz
No match
/^(b+?|a){1,2}?c/
bc
0: bc
1: b
bbc
0: bbc
1: b
bbbc
0: bbbc
1: bb
bac
0: bac
1: a
bbac
0: bbac
1: a
aac
0: aac
1: a
abbbbbbbbbbbc
0: abbbbbbbbbbbc
1: bbbbbbbbbbb
bbbbbbbbbbbac
0: bbbbbbbbbbbac
1: a
*** Failers
No match
aaac
No match
abbbbbbbbbbbac
No match
/^(b+|a){1,2}c/
bc
0: bc
1: b
bbc
0: bbc
1: bb
bbbc
0: bbbc
1: bbb
bac
0: bac
1: a
bbac
0: bbac
1: a
aac
0: aac
1: a
abbbbbbbbbbbc
0: abbbbbbbbbbbc
1: bbbbbbbbbbb
bbbbbbbbbbbac
0: bbbbbbbbbbbac
1: a
*** Failers
No match
aaac
No match
abbbbbbbbbbbac
No match
/^(b+|a){1,2}?bc/
bbc
0: bbc
1: b
/^(b*|ba){1,2}?bc/
babc
0: babc
1: ba
bbabc
0: bbabc
1: ba
bababc
0: bababc
1: ba
*** Failers
No match
bababbc
No match
babababc
No match
/^(ba|b*){1,2}?bc/
babc
0: babc
1: ba
bbabc
0: bbabc
1: ba
bababc
0: bababc
1: ba
*** Failers
No match
bababbc
No match
babababc
No match
/^\ca\cA\c[;\c:/
\x01\x01\e;z
0: \x01\x01\x1b;z
/^[ab\]cde]/
athing
0: a
bthing
0: b
]thing
0: ]
cthing
0: c
dthing
0: d
ething
0: e
*** Failers
No match
fthing
No match
[thing
No match
\\thing
No match
/^[]cde]/
]thing
0: ]
cthing
0: c
dthing
0: d
ething
0: e
*** Failers
No match
athing
No match
fthing
No match
/^[^ab\]cde]/
fthing
0: f
[thing
0: [
\\thing
0: \
*** Failers
0: *
athing
No match
bthing
No match
]thing
No match
cthing
No match
dthing
No match
ething
No match
/^[^]cde]/
athing
0: a
fthing
0: f
*** Failers
0: *
]thing
No match
cthing
No match
dthing
No match
ething
No match
/^\/
0: \x81
/^/
0: \xff
/^[0-9]+$/
0
0: 0
1
0: 1
2
0: 2
3
0: 3
4
0: 4
5
0: 5
6
0: 6
7
0: 7
8
0: 8
9
0: 9
10
0: 10
100
0: 100
*** Failers
No match
abc
No match
/^.*nter/
enter
0: enter
inter
0: inter
uponter
0: uponter
/^xxx[0-9]+$/
xxx0
0: xxx0
xxx1234
0: xxx1234
*** Failers
No match
xxx
No match
/^.+[0-9][0-9][0-9]$/
x123
0: x123
xx123
0: xx123
123456
0: 123456
*** Failers
No match
123
No match
x1234
0: x1234
/^.+?[0-9][0-9][0-9]$/
x123
0: x123
xx123
0: xx123
123456
0: 123456
*** Failers
No match
123
No match
x1234
0: x1234
/^([^!]+)!(.+)=apquxz\.ixr\.zzz\.ac\.uk$/
abc!pqr=apquxz.ixr.zzz.ac.uk
0: abc!pqr=apquxz.ixr.zzz.ac.uk
1: abc
2: pqr
*** Failers
No match
!pqr=apquxz.ixr.zzz.ac.uk
No match
abc!=apquxz.ixr.zzz.ac.uk
No match
abc!pqr=apquxz:ixr.zzz.ac.uk
No match
abc!pqr=apquxz.ixr.zzz.ac.ukk
No match
/:/
Well, we need a colon: somewhere
0: :
*** Fail if we don't
No match
/([\da-f:]+)$/i
0abc
0: 0abc
1: 0abc
abc
0: abc
1: abc
fed
0: fed
1: fed
E
0: E
1: E
::
0: ::
1: ::
5f03:12C0::932e
0: 5f03:12C0::932e
1: 5f03:12C0::932e
fed def
0: def
1: def
Any old stuff
0: ff
1: ff
*** Failers
No match
0zzz
No match
gzzz
No match
fed\x20
No match
Any old rubbish
No match
/^.*\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})$/
.1.2.3
0: .1.2.3
1: 1
2: 2
3: 3
A.12.123.0
0: A.12.123.0
1: 12
2: 123
3: 0
*** Failers
No match
.1.2.3333
No match
1.2.3
No match
1234.2.3
No match
/^(\d+)\s+IN\s+SOA\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s*\(\s*$/
1 IN SOA non-sp1 non-sp2(
0: 1 IN SOA non-sp1 non-sp2(
1: 1
2: non-sp1
3: non-sp2
1 IN SOA non-sp1 non-sp2 (
0: 1 IN SOA non-sp1 non-sp2 (
1: 1
2: non-sp1
3: non-sp2
*** Failers
No match
1IN SOA non-sp1 non-sp2(
No match
/^[a-zA-Z\d][a-zA-Z\d\-]*(\.[a-zA-Z\d][a-zA-z\d\-]*)*\.$/
a.
0: a.
Z.
0: Z.
2.
0: 2.
ab-c.pq-r.
0: ab-c.pq-r.
1: .pq-r
sxk.zzz.ac.uk.
0: sxk.zzz.ac.uk.
1: .uk
x-.y-.
0: x-.y-.
1: .y-
*** Failers
No match
-abc.peq.
No match
/^\*\.[a-z]([a-z\-\d]*[a-z\d]+)?(\.[a-z]([a-z\-\d]*[a-z\d]+)?)*$/
*.a
0: *.a
*.b0-a
0: *.b0-a
1: 0-a
*.c3-b.c
0: *.c3-b.c
1: 3-b
2: .c
*.c-a.b-c
0: *.c-a.b-c
1: -a
2: .b-c
3: -c
*** Failers
No match
*.0
No match
*.a-
No match
*.a-b.c-
No match
*.c-a.0-c
No match
/^(?=ab(de))(abd)(e)/
abde
0: abde
1: de
2: abd
3: e
/^(?!(ab)de|x)(abd)(f)/
abdf
0: abdf
1: <unset>
2: abd
3: f
/^(?=(ab(cd)))(ab)/
abcd
0: ab
1: abcd
2: cd
3: ab
/^[\da-f](\.[\da-f])*$/i
a.b.c.d
0: a.b.c.d
1: .d
A.B.C.D
0: A.B.C.D
1: .D
a.b.c.1.2.3.C
0: a.b.c.1.2.3.C
1: .C
/^\".*\"\s*(;.*)?$/
\"1234\"
0: "1234"
\"abcd\" ;
0: "abcd" ;
1: ;
\"\" ; rhubarb
0: "" ; rhubarb
1: ; rhubarb
*** Failers
No match
\"1234\" : things
No match
/^$/
\
0:
*** Failers
No match
/ ^ a (?# begins with a) b\sc (?# then b c) $ (?# then end)/x
ab c
0: ab c
*** Failers
No match
abc
No match
ab cde
No match
/(?x) ^ a (?# begins with a) b\sc (?# then b c) $ (?# then end)/
ab c
0: ab c
*** Failers
No match
abc
No match
ab cde
No match
/^ a\ b[c ]d $/x
a bcd
0: a bcd
a b d
0: a b d
*** Failers
No match
abcd
No match
ab d
No match
/^(a(b(c)))(d(e(f)))(h(i(j)))(k(l(m)))$/
abcdefhijklm
0: abcdefhijklm
1: abc
2: bc
3: c
4: def
5: ef
6: f
7: hij
8: ij
9: j
10: klm
11: lm
12: m
/^(?:a(b(c)))(?:d(e(f)))(?:h(i(j)))(?:k(l(m)))$/
abcdefhijklm
0: abcdefhijklm
1: bc
2: c
3: ef
4: f
5: ij
6: j
7: lm
8: m
/^[\w][\W][\s][\S][\d][\D][\b][\n][\c]][\022]/
a+ Z0+\x08\n\x1d\x12
0: a+ Z0+\x08\x0a\x1d\x12
/^[.^$|()*+?{,}]+/
.^\$(*+)|{?,?}
0: .^$(*+)|{?,?}
/^a*\w/
z
0: z
az
0: az
aaaz
0: aaaz
a
0: a
aa
0: aa
aaaa
0: aaaa
a+
0: a
aa+
0: aa
/^a*?\w/
z
0: z
az
0: a
aaaz
0: a
a
0: a
aa
0: a
aaaa
0: a
a+
0: a
aa+
0: a
/^a+\w/
az
0: az
aaaz
0: aaaz
aa
0: aa
aaaa
0: aaaa
aa+
0: aa
/^a+?\w/
az
0: az
aaaz
0: aa
aa
0: aa
aaaa
0: aa
aa+
0: aa
/^\d{8}\w{2,}/
1234567890
0: 1234567890
12345678ab
0: 12345678ab
12345678__
0: 12345678__
*** Failers
No match
1234567
No match
/^[aeiou\d]{4,5}$/
uoie
0: uoie
1234
0: 1234
12345
0: 12345
aaaaa
0: aaaaa
*** Failers
No match
123456
No match
/^[aeiou\d]{4,5}?/
uoie
0: uoie
1234
0: 1234
12345
0: 1234
aaaaa
0: aaaa
123456
0: 1234
/\A(abc|def)=(\1){2,3}\Z/
abc=abcabc
0: abc=abcabc
1: abc
2: abc
def=defdefdef
0: def=defdefdef
1: def
2: def
*** Failers
No match
abc=defdef
No match
/^(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)(j)(k)\11*(\3\4)\1(?#)2$/
abcdefghijkcda2
0: abcdefghijkcda2
1: a
2: b
3: c
4: d
5: e
6: f
7: g
8: h
9: i
10: j
11: k
12: cd
abcdefghijkkkkcda2
0: abcdefghijkkkkcda2
1: a
2: b
3: c
4: d
5: e
6: f
7: g
8: h
9: i
10: j
11: k
12: cd
/(cat(a(ract|tonic)|erpillar)) \1()2(3)/
cataract cataract23
0: cataract cataract23
1: cataract
2: aract
3: ract
4:
5: 3
catatonic catatonic23
0: catatonic catatonic23
1: catatonic
2: atonic
3: tonic
4:
5: 3
caterpillar caterpillar23
0: caterpillar caterpillar23
1: caterpillar
2: erpillar
3: <unset>
4:
5: 3
/^From +([^ ]+) +[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z] +[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z] +[0-9]?[0-9] +[0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9]/
From abcd Mon Sep 01 12:33:02 1997
0: From abcd Mon Sep 01 12:33
1: abcd
/^From\s+\S+\s+([a-zA-Z]{3}\s+){2}\d{1,2}\s+\d\d:\d\d/
From abcd Mon Sep 01 12:33:02 1997
0: From abcd Mon Sep 01 12:33
1: Sep
From abcd Mon Sep 1 12:33:02 1997
0: From abcd Mon Sep 1 12:33
1: Sep
*** Failers
No match
From abcd Sep 01 12:33:02 1997
No match
/^12.34/s
12\n34
0: 12\x0a34
12\r34
0: 12\x0d34
/\w+(?=\t)/
the quick brown\t fox
0: brown
/foo(?!bar)(.*)/
foobar is foolish see?
0: foolish see?
1: lish see?
/(?:(?!foo)...|^.{0,2})bar(.*)/
foobar crowbar etc
0: rowbar etc
1: etc
barrel
0: barrel
1: rel
2barrel
0: 2barrel
1: rel
A barrel
0: A barrel
1: rel
/^(\D*)(?=\d)(?!123)/
abc456
0: abc
1: abc
*** Failers
No match
abc123
No match
/^1234(?# test newlines
inside)/
1234
0: 1234
/^1234 #comment in extended re
/x
1234
0: 1234
/#rhubarb
abcd/x
abcd
0: abcd
/^abcd#rhubarb/x
abcd
0: abcd
/^(a)\1{2,3}(.)/
aaab
0: aaab
1: a
2: b
aaaab
0: aaaab
1: a
2: b
aaaaab
0: aaaaa
1: a
2: a
aaaaaab
0: aaaaa
1: a
2: a
/(?!^)abc/
the abc
0: abc
*** Failers
No match
abc
No match
/(?=^)abc/
abc
0: abc
*** Failers
No match
the abc
No match
/^[ab]{1,3}(ab*|b)/
aabbbbb
0: aabb
1: b
/^[ab]{1,3}?(ab*|b)/
aabbbbb
0: aabbbbb
1: abbbbb
/^[ab]{1,3}?(ab*?|b)/
aabbbbb
0: aa
1: a
/^[ab]{1,3}(ab*?|b)/
aabbbbb
0: aabb
1: b
/ (?: [\040\t] | \(
(?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] | \\ [^\x80-\xff] | \( (?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] | \\ [^\x80-\xff] )* \) )*
\) )* # optional leading comment
(?: (?:
[^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]+ # some number of atom characters...
(?![^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]) # ..not followed by something that could be part of an atom
|
" (?: # opening quote...
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015"] # Anything except backslash and quote
| # or
\\ [^\x80-\xff] # Escaped something (something != CR)
)* " # closing quote
) # initial word
(?: (?: [\040\t] | \(
(?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] | \\ [^\x80-\xff] | \( (?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] | \\ [^\x80-\xff] )* \) )*
\) )* \. (?: [\040\t] | \(
(?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] | \\ [^\x80-\xff] | \( (?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] | \\ [^\x80-\xff] )* \) )*
\) )* (?:
[^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]+ # some number of atom characters...
(?![^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]) # ..not followed by something that could be part of an atom
|
" (?: # opening quote...
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015"] # Anything except backslash and quote
| # or
\\ [^\x80-\xff] # Escaped something (something != CR)
)* " # closing quote
) )* # further okay, if led by a period
(?: [\040\t] | \(
(?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] | \\ [^\x80-\xff] | \( (?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] | \\ [^\x80-\xff] )* \) )*
\) )* @ (?: [\040\t] | \(
(?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] | \\ [^\x80-\xff] | \( (?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] | \\ [^\x80-\xff] )* \) )*
\) )* (?:
[^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]+ # some number of atom characters...
(?![^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]) # ..not followed by something that could be part of an atom
| \[ # [
(?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015\[\]] | \\ [^\x80-\xff] )* # stuff
\] # ]
) # initial subdomain
(?: #
(?: [\040\t] | \(
(?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] | \\ [^\x80-\xff] | \( (?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] | \\ [^\x80-\xff] )* \) )*
\) )* \. # if led by a period...
(?: [\040\t] | \(
(?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] | \\ [^\x80-\xff] | \( (?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] | \\ [^\x80-\xff] )* \) )*
\) )* (?:
[^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]+ # some number of atom characters...
(?![^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]) # ..not followed by something that could be part of an atom
| \[ # [
(?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015\[\]] | \\ [^\x80-\xff] )* # stuff
\] # ]
) # ...further okay
)*
# address
| # or
(?:
[^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]+ # some number of atom characters...
(?![^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]) # ..not followed by something that could be part of an atom
|
" (?: # opening quote...
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015"] # Anything except backslash and quote
| # or
\\ [^\x80-\xff] # Escaped something (something != CR)
)* " # closing quote
) # one word, optionally followed by....
(?:
[^()<>@,;:".\\\[\]\x80-\xff\000-\010\012-\037] | # atom and space parts, or...
\(
(?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] | \\ [^\x80-\xff] | \( (?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] | \\ [^\x80-\xff] )* \) )*
\) | # comments, or...
" (?: # opening quote...
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015"] # Anything except backslash and quote
| # or
\\ [^\x80-\xff] # Escaped something (something != CR)
)* " # closing quote
# quoted strings
)*
< (?: [\040\t] | \(
(?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] | \\ [^\x80-\xff] | \( (?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] | \\ [^\x80-\xff] )* \) )*
\) )* # leading <
(?: @ (?: [\040\t] | \(
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(?: [\040\t] | \(
(?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] | \\ [^\x80-\xff] | \( (?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] | \\ [^\x80-\xff] )* \) )*
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# address spec
(?: [\040\t] | \(
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Alan Other <user\@dom.ain>
0: Alan Other <user@dom.ain>
<user\@dom.ain>
0: user@dom.ain
user\@dom.ain
0: user@dom.ain
\"A. Other\" <user.1234\@dom.ain> (a comment)
0: "A. Other" <user.1234@dom.ain> (a comment)
A. Other <user.1234\@dom.ain> (a comment)
0: Other <user.1234@dom.ain> (a comment)
\"/s=user/ou=host/o=place/prmd=uu.yy/admd= /c=gb/\"\@x400-re.lay
0: "/s=user/ou=host/o=place/prmd=uu.yy/admd= /c=gb/"@x400-re.lay
A missing angle <user\@some.where
0: user@some.where
*** Failers
No match
The quick brown fox
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[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * # normal*
(?: # (
(?: \\ [^\x80-\xff] |
\( # (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * # normal*
(?: \\ [^\x80-\xff] [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * )* # (special normal*)*
\) # )
) # special
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * # normal*
)* # )*
\) # )
[\040\t]* )* # If comment found, allow more spaces.
# additional words
)*
@
[\040\t]* # Nab whitespace.
(?:
\( # (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * # normal*
(?: # (
(?: \\ [^\x80-\xff] |
\( # (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * # normal*
(?: \\ [^\x80-\xff] [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * )* # (special normal*)*
\) # )
) # special
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * # normal*
)* # )*
\) # )
[\040\t]* )* # If comment found, allow more spaces.
(?:
[^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]+ # some number of atom characters...
(?![^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]) # ..not followed by something that could be part of an atom
|
\[ # [
(?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015\[\]] | \\ [^\x80-\xff] )* # stuff
\] # ]
)
[\040\t]* # Nab whitespace.
(?:
\( # (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * # normal*
(?: # (
(?: \\ [^\x80-\xff] |
\( # (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * # normal*
(?: \\ [^\x80-\xff] [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * )* # (special normal*)*
\) # )
) # special
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * # normal*
)* # )*
\) # )
[\040\t]* )* # If comment found, allow more spaces.
# optional trailing comments
(?:
\.
[\040\t]* # Nab whitespace.
(?:
\( # (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * # normal*
(?: # (
(?: \\ [^\x80-\xff] |
\( # (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * # normal*
(?: \\ [^\x80-\xff] [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * )* # (special normal*)*
\) # )
) # special
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * # normal*
)* # )*
\) # )
[\040\t]* )* # If comment found, allow more spaces.
(?:
[^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]+ # some number of atom characters...
(?![^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]) # ..not followed by something that could be part of an atom
|
\[ # [
(?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015\[\]] | \\ [^\x80-\xff] )* # stuff
\] # ]
)
[\040\t]* # Nab whitespace.
(?:
\( # (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * # normal*
(?: # (
(?: \\ [^\x80-\xff] |
\( # (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * # normal*
(?: \\ [^\x80-\xff] [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * )* # (special normal*)*
\) # )
) # special
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * # normal*
)* # )*
\) # )
[\040\t]* )* # If comment found, allow more spaces.
# optional trailing comments
)*
# address spec
> # >
# name and address
)
/x
Alan Other <user\@dom.ain>
0: Alan Other <user@dom.ain>
<user\@dom.ain>
0: user@dom.ain
user\@dom.ain
0: user@dom.ain
\"A. Other\" <user.1234\@dom.ain> (a comment)
0: "A. Other" <user.1234@dom.ain>
A. Other <user.1234\@dom.ain> (a comment)
0: Other <user.1234@dom.ain>
\"/s=user/ou=host/o=place/prmd=uu.yy/admd= /c=gb/\"\@x400-re.lay
0: "/s=user/ou=host/o=place/prmd=uu.yy/admd= /c=gb/"@x400-re.lay
A missing angle <user\@some.where
0: user@some.where
*** Failers
No match
The quick brown fox
No match
/abc\0def\00pqr\000xyz\0000AB/
abc\0def\00pqr\000xyz\0000AB
0: abc\x00def\x00pqr\x00xyz\x000AB
abc456 abc\0def\00pqr\000xyz\0000ABCDE
0: abc\x00def\x00pqr\x00xyz\x000AB
/abc\x0def\x00pqr\x000xyz\x0000AB/
abc\x0def\x00pqr\x000xyz\x0000AB
0: abc\x0def\x00pqr\x000xyz\x0000AB
abc456 abc\x0def\x00pqr\x000xyz\x0000ABCDE
0: abc\x0def\x00pqr\x000xyz\x0000AB
/^[\000-\037]/
\0A
0: \x00
\01B
0: \x01
\037C
0: \x1f
/\0*/
\0\0\0\0
0: \x00\x00\x00\x00
/A\x0{2,3}Z/
The A\x0\x0Z
0: A\x00\x00Z
An A\0\x0\0Z
0: A\x00\x00\x00Z
*** Failers
No match
A\0Z
No match
A\0\x0\0\x0Z
No match
/^(cow|)\1(bell)/
cowcowbell
0: cowcowbell
1: cow
2: bell
bell
0: bell
1:
2: bell
*** Failers
No match
cowbell
No match
/^\s/
\040abc
0:
\x0cabc
0: \x0c
\nabc
0: \x0a
\rabc
0: \x0d
\tabc
0: \x09
*** Failers
No match
abc
No match
/^a b
c/x
abc
0: abc
/^(a|)\1*b/
ab
0: ab
1: a
aaaab
0: aaaab
1: a
b
0: b
1:
*** Failers
No match
acb
No match
/^(a|)\1+b/
aab
0: aab
1: a
aaaab
0: aaaab
1: a
b
0: b
1:
*** Failers
No match
ab
No match
/^(a|)\1?b/
ab
0: ab
1: a
aab
0: aab
1: a
b
0: b
1:
*** Failers
No match
acb
No match
/^(a|)\1{2}b/
aaab
0: aaab
1: a
b
0: b
1:
*** Failers
No match
ab
No match
aab
No match
aaaab
No match
/^(a|)\1{2,3}b/
aaab
0: aaab
1: a
aaaab
0: aaaab
1: a
b
0: b
1:
*** Failers
No match
ab
No match
aab
No match
aaaaab
No match
/ab{1,3}bc/
abbbbc
0: abbbbc
abbbc
0: abbbc
abbc
0: abbc
*** Failers
No match
abc
No match
abbbbbc
No match
/([^.]*)\.([^:]*):[T ]+(.*)/
track1.title:TBlah blah blah
0: track1.title:TBlah blah blah
1: track1
2: title
3: Blah blah blah
/([^.]*)\.([^:]*):[T ]+(.*)/i
track1.title:TBlah blah blah
0: track1.title:TBlah blah blah
1: track1
2: title
3: Blah blah blah
/([^.]*)\.([^:]*):[t ]+(.*)/i
track1.title:TBlah blah blah
0: track1.title:TBlah blah blah
1: track1
2: title
3: Blah blah blah
/^[W-c]+$/
WXY_^abc
0: WXY_^abc
*** Failers
No match
wxy
No match
/^[W-c]+$/i
WXY_^abc
0: WXY_^abc
wxy_^ABC
0: wxy_^ABC
/^[\x3f-\x5F]+$/i
WXY_^abc
0: WXY_^abc
wxy_^ABC
0: wxy_^ABC
/^abc$/m
abc
0: abc
qqq\nabc
0: abc
abc\nzzz
0: abc
qqq\nabc\nzzz
0: abc
/^abc$/
abc
0: abc
*** Failers
No match
qqq\nabc
No match
abc\nzzz
No match
qqq\nabc\nzzz
No match
/\Aabc\Z/m
abc
0: abc
abc\n
0: abc
*** Failers
No match
qqq\nabc
No match
abc\nzzz
No match
qqq\nabc\nzzz
No match
/\A(.)*\Z/s
abc\ndef
0: abc\x0adef
1: f
/\A(.)*\Z/m
*** Failers
0: *** Failers
1: s
abc\ndef
No match
/(?:b)|(?::+)/
b::c
0: b
c::b
0: ::
/[-az]+/
az-
0: az-
*** Failers
0: a
b
No match
/[az-]+/
za-
0: za-
*** Failers
0: a
b
No match
/[a\-z]+/
a-z
0: a-z
*** Failers
0: a
b
No match
/[a-z]+/
abcdxyz
0: abcdxyz
/[\d-]+/
12-34
0: 12-34
*** Failers
No match
aaa
No match
/[\d-z]+/
12-34z
0: 12-34z
*** Failers
No match
aaa
No match
/\x5c/
\\
0: \
/\x20Z/
the Zoo
0: Z
*** Failers
No match
Zulu
No match
/(abc)\1/i
abcabc
0: abcabc
1: abc
ABCabc
0: ABCabc
1: ABC
abcABC
0: abcABC
1: abc
/ab{3cd/
ab{3cd
0: ab{3cd
/ab{3,cd/
ab{3,cd
0: ab{3,cd
/ab{3,4a}cd/
ab{3,4a}cd
0: ab{3,4a}cd
/{4,5a}bc/
{4,5a}bc
0: {4,5a}bc
/abc$/
abc
0: abc
abc\n
0: abc
*** Failers
No match
abc\ndef
No match
/(abc)\123/
abc\x53
0: abcS
1: abc
/(abc)\223/
abc\x93
0: abc\x93
1: abc
/(abc)\323/
abc\xd3
0: abc\xd3
1: abc
/(abc)\100/
abc\x40
0: abc@
1: abc
abc\100
0: abc@
1: abc
/(abc)\1000/
abc\x400
0: abc@0
1: abc
abc\x40\x30
0: abc@0
1: abc
abc\1000
0: abc@0
1: abc
abc\100\x30
0: abc@0
1: abc
abc\100\060
0: abc@0
1: abc
abc\100\60
0: abc@0
1: abc
/^A\8B\9C$/
A8B9C
0: A8B9C
*** Failers
No match
A\08B\09C
No match
/^(A)(B)(C)(D)(E)(F)(G)(H)(I)\8\9$/
ABCDEFGHIHI
0: ABCDEFGHIHI
1: A
2: B
3: C
4: D
5: E
6: F
7: G
8: H
9: I
/^[A\8B\9C]+$/
A8B9C
0: A8B9C
*** Failers
No match
A8B9C\x00
No match
/(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)(j)(k)(l)\12\123/
abcdefghijkllS
0: abcdefghijkllS
1: a
2: b
3: c
4: d
5: e
6: f
7: g
8: h
9: i
10: j
11: k
12: l
/(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)(j)(k)\12\123/
abcdefghijk\12S
0: abcdefghijk\x0aS
1: a
2: b
3: c
4: d
5: e
6: f
7: g
8: h
9: i
10: j
11: k
/ab\idef/
abidef
0: abidef
/a{0}bc/
bc
0: bc
/(a|(bc)){0,0}?xyz/
xyz
0: xyz
/abc[\10]de/
abc\010de
0: abc\x08de
/abc[\1]de/
abc\1de
0: abc\x01de
/(abc)[\1]de/
abc\1de
0: abc\x01de
1: abc
/(?s)a.b/
a\nb
0: a\x0ab
/^([^a])([^\b])([^c]*)([^d]{3,4})/
baNOTccccd
0: baNOTcccc
1: b
2: a
3: NOT
4: cccc
baNOTcccd
0: baNOTccc
1: b
2: a
3: NOT
4: ccc
baNOTccd
0: baNOTcc
1: b
2: a
3: NO
4: Tcc
bacccd
0: baccc
1: b
2: a
3:
4: ccc
*** Failers
0: *** Failers
1: *
2: *
3: * Fail
4: ers
anything
No match
b\bc
No match
baccd
No match
/[^a]/
Abc
0: A
/[^a]/i
Abc
0: b
/[^a]+/
AAAaAbc
0: AAA
/[^a]+/i
AAAaAbc
0: bc
/[^a]+/
bbb\nccc
0: bbb\x0accc
/[^k]$/
abc
0: c
*** Failers
0: s
abk
No match
/[^k]{2,3}$/
abc
0: abc
kbc
0: bc
kabc
0: abc
*** Failers
0: ers
abk
No match
akb
No match
akk
No match
/^\d{8,}\@.+[^k]$/
12345678\@a.b.c.d
0: 12345678@a.b.c.d
123456789\@x.y.z
0: 123456789@x.y.z
*** Failers
No match
12345678\@x.y.uk
No match
1234567\@a.b.c.d
No match
/(a)\1{8,}/
aaaaaaaaa
0: aaaaaaaaa
1: a
aaaaaaaaaa
0: aaaaaaaaaa
1: a
*** Failers
No match
aaaaaaa
No match
/[^a]/
aaaabcd
0: b
aaAabcd
0: A
/[^a]/i
aaaabcd
0: b
aaAabcd
0: b
/[^az]/
aaaabcd
0: b
aaAabcd
0: A
/[^az]/i
aaaabcd
0: b
aaAabcd
0: b
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xxxxxxxxxxxPSTAIREISLLxxxxxxxxx
0: PSTAIREISLL
/P[^*]TAIRE[^*]{1,}?LL/
xxxxxxxxxxxPSTAIREISLLxxxxxxxxx
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/(\.\d\d[1-9]?)\d+/
1.230003938
0: .230003938
1: .23
1.875000282
0: .875000282
1: .875
1.235
0: .235
1: .23
/(\.\d\d((?=0)|\d(?=\d)))/
1.230003938
0: .23
1: .23
2:
1.875000282
0: .875
1: .875
2: 5
*** Failers
No match
1.235
No match
/a(?)b/
ab
0: ab
/\b(foo)\s+(\w+)/i
Food is on the foo table
0: foo table
1: foo
2: table
/foo(.*)bar/
The food is under the bar in the barn.
0: food is under the bar in the bar
1: d is under the bar in the
/foo(.*?)bar/
The food is under the bar in the barn.
0: food is under the bar
1: d is under the
/(.*)(\d*)/
I have 2 numbers: 53147
0: I have 2 numbers: 53147
1: I have 2 numbers: 53147
2:
/(.*)(\d+)/
I have 2 numbers: 53147
0: I have 2 numbers: 53147
1: I have 2 numbers: 5314
2: 7
/(.*?)(\d*)/
I have 2 numbers: 53147
0:
1:
2:
/(.*?)(\d+)/
I have 2 numbers: 53147
0: I have 2
1: I have
2: 2
/(.*)(\d+)$/
I have 2 numbers: 53147
0: I have 2 numbers: 53147
1: I have 2 numbers: 5314
2: 7
/(.*?)(\d+)$/
I have 2 numbers: 53147
0: I have 2 numbers: 53147
1: I have 2 numbers:
2: 53147
/(.*)\b(\d+)$/
I have 2 numbers: 53147
0: I have 2 numbers: 53147
1: I have 2 numbers:
2: 53147
/(.*\D)(\d+)$/
I have 2 numbers: 53147
0: I have 2 numbers: 53147
1: I have 2 numbers:
2: 53147
/^\D*(?!123)/
ABC123
0: AB
/^(\D*)(?=\d)(?!123)/
ABC445
0: ABC
1: ABC
*** Failers
No match
ABC123
No match
/^[W-]46]/
W46]789
0: W46]
-46]789
0: -46]
*** Failers
No match
Wall
No match
Zebra
No match
42
No match
[abcd]
No match
]abcd[
No match
/^[W-\]46]/
W46]789
0: W
Wall
0: W
Zebra
0: Z
Xylophone
0: X
42
0: 4
[abcd]
0: [
]abcd[
0: ]
\\backslash
0: \
*** Failers
No match
-46]789
No match
well
No match
/\d\d\/\d\d\/\d\d\d\d/
01/01/2000
0: 01/01/2000
/word (?:[a-zA-Z0-9]+ ){0,10}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]+ ){0,300}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
/^(a){0,0}/
bcd
0:
abc
0:
aab
0:
/^(a){0,1}/
bcd
0:
abc
0: a
1: a
aab
0: a
1: a
/^(a){0,2}/
bcd
0:
abc
0: a
1: a
aab
0: aa
1: a
/^(a){0,3}/
bcd
0:
abc
0: a
1: a
aab
0: aa
1: a
aaa
0: aaa
1: a
/^(a){0,}/
bcd
0:
abc
0: a
1: a
aab
0: aa
1: a
aaa
0: aaa
1: a
aaaaaaaa
0: aaaaaaaa
1: a
/^(a){1,1}/
bcd
No match
abc
0: a
1: a
aab
0: a
1: a
/^(a){1,2}/
bcd
No match
abc
0: a
1: a
aab
0: aa
1: a
/^(a){1,3}/
bcd
No match
abc
0: a
1: a
aab
0: aa
1: a
aaa
0: aaa
1: a
/^(a){1,}/
bcd
No match
abc
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1: a
aab
0: aa
1: a
aaa
0: aaa
1: a
aaaaaaaa
0: aaaaaaaa
1: a
/.*\.gif/
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/.*$/m
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/.*$/s
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/.*$/ms
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/.*$/
borfle\nbib.gif\nno\n
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/.*$/m
borfle\nbib.gif\nno\n
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/.*$/s
borfle\nbib.gif\nno\n
0: borfle\x0abib.gif\x0ano\x0a
/.*$/ms
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/(.*X|^B)/
abcde\n1234Xyz
0: 1234X
1: 1234X
BarFoo
0: B
1: B
*** Failers
No match
abcde\nBar
No match
/(.*X|^B)/m
abcde\n1234Xyz
0: 1234X
1: 1234X
BarFoo
0: B
1: B
abcde\nBar
0: B
1: B
/(.*X|^B)/s
abcde\n1234Xyz
0: abcde\x0a1234X
1: abcde\x0a1234X
BarFoo
0: B
1: B
*** Failers
No match
abcde\nBar
No match
/(.*X|^B)/ms
abcde\n1234Xyz
0: abcde\x0a1234X
1: abcde\x0a1234X
BarFoo
0: B
1: B
abcde\nBar
0: B
1: B
/(?s)(.*X|^B)/
abcde\n1234Xyz
0: abcde\x0a1234X
1: abcde\x0a1234X
BarFoo
0: B
1: B
*** Failers
No match
abcde\nBar
No match
/(?s:.*X|^B)/
abcde\n1234Xyz
0: abcde\x0a1234X
BarFoo
0: B
*** Failers
No match
abcde\nBar
No match
/^.*B/
**** Failers
No match
abc\nB
No match
/(?s)^.*B/
abc\nB
0: abc\x0aB
/(?m)^.*B/
abc\nB
0: B
/(?ms)^.*B/
abc\nB
0: abc\x0aB
/(?ms)^B/
abc\nB
0: B
/(?s)B$/
B\n
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/^[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]/
123456654321
0: 123456654321
/^\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d/
123456654321
0: 123456654321
/^[\d][\d][\d][\d][\d][\d][\d][\d][\d][\d][\d][\d]/
123456654321
0: 123456654321
/^[abc]{12}/
abcabcabcabc
0: abcabcabcabc
/^[a-c]{12}/
abcabcabcabc
0: abcabcabcabc
/^(a|b|c){12}/
abcabcabcabc
0: abcabcabcabc
1: c
/^[abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxy0123456789]/
n
0: n
*** Failers
No match
z
No match
/abcde{0,0}/
abcd
0: abcd
*** Failers
No match
abce
No match
/ab[cd]{0,0}e/
abe
0: abe
*** Failers
No match
abcde
No match
/ab(c){0,0}d/
abd
0: abd
*** Failers
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abcd
No match
/a(b*)/
a
0: a
1:
ab
0: ab
1: b
abbbb
0: abbbb
1: bbbb
*** Failers
0: a
1:
bbbbb
No match
/ab\d{0}e/
abe
0: abe
*** Failers
No match
ab1e
No match
/"([^\\"]+|\\.)*"/
the \"quick\" brown fox
0: "quick"
1: quick
\"the \\\"quick\\\" brown fox\"
0: "the \"quick\" brown fox"
1: brown fox
/.*?/g+
abc
0:
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0+ c
0:
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/\b/g+
abc
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/\b/+g
abc
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//g
abc
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/a[^a]b/
acb
0: acb
a\nb
0: a\x0ab
/a.b/
acb
0: acb
*** Failers
No match
a\nb
No match
/a[^a]b/s
acb
0: acb
a\nb
0: a\x0ab
/a.b/s
acb
0: acb
a\nb
0: a\x0ab
/^(b+?|a){1,2}?c/
bac
0: bac
1: a
bbac
0: bbac
1: a
bbbac
0: bbbac
1: a
bbbbac
0: bbbbac
1: a
bbbbbac
0: bbbbbac
1: a
/^(b+|a){1,2}?c/
bac
0: bac
1: a
bbac
0: bbac
1: a
bbbac
0: bbbac
1: a
bbbbac
0: bbbbac
1: a
bbbbbac
0: bbbbbac
1: a
/(?!\A)x/m
x\nb\n
No match
a\bx\n
0: x
/\x0{ab}/
\0{ab}
0: \x00{ab}
/(A|B)*?CD/
CD
0: CD
/(A|B)*CD/
CD
0: CD
/(AB)*?\1/
ABABAB
0: ABAB
1: AB
/(AB)*\1/
ABABAB
0: ABABAB
1: AB
/(?<!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
Ab
0: Ab
*** Failers
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 cases of aaaa and aaaaaa are missed out below because Perl does things/
/differently. We know that odd, and maybe incorrect, things happen with/
No match
/recursive references in Perl, as far as 5.11.3 - see some stuff in test #2./
No match
/^(a\1?){4}$/
a
No match
aa
No match
aaa
No match
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?)*$/
\
0:
a
0: a
ab
0: ab
aaa
0: aaa
*** Failers
No match
dbcb
No match
a--
No match
aa--
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
/(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:
/^[\d-a]/
abcde
0: a
-things
0: -
0digit
0: 0
*** Failers
No match
bcdef
No match
/[[:space:]]+/
> \x09\x0a\x0c\x0d\x0b<
0: \x09\x0a\x0c\x0d\x0b
/[[:blank:]]+/
> \x09\x0a\x0c\x0d\x0b<
0: \x09
/[\s]+/
> \x09\x0a\x0c\x0d\x0b<
0: \x09\x0a\x0c\x0d\x0b
/\s+/
> \x09\x0a\x0c\x0d\x0b<
0: \x09\x0a\x0c\x0d\x0b
/a b/x
ab
0: ab
/(?!\A)x/m
a\nxb\n
0: x
/(?!^)x/m
a\nxb\n
No match
/abc\Qabc\Eabc/
abcabcabc
0: abcabcabc
/abc\Q(*+|\Eabc/
abc(*+|abc
0: abc(*+|abc
/ abc\Q abc\Eabc/x
abc abcabc
0: abc abcabc
*** Failers
No match
abcabcabc
No match
/abc#comment
\Q#not comment
literal\E/x
abc#not comment\n literal
0: abc#not comment\x0a literal
/abc#comment
\Q#not comment
literal/x
abc#not comment\n literal
0: abc#not comment\x0a literal
/abc#comment
\Q#not comment
literal\E #more comment
/x
abc#not comment\n literal
0: abc#not comment\x0a literal
/abc#comment
\Q#not comment
literal\E #more comment/x
abc#not comment\n literal
0: abc#not comment\x0a literal
/\Qabc\$xyz\E/
abc\\\$xyz
0: abc\$xyz
/\Qabc\E\$\Qxyz\E/
abc\$xyz
0: abc$xyz
/\Gabc/
abc
0: abc
*** Failers
No match
xyzabc
No match
/\Gabc./g
abc1abc2xyzabc3
0: abc1
0: abc2
/abc./g
abc1abc2xyzabc3
0: abc1
0: abc2
0: abc3
/a(?x: b c )d/
XabcdY
0: abcd
*** Failers
No match
Xa b c d Y
No match
/((?x)x y z | a b c)/
XabcY
0: abc
1: abc
AxyzB
0: xyz
1: xyz
/(?i)AB(?-i)C/
XabCY
0: abC
*** Failers
No match
XabcY
No match
/((?i)AB(?-i)C|D)E/
abCE
0: abCE
1: abC
DE
0: DE
1: D
*** Failers
No match
abcE
No match
abCe
No match
dE
No match
De
No match
/(.*)\d+\1/
abc123abc
0: abc123abc
1: abc
abc123bc
0: bc123bc
1: bc
/(.*)\d+\1/s
abc123abc
0: abc123abc
1: abc
abc123bc
0: bc123bc
1: bc
/((.*))\d+\1/
abc123abc
0: abc123abc
1: abc
2: abc
abc123bc
0: bc123bc
1: bc
2: bc
/-- This tests for an IPv6 address in the form where it can have up to
eight components, one and only one of which is empty. This must be
an internal component. --/
/^(?!:) # colon disallowed at start
(?: # start of item
(?: [0-9a-f]{1,4} | # 1-4 hex digits or
(?(1)0 | () ) ) # if null previously matched, fail; else null
: # followed by colon
){1,7} # end item; 1-7 of them required
[0-9a-f]{1,4} $ # final hex number at end of string
(?(1)|.) # check that there was an empty component
/xi
a123::a123
0: a123::a123
1:
a123:b342::abcd
0: a123:b342::abcd
1:
a123:b342::324e:abcd
0: a123:b342::324e:abcd
1:
a123:ddde:b342::324e:abcd
0: a123:ddde:b342::324e:abcd
1:
a123:ddde:b342::324e:dcba:abcd
0: a123:ddde:b342::324e:dcba:abcd
1:
a123:ddde:9999:b342::324e:dcba:abcd
0: a123:ddde:9999:b342::324e:dcba:abcd
1:
*** Failers
No match
1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8
No match
a123:bce:ddde:9999:b342::324e:dcba:abcd
No match
a123::9999:b342::324e:dcba:abcd
No match
abcde:2:3:4:5:6:7:8
No match
::1
No match
abcd:fee0:123::
No match
:1
No match
1:
No match
/[z\Qa-d]\E]/
z
0: z
a
0: a
-
0: -
d
0: d
]
0: ]
*** Failers
0: a
b
No match
/[\z\C]/
z
0: z
C
0: C
/\M/
M
0: M
/(a+)*b/
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
No match
/(?i)reg(?:ul(?:[a]|ae)r|ex)/
REGular
0: REGular
regulaer
0: regulaer
Regex
0: Regex
regulr
0: regul\xe4r
/[--]+/
0: \xc5\xe6\xe5\xe4\xe0
0: \xc5\xe6\xe5\xe4\xff
0: \xc5\xe6\xe5\xe4\xc0
0: \xc5\xe6\xe5\xe4\xdf
/(?<=Z)X./
\x84XAZXB
0: XB
/ab cd (?x) de fg/
ab cd defg
0: ab cd defg
/ab cd(?x) de fg/
ab cddefg
0: ab cddefg
** Failers
No match
abcddefg
No match
/(?<![^f]oo)(bar)/
foobarX
0: bar
1: bar
** Failers
No match
boobarX
No match
/(?<![^f])X/
offX
0: X
** Failers
No match
onyX
No match
/(?<=[^f])X/
onyX
0: X
** Failers
No match
offX
No match
/^/mg
a\nb\nc\n
0:
0:
0:
\
0:
/(?<=C\n)^/mg
A\nC\nC\n
0:
/(?:(?(1)a|b)(X))+/
bXaX
0: bXaX
1: X
/(?:(?(1)\1a|b)(X|Y))+/
bXXaYYaY
0: bXXaYYaY
1: Y
bXYaXXaX
0: bX
1: X
/()()()()()()()()()(?:(?(10)\10a|b)(X|Y))+/
bXXaYYaY
0: bX
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
6:
7:
8:
9:
10: X
/[[,abc,]+]/
abc]
0: abc]
a,b]
0: a,b]
[a,b,c]
0: [a,b,c]
/(?-x: )/x
A\x20B
0:
"(?x)(?-x: \s*#\s*)"
A # B
0: #
** Failers
No match
#
No match
"(?x-is)(?:(?-ixs) \s*#\s*) include"
A #include
0: #include
** Failers
No match
A#include
No match
A #Include
No match
/a*b*\w/
aaabbbb
0: aaabbbb
aaaa
0: aaaa
a
0: a
/a*b?\w/
aaabbbb
0: aaabb
aaaa
0: aaaa
a
0: a
/a*b{0,4}\w/
aaabbbb
0: aaabbbb
aaaa
0: aaaa
a
0: a
/a*b{0,}\w/
aaabbbb
0: aaabbbb
aaaa
0: aaaa
a
0: a
/a*\d*\w/
0a
0: 0a
a
0: a
/a*b *\w/x
a
0: a
/a*b#comment
*\w/x
a
0: a
/a* b *\w/x
a
0: a
/^\w+=.*(\\\n.*)*/
abc=xyz\\\npqr
0: abc=xyz\
/(?=(\w+))\1:/
abcd:
0: abcd:
1: abcd
/^(?=(\w+))\1:/
abcd:
0: abcd:
1: abcd
/^\Eabc/
abc
0: abc
/^[\Eabc]/
a
0: a
** Failers
No match
E
No match
/^[a-\Ec]/
b
0: b
** Failers
No match
-
No match
E
No match
/^[a\E\E-\Ec]/
b
0: b
** Failers
No match
-
No match
E
No match
/^[\E\Qa\E-\Qz\E]+/
b
0: b
** Failers
No match
-
No match
/^[a\Q]bc\E]/
a
0: a
]
0: ]
c
0: c
/^[a-\Q\E]/
a
0: a
-
0: -
/^(a()*)*/
aaaa
0: aaaa
1: a
2:
/^(?:a(?:(?:))*)*/
aaaa
0: aaaa
/^(a()+)+/
aaaa
0: aaaa
1: a
2:
/^(?:a(?:(?:))+)+/
aaaa
0: aaaa
/(a){0,3}(?(1)b|(c|))*D/
abbD
0: abbD
1: a
ccccD
0: ccccD
1: <unset>
2:
D
0: D
1: <unset>
2:
/(a|)*\d/
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
No match
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa4
0: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa4
1:
/(?>a|)*\d/
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
No match
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa4
0: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa4
/(?:a|)*\d/
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
No match
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa4
0: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa4
/\Z/g
abc\n
0:
0:
/^(?s)(?>.*)(?<!\n)/
abc
0: abc
abc\n
No match
/^(?![^\n]*\n\z)/
abc
0:
abc\n
No match
/\z(?<!\n)/
abc
0:
abc\n
No match
/(.*(.)?)*/
abcd
0: abcd
1:
/( (A | (?(1)0|) )* )/x
abcd
0:
1:
2:
/( ( (?(1)0|) )* )/x
abcd
0:
1:
2:
/( (?(1)0|)* )/x
abcd
0:
1:
/[[:abcd:xyz]]/
a]
0: a]
:]
0: :]
/[abc[:x\]pqr]/
a
0: a
[
0: [
:
0: :
]
0: ]
p
0: p
/.*[op][xyz]/
fooabcfoo
No match
/(?(?=.*b)b|^)/
adc
0:
abc
0: b
/(?(?=^.*b)b|^)/
adc
0:
abc
No match
/(?(?=.*b)b|^)*/
adc
0:
abc
0:
/(?(?=.*b)b|^)+/
adc
0:
abc
0: b
/(?(?=b).*b|^d)/
abc
0: b
/(?(?=.*b).*b|^d)/
abc
0: ab
/^%((?(?=[a])[^%])|b)*%$/
%ab%
0: %ab%
1:
/(?i)a(?-i)b|c/
XabX
0: ab
XAbX
0: Ab
CcC
0: c
** Failers
No match
XABX
No match
/[\x00-\xff\s]+/
\x0a\x0b\x0c\x0d
0: \x0a\x0b\x0c\x0d
/^\c/
?
0: ?
/(abc)\1/i
abc
No match
/(abc)\1/
abc
No match
/[^a]*/i
12abc
0: 12
12ABC
0: 12
/[^a]*+/i
12abc
0: 12
12ABC
0: 12
/[^a]*?X/i
** Failers
No match
12abc
No match
12ABC
No match
/[^a]+?X/i
** Failers
No match
12abc
No match
12ABC
No match
/[^a]?X/i
12aXbcX
0: X
12AXBCX
0: X
BCX
0: CX
/[^a]??X/i
12aXbcX
0: X
12AXBCX
0: X
BCX
0: CX
/[^a]?+X/i
12aXbcX
0: cX
12AXBCX
0: CX
BCX
0: CX
/[^a]{2,3}/i
abcdef
0: bcd
ABCDEF
0: BCD
/[^a]{2,3}?/i
abcdef
0: bc
ABCDEF
0: BC
/[^a]{2,3}+/i
abcdef
0: bcd
ABCDEF
0: BCD
/((a|)+)+Z/
Z
0: Z
1:
2:
/(a)b|(a)c/
ac
0: ac
1: <unset>
2: a
/(?>(a))b|(a)c/
ac
0: ac
1: <unset>
2: a
/(?=(a))ab|(a)c/
ac
0: ac
1: <unset>
2: a
/((?>(a))b|(a)c)/
ac
0: ac
1: ac
2: <unset>
3: a
/((?>(a))b|(a)c)++/
ac
0: ac
1: ac
2: <unset>
3: a
/(?:(?>(a))b|(a)c)++/
ac
0: ac
1: <unset>
2: a
/(?=(?>(a))b|(a)c)(..)/
ac
0: ac
1: <unset>
2: a
3: ac
/(?>(?>(a))b|(a)c)/
ac
0: ac
1: <unset>
2: a
/(?:(?>([ab])))+a=/+
=ba=
0: ba=
0+
1: b
/(?>([ab]))+a=/+
=ba=
0: ba=
0+
1: b
/((?>(a+)b)+(aabab))/
aaaabaaabaabab
0: aaaabaaabaabab
1: aaaabaaabaabab
2: aaa
3: aabab
/(?>a+|ab)+?c/
aabc
No match
/(?>a+|ab)+c/
aabc
No match
/(?:a+|ab)+c/
aabc
0: aabc
/(?(?=(a))a)/
a
0: a
1: a
/(?(?=(a))a)(b)/
ab
0: ab
1: a
2: b
/^(?:a|ab)++c/
aaaabc
No match
/^(?>a|ab)++c/
aaaabc
No match
/^(?:a|ab)+c/
aaaabc
0: aaaabc
/(?=abc){3}abc/+
abcabcabc
0: abc
0+ abcabc
** Failers
No match
xyz
No match
/(?=abc)+abc/+
abcabcabc
0: abc
0+ abcabc
** Failers
No match
xyz
No match
/(?=abc)++abc/+
abcabcabc
0: abc
0+ abcabc
** Failers
No match
xyz
No match
/(?=abc){0}xyz/
xyz
0: xyz
/(?=abc){1}xyz/
** Failers
No match
xyz
No match
/(?=(a))?./
ab
0: a
1: a
bc
0: b
/(?=(a))??./
ab
0: a
bc
0: b
/^(?=(?1))?[az]([abc])d/
abd
0: abd
1: b
zcdxx
0: zcd
1: c
/^(?!a){0}\w+/
aaaaa
0: aaaaa
/(?<=(abc))?xyz/
abcxyz
0: xyz
1: abc
pqrxyz
0: xyz
/^[\g<a>]+/
ggg<<<aaa>>>
0: ggg<<<aaa>>>
** Failers
No match
\\ga
No match
/^[\ga]+/
gggagagaxyz
0: gggagaga
/^[:a[:digit:]]+/
aaaa444:::Z
0: aaaa444:::
/^[:a[:digit:]:b]+/
aaaa444:::bbbZ
0: aaaa444:::bbb
/[:a]xxx[b:]/
:xxx:
0: :xxx:
/(?<=a{2})b/i
xaabc
0: b
** Failers
No match
xabc
No match
/(?<!a{2})b/i
xabc
0: b
** Failers
No match
xaabc
No match
/(?<=a\h)c/
xa c
0: c
/(?<=[^a]{2})b/
axxbc
0: b
aAAbc
0: b
** Failers
No match
xaabc
No match
/(?<=[^a]{2})b/i
axxbc
0: b
** Failers
No match
aAAbc
No match
xaabc
No match
/(?<=a\H)c/
abc
0: c
/(?<=a\V)c/
abc
0: c
/(?<=a\v)c/
a\nc
0: c
/(?(?=c)c|d)++Y/
XcccddYX
0: cccddY
/(?(?=c)c|d)*+Y/
XcccddYX
0: cccddY
/^(a{2,3}){2,}+a/
aaaaaaa
0: aaaaaaa
1: aaa
** Failers
No match
aaaaaa
No match
aaaaaaaaa
No match
/^(a{2,3})++a/
** Failers
No match
aaaaaa
No match
/^(a{2,3})*+a/
** Failers
No match
aaaaaa
No match
/ab\Cde/
abXde
0: abXde
/(?<=ab\Cde)X/
abZdeX
0: X
/a[\CD]b/
aCb
0: aCb
aDb
0: aDb
/a[\C-X]b/
aJb
0: aJb
/\H\h\V\v/
X X\x0a
0: X X\x0a
X\x09X\x0b
0: X\x09X\x0b
** Failers
No match
\xa0 X\x0a
No match
/\H*\h+\V?\v{3,4}/
\x09\x20\xa0X\x0a\x0b\x0c\x0d\x0a
0: \x09 \xa0X\x0a\x0b\x0c\x0d
\x09\x20\xa0\x0a\x0b\x0c\x0d\x0a
0: \x09 \xa0\x0a\x0b\x0c\x0d
\x09\x20\xa0\x0a\x0b\x0c
0: \x09 \xa0\x0a\x0b\x0c
** Failers
No match
\x09\x20\xa0\x0a\x0b
No match
/\H{3,4}/
XY ABCDE
0: ABCD
XY PQR ST
0: PQR
/.\h{3,4}./
XY AB PQRS
0: B P
/\h*X\h?\H+Y\H?Z/
>XNNNYZ
0: XNNNYZ
> X NYQZ
0: X NYQZ
** Failers
No match
>XYZ
No match
> X NY Z
No match
/\v*X\v?Y\v+Z\V*\x0a\V+\x0b\V{2,3}\x0c/
>XY\x0aZ\x0aA\x0bNN\x0c
0: XY\x0aZ\x0aA\x0bNN\x0c
>\x0a\x0dX\x0aY\x0a\x0bZZZ\x0aAAA\x0bNNN\x0c
0: \x0a\x0dX\x0aY\x0a\x0bZZZ\x0aAAA\x0bNNN\x0c
/(foo)\Kbar/
foobar
0: bar
1: foo
/(foo)(\Kbar|baz)/
foobar
0: bar
1: foo
2: bar
foobaz
0: foobaz
1: foo
2: baz
/(foo\Kbar)baz/
foobarbaz
0: barbaz
1: foobar
/abc\K|def\K/g+
Xabcdefghi
0:
0+ defghi
0:
0+ ghi
/ab\Kc|de\Kf/g+
Xabcdefghi
0: c
0+ defghi
0: f
0+ ghi
/(?=C)/g+
ABCDECBA
0:
0+ CDECBA
0:
0+ CBA
/^abc\K/+
abcdef
0:
0+ def
** Failers
No match
defabcxyz
No match
/^(a(b))\1\g1\g{1}\g-1\g{-1}\g{-02}Z/
ababababbbabZXXXX
0: ababababbbabZ
1: ab
2: b
/(?<A>tom|bon)-\g{A}/
tom-tom
0: tom-tom
1: tom
bon-bon
0: bon-bon
1: bon
/(^(a|b\g{-1}))/
bacxxx
No match
/(?|(abc)|(xyz))\1/
abcabc
0: abcabc
1: abc
xyzxyz
0: xyzxyz
1: xyz
** Failers
No match
abcxyz
No match
xyzabc
No match
/(?|(abc)|(xyz))(?1)/
abcabc
0: abcabc
1: abc
xyzabc
0: xyzabc
1: xyz
** Failers
No match
xyzxyz
No match
/^X(?5)(a)(?|(b)|(q))(c)(d)(Y)/
XYabcdY
0: XYabcdY
1: a
2: b
3: c
4: d
5: Y
/^X(?7)(a)(?|(b|(r)(s))|(q))(c)(d)(Y)/
XYabcdY
0: XYabcdY
1: a
2: b
3: <unset>
4: <unset>
5: c
6: d
7: Y
/^X(?7)(a)(?|(b|(?|(r)|(t))(s))|(q))(c)(d)(Y)/
XYabcdY
0: XYabcdY
1: a
2: b
3: <unset>
4: <unset>
5: c
6: d
7: Y
/(?'abc'\w+):\k<abc>{2}/
a:aaxyz
0: a:aa
1: a
ab:ababxyz
0: ab:abab
1: ab
** Failers
No match
a:axyz
No match
ab:abxyz
No match
/(?'abc'\w+):\g{abc}{2}/
a:aaxyz
0: a:aa
1: a
ab:ababxyz
0: ab:abab
1: ab
** Failers
No match
a:axyz
No match
ab:abxyz
No match
/^(?<ab>a)? (?(<ab>)b|c) (?('ab')d|e)/x
abd
0: abd
1: a
ce
0: ce
/^(a.)\g-1Z/
aXaXZ
0: aXaXZ
1: aX
/^(a.)\g{-1}Z/
aXaXZ
0: aXaXZ
1: aX
/^(?(DEFINE) (?<A> a) (?<B> b) ) (?&A) (?&B) /x
abcd
0: ab
/(?<NAME>(?&NAME_PAT))\s+(?<ADDR>(?&ADDRESS_PAT))
(?(DEFINE)
(?<NAME_PAT>[a-z]+)
(?<ADDRESS_PAT>\d+)
)/x
metcalfe 33
0: metcalfe 33
1: metcalfe
2: 33
/(?(DEFINE)(?<byte>2[0-4]\d|25[0-5]|1\d\d|[1-9]?\d))\b(?&byte)(\.(?&byte)){3}/
1.2.3.4
0: 1.2.3.4
1: <unset>
2: .4
131.111.10.206
0: 131.111.10.206
1: <unset>
2: .206
10.0.0.0
0: 10.0.0.0
1: <unset>
2: .0
** Failers
No match
10.6
No match
455.3.4.5
No match
/\b(?&byte)(\.(?&byte)){3}(?(DEFINE)(?<byte>2[0-4]\d|25[0-5]|1\d\d|[1-9]?\d))/
1.2.3.4
0: 1.2.3.4
1: .4
131.111.10.206
0: 131.111.10.206
1: .206
10.0.0.0
0: 10.0.0.0
1: .0
** Failers
No match
10.6
No match
455.3.4.5
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
*** 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
/([^()]++|\([^()]*\))+/
((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
/^([^()]|\((?1)*\))*$/
abc
0: abc
1: c
a(b)c
0: a(b)c
1: c
a(b(c))d
0: a(b(c))d
1: d
*** Failers)
No match
a(b(c)d
No match
/^>abc>([^()]|\((?1)*\))*<xyz<$/
>abc>123<xyz<
0: >abc>123<xyz<
1: 3
>abc>1(2)3<xyz<
0: >abc>1(2)3<xyz<
1: 3
>abc>(1(2)3)<xyz<
0: >abc>(1(2)3)<xyz<
1: (1(2)3)
/^(?:((.)(?1)\2|)|((.)(?3)\4|.))$/i
1221
0: 1221
1: 1221
2: 1
Satanoscillatemymetallicsonatas
0: Satanoscillatemymetallicsonatas
1: <unset>
2: <unset>
3: Satanoscillatemymetallicsonatas
4: S
AmanaplanacanalPanama
0: AmanaplanacanalPanama
1: <unset>
2: <unset>
3: AmanaplanacanalPanama
4: A
AblewasIereIsawElba
0: AblewasIereIsawElba
1: <unset>
2: <unset>
3: AblewasIereIsawElba
4: A
*** Failers
No match
Thequickbrownfox
No match
/^(\d+|\((?1)([+*-])(?1)\)|-(?1))$/
12
0: 12
1: 12
(((2+2)*-3)-7)
0: (((2+2)*-3)-7)
1: (((2+2)*-3)-7)
2: -
-12
0: -12
1: -12
*** Failers
No match
((2+2)*-3)-7)
No match
/^(x(y|(?1){2})z)/
xyz
0: xyz
1: xyz
2: y
xxyzxyzz
0: xxyzxyzz
1: xxyzxyzz
2: xyzxyz
*** Failers
No match
xxyzz
No match
xxyzxyzxyzz
No match
/((< (?: (?(R) \d++ | [^<>]*+) | (?2)) * >))/x
<>
0: <>
1: <>
2: <>
<abcd>
0: <abcd>
1: <abcd>
2: <abcd>
<abc <123> hij>
0: <abc <123> hij>
1: <abc <123> hij>
2: <abc <123> hij>
<abc <def> hij>
0: <def>
1: <def>
2: <def>
<abc<>def>
0: <abc<>def>
1: <abc<>def>
2: <abc<>def>
<abc<>
0: <>
1: <>
2: <>
*** Failers
No match
<abc
No match
/^a+(*FAIL)/
aaaaaa
No match
/a+b?c+(*FAIL)/
aaabccc
No match
/a+b?(*PRUNE)c+(*FAIL)/
aaabccc
No match
/a+b?(*COMMIT)c+(*FAIL)/
aaabccc
No match
/a+b?(*SKIP)c+(*FAIL)/
aaabcccaaabccc
No match
/^(?:aaa(*THEN)\w{6}|bbb(*THEN)\w{5}|ccc(*THEN)\w{4}|\w{3})/
aaaxxxxxx
0: aaaxxxxxx
aaa++++++
0: aaa
bbbxxxxx
0: bbbxxxxx
bbb+++++
0: bbb
cccxxxx
0: cccxxxx
ccc++++
0: ccc
dddddddd
0: ddd
/^(aaa(*THEN)\w{6}|bbb(*THEN)\w{5}|ccc(*THEN)\w{4}|\w{3})/
aaaxxxxxx
0: aaaxxxxxx
1: aaaxxxxxx
aaa++++++
0: aaa
1: aaa
bbbxxxxx
0: bbbxxxxx
1: bbbxxxxx
bbb+++++
0: bbb
1: bbb
cccxxxx
0: cccxxxx
1: cccxxxx
ccc++++
0: ccc
1: ccc
dddddddd
0: ddd
1: ddd
/a+b?(*THEN)c+(*FAIL)/
aaabccc
No match
/(A (A|B(*ACCEPT)|C) D)(E)/x
AB
0: AB
1: AB
2: B
ABX
0: AB
1: AB
2: B
AADE
0: AADE
1: AAD
2: A
3: E
ACDE
0: ACDE
1: ACD
2: C
3: E
** Failers
No match
AD
No match
/^\W*+(?:((.)\W*+(?1)\W*+\2|)|((.)\W*+(?3)\W*+\4|\W*+.\W*+))\W*+$/i
1221
0: 1221
1: 1221
2: 1
Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas!
0: Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas!
1: <unset>
2: <unset>
3: Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas
4: S
A man, a plan, a canal: Panama!
0: A man, a plan, a canal: Panama!
1: <unset>
2: <unset>
3: A man, a plan, a canal: Panama
4: A
Able was I ere I saw Elba.
0: Able was I ere I saw Elba.
1: <unset>
2: <unset>
3: Able was I ere I saw Elba
4: A
*** Failers
No match
The quick brown fox
No match
/^((.)(?1)\2|.)$/
a
0: a
1: a
aba
0: aba
1: aba
2: a
aabaa
0: aabaa
1: aabaa
2: a
abcdcba
0: abcdcba
1: abcdcba
2: a
pqaabaaqp
0: pqaabaaqp
1: pqaabaaqp
2: p
ablewasiereisawelba
0: ablewasiereisawelba
1: ablewasiereisawelba
2: a
rhubarb
No match
the quick brown fox
No match
/(a)(?<=b(?1))/
baz
0: a
1: a
** Failers
No match
caz
No match
/(?<=b(?1))(a)/
zbaaz
0: a
1: a
** Failers
No match
aaa
No match
/(?<X>a)(?<=b(?&X))/
baz
0: a
1: a
/^(?|(abc)|(def))\1/
abcabc
0: abcabc
1: abc
defdef
0: defdef
1: def
** Failers
No match
abcdef
No match
defabc
No match
/^(?|(abc)|(def))(?1)/
abcabc
0: abcabc
1: abc
defabc
0: defabc
1: def
** Failers
No match
defdef
No match
abcdef
No match
/(?:a(?<quote> (?<apostrophe>')|(?<realquote>")) |b(?<quote> (?<apostrophe>')|(?<realquote>")) ) (?('quote')[a-z]+|[0-9]+)/xJ
a\"aaaaa
0: a"aaaaa
1: "
2: <unset>
3: "
b\"aaaaa
0: b"aaaaa
1: <unset>
2: <unset>
3: <unset>
4: "
5: <unset>
6: "
** Failers
No match
b\"11111
No match
/(?:(?1)|B)(A(*F)|C)/
ABCD
0: BC
1: C
CCD
0: CC
1: C
** Failers
No match
CAD
No match
/^(?:(?1)|B)(A(*F)|C)/
CCD
0: CC
1: C
BCD
0: BC
1: C
** Failers
No match
ABCD
No match
CAD
No match
BAD
No match
/(?:(?1)|B)(A(*ACCEPT)XX|C)D/
AAD
0: AA
1: A
ACD
0: ACD
1: C
BAD
0: BA
1: A
BCD
0: BCD
1: C
BAX
0: BA
1: A
** Failers
No match
ACX
No match
ABC
No match
/(?(DEFINE)(A))B(?1)C/
BAC
0: BAC
/(?(DEFINE)((A)\2))B(?1)C/
BAAC
0: BAAC
/(?<pn> \( ( [^()]++ | (?&pn) )* \) )/x
(ab(cd)ef)
0: (ab(cd)ef)
1: (ab(cd)ef)
2: ef
/^(?=a(*SKIP)b|ac)/
** Failers
No match
ac
No match
/^(?=a(*PRUNE)b)/
ab
0:
** Failers
No match
ac
No match
/^(?=a(*ACCEPT)b)/
ac
0:
/(?>a\Kb)/
ab
0: b
/((?>a\Kb))/
ab
0: b
1: ab
/(a\Kb)/
ab
0: b
1: ab
/^a\Kcz|ac/
ac
0: ac
/(?>a\Kbz|ab)/
ab
0: ab
/^(?&t)(?(DEFINE)(?<t>a\Kb))$/
ab
0: b
/^([^()]|\((?1)*\))*$/
a(b)c
0: a(b)c
1: c
a(b(c)d)e
0: a(b(c)d)e
1: e
/(?P<L1>(?P<L2>0)(?P>L1)|(?P>L2))/
0
0: 0
1: 0
00
0: 00
1: 00
2: 0
0000
0: 0000
1: 0000
2: 0
/(?P<L1>(?P<L2>0)|(?P>L2)(?P>L1))/
0
0: 0
1: 0
2: 0
00
0: 0
1: 0
2: 0
0000
0: 0
1: 0
2: 0
/--- This one does fail, as expected, in Perl. It needs the complex item at the
end of the pattern. A single letter instead of (B|D) makes it not fail,
which I think is a Perl bug. --- /
/A(*COMMIT)(B|D)/
ACABX
No match
/--- Check the use of names for failure ---/
/^(A(*PRUNE:A)B|C(*PRUNE:B)D)/K
** Failers
No match
AC
No match, mark = A
CB
No match, mark = B
/--- Force no study, otherwise mark is not seen. The studied version is in
test 2 because it isn't Perl-compatible. ---/
/(*MARK:A)(*SKIP:B)(C|X)/KSS
C
0: C
1: C
MK: A
D
No match, mark = A
/^(A(*THEN:A)B|C(*THEN:B)D)/K
** Failers
No match
CB
No match, mark = B
/^(?:A(*THEN:A)B|C(*THEN:B)D)/K
CB
No match, mark = B
/^(?>A(*THEN:A)B|C(*THEN:B)D)/K
CB
No match, mark = B
/--- This should succeed, as the skip causes bump to offset 1 (the mark). Note
that we have to have something complicated such as (B|Z) at the end because,
for Perl, a simple character somehow causes an unwanted optimization to mess
with the handling of backtracking verbs. ---/
/A(*MARK:A)A+(*SKIP:A)(B|Z) | AC/xK
AAAC
0: AC
/--- Test skipping over a non-matching mark. ---/
/A(*MARK:A)A+(*MARK:B)(*SKIP:A)(B|Z) | AC/xK
AAAC
0: AC
/--- Check shorthand for MARK ---/
/A(*:A)A+(*SKIP:A)(B|Z) | AC/xK
AAAC
0: AC
/--- Don't loop! Force no study, otherwise mark is not seen. ---/
/(*:A)A+(*SKIP:A)(B|Z)/KSS
AAAC
No match, mark = A
/--- This should succeed, as a non-existent skip name disables the skip ---/
/A(*MARK:A)A+(*SKIP:B)(B|Z) | AC/xK
AAAC
0: AC
/A(*MARK:A)A+(*SKIP:B)(B|Z) | AC(*:B)/xK
AAAC
0: AC
MK: B
/--- COMMIT at the start of a pattern should act like an anchor. Again,
however, we need the complication for Perl. ---/
/(*COMMIT)(A|P)(B|P)(C|P)/
ABCDEFG
0: ABC
1: A
2: B
3: C
** Failers
No match
DEFGABC
No match
/--- COMMIT inside an atomic group can't stop backtracking over the group. ---/
/(\w+)(?>b(*COMMIT))\w{2}/
abbb
0: abbb
1: a
/(\w+)b(*COMMIT)\w{2}/
abbb
No match
/--- Check opening parens in comment when seeking forward reference. ---/
/(?&t)(?#()(?(DEFINE)(?<t>a))/
bac
0: a
/--- COMMIT should override THEN ---/
/(?>(*COMMIT)(?>yes|no)(*THEN)(*F))?/
yes
No match
/(?>(*COMMIT)(yes|no)(*THEN)(*F))?/
yes
No match
/b?(*SKIP)c/
bc
0: bc
abc
0: bc
/(*SKIP)bc/
a
No match
/(*SKIP)b/
a
No match
/(?P<abn>(?P=abn)xxx|)+/
xxx
0:
1:
/(?i:([^b]))(?1)/
aa
0: aa
1: a
aA
0: aA
1: a
** Failers
0: **
1: *
ab
No match
aB
No match
Ba
No match
ba
No match
/^(?&t)*+(?(DEFINE)(?<t>a))\w$/
aaaaaaX
0: aaaaaaX
** Failers
No match
aaaaaa
No match
/^(?&t)*(?(DEFINE)(?<t>a))\w$/
aaaaaaX
0: aaaaaaX
aaaaaa
0: aaaaaa
/^(a)*+(\w)/
aaaaX
0: aaaaX
1: a
2: X
YZ
0: Y
1: <unset>
2: Y
** Failers
No match
aaaa
No match
/^(?:a)*+(\w)/
aaaaX
0: aaaaX
1: X
YZ
0: Y
1: Y
** Failers
No match
aaaa
No match
/^(a)++(\w)/
aaaaX
0: aaaaX
1: a
2: X
** Failers
No match
aaaa
No match
YZ
No match
/^(?:a)++(\w)/
aaaaX
0: aaaaX
1: X
** Failers
No match
aaaa
No match
YZ
No match
/^(a)?+(\w)/
aaaaX
0: aa
1: a
2: a
YZ
0: Y
1: <unset>
2: Y
/^(?:a)?+(\w)/
aaaaX
0: aa
1: a
YZ
0: Y
1: Y
/^(a){2,}+(\w)/
aaaaX
0: aaaaX
1: a
2: X
** Failers
No match
aaa
No match
YZ
No match
/^(?:a){2,}+(\w)/
aaaaX
0: aaaaX
1: X
** Failers
No match
aaa
No match
YZ
No match
/(a|)*(?1)b/
b
0: b
1:
ab
0: ab
1:
aab
0: aab
1:
/(a)++(?1)b/
** Failers
No match
ab
No match
aab
No match
/(a)*+(?1)b/
** Failers
No match
ab
No match
aab
No match
/(?1)(?:(b)){0}/
b
0: b
/(foo ( \( ((?:(?> [^()]+ )|(?2))*) \) ) )/x
foo(bar(baz)+baz(bop))
0: foo(bar(baz)+baz(bop))
1: foo(bar(baz)+baz(bop))
2: (bar(baz)+baz(bop))
3: bar(baz)+baz(bop)
/(A (A|B(*ACCEPT)|C) D)(E)/x
AB
0: AB
1: AB
2: B
/\A.*?(a|bc)/
ba
0: ba
1: a
/\A.*?(?:a|bc)++/
ba
0: ba
/\A.*?(a|bc)++/
ba
0: ba
1: a
/\A.*?(?:a|bc|d)/
ba
0: ba
/(?:(b))++/
beetle
0: b
1: b
/(?(?=(a(*ACCEPT)z))a)/
a
0: a
1: a
/^(a)(?1)+ab/
aaaab
0: aaaab
1: a
/^(a)(?1)++ab/
aaaab
No match
/^(?=a(*:M))aZ/K
aZbc
0: aZ
MK: M
/^(?!(*:M)b)aZ/K
aZbc
0: aZ
/(?(DEFINE)(a))?b(?1)/
backgammon
0: ba
/^\N+/
abc\ndef
0: abc
/^\N{1,}/
abc\ndef
0: abc
/(?(R)a+|(?R)b)/
aaaabcde
0: aaaab
/(?(R)a+|((?R))b)/
aaaabcde
0: aaaab
1: aaaa
/((?(R)a+|(?1)b))/
aaaabcde
0: aaaab
1: aaaab
/((?(R1)a+|(?1)b))/
aaaabcde
0: aaaab
1: aaaab
/((?(R)a|(?1)))*/
aaa
0: aaa
1: a
/((?(R)a|(?1)))+/
aaa
0: aaa
1: a
/a(*:any
name)/K
abc
0: a
MK: any \x0aname
/(?>(?&t)c|(?&t))(?(DEFINE)(?<t>a|b(*PRUNE)c))/
a
0: a
ba
0: a
bba
0: a
/--- Checking revised (*THEN) handling ---/
/--- Capture ---/
/^.*? (a(*THEN)b) c/x
aabc
No match
/^.*? (a(*THEN)b|(*F)) c/x
aabc
0: aabc
1: ab
/^.*? ( (a(*THEN)b) | (*F) ) c/x
aabc
0: aabc
1: ab
2: ab
/^.*? ( (a(*THEN)b) ) c/x
aabc
No match
/--- Non-capture ---/
/^.*? (?:a(*THEN)b) c/x
aabc
No match
/^.*? (?:a(*THEN)b|(*F)) c/x
aabc
0: aabc
/^.*? (?: (?:a(*THEN)b) | (*F) ) c/x
aabc
0: aabc
/^.*? (?: (?:a(*THEN)b) ) c/x
aabc
No match
/--- Atomic ---/
/^.*? (?>a(*THEN)b) c/x
aabc
No match
/^.*? (?>a(*THEN)b|(*F)) c/x
aabc
0: aabc
/^.*? (?> (?>a(*THEN)b) | (*F) ) c/x
aabc
0: aabc
/^.*? (?> (?>a(*THEN)b) ) c/x
aabc
No match
/--- Possessive capture ---/
/^.*? (a(*THEN)b)++ c/x
aabc
No match
/^.*? (a(*THEN)b|(*F))++ c/x
aabc
0: aabc
1: ab
/^.*? ( (a(*THEN)b)++ | (*F) )++ c/x
aabc
0: aabc
1: ab
2: ab
/^.*? ( (a(*THEN)b)++ )++ c/x
aabc
No match
/--- Possessive non-capture ---/
/^.*? (?:a(*THEN)b)++ c/x
aabc
No match
/^.*? (?:a(*THEN)b|(*F))++ c/x
aabc
0: aabc
/^.*? (?: (?:a(*THEN)b)++ | (*F) )++ c/x
aabc
0: aabc
/^.*? (?: (?:a(*THEN)b)++ )++ c/x
aabc
No match
/--- Condition assertion ---/
/^(?(?=a(*THEN)b)ab|ac)/
ac
0: ac
/--- Condition ---/
/^.*?(?(?=a)a|b(*THEN)c)/
ba
No match
/^.*?(?:(?(?=a)a|b(*THEN)c)|d)/
ba
0: ba
/^.*?(?(?=a)a(*THEN)b|c)/
ac
No match
/--- Assertion ---/
/^.*(?=a(*THEN)b)/
aabc
0: a
/------------------------------/
/(?>a(*:m))/imsxSK
a
0: a
MK: m
/(?>(a)(*:m))/imsxSK
a
0: a
1: a
MK: m
/(?<=a(*ACCEPT)b)c/
xacd
0: c
/(?<=(a(*ACCEPT)b))c/
xacd
0: c
1: a
/(?<=(a(*COMMIT)b))c/
xabcd
0: c
1: ab
** Failers
No match
xacd
No match
/(?<!a(*FAIL)b)c/
xcd
0: c
acd
0: c
/(?<=a(*:N)b)c/K
xabcd
0: c
MK: N
/(?<=a(*PRUNE)b)c/
xabcd
0: c
/(?<=a(*SKIP)b)c/
xabcd
0: c
/(?<=a(*THEN)b)c/
xabcd
0: c
/(a)(?2){2}(.)/
abcd
0: abcd
1: a
2: d
/(*MARK:A)(*PRUNE:B)(C|X)/KS
C
0: C
1: C
MK: B
D
No match, mark = B
/(*MARK:A)(*PRUNE:B)(C|X)/KSS
C
0: C
1: C
MK: B
D
No match, mark = B
/(*MARK:A)(*THEN:B)(C|X)/KS
C
0: C
1: C
MK: B
D
No match, mark = B
/(*MARK:A)(*THEN:B)(C|X)/KSY
C
0: C
1: C
MK: B
D
No match, mark = B
/(*MARK:A)(*THEN:B)(C|X)/KSS
C
0: C
1: C
MK: B
D
No match, mark = B
/--- This should fail, as the skip causes a bump to offset 3 (the skip) ---/
/A(*MARK:A)A+(*SKIP)(B|Z) | AC/xK
AAAC
No match, mark = A
/--- Same --/
/A(*MARK:A)A+(*MARK:B)(*SKIP:B)(B|Z) | AC/xK
AAAC
No match, mark = B
/A(*:A)A+(*SKIP)(B|Z) | AC/xK
AAAC
No match, mark = A
/--- This should fail, as a null name is the same as no name ---/
/A(*MARK:A)A+(*SKIP:)(B|Z) | AC/xK
AAAC
No match, mark = A
/--- A check on what happens after hitting a mark and them bumping along to
something that does not even start. Perl reports tags after the failures here,
though it does not when the individual letters are made into something
more complicated. ---/
/A(*:A)B|XX(*:B)Y/K
AABC
0: AB
MK: A
XXYZ
0: XXY
MK: B
** Failers
No match
XAQQ
No match, mark = A
XAQQXZZ
No match, mark = A
AXQQQ
No match, mark = A
AXXQQQ
No match, mark = B
/^(A(*THEN:A)B|C(*THEN:B)D)/K
AB
0: AB
1: AB
MK: A
CD
0: CD
1: CD
MK: B
** Failers
No match
AC
No match, mark = A
CB
No match, mark = B
/^(A(*PRUNE:A)B|C(*PRUNE:B)D)/K
AB
0: AB
1: AB
MK: A
CD
0: CD
1: CD
MK: B
** Failers
No match
AC
No match, mark = A
CB
No match, mark = B
/--- An empty name does not pass back an empty string. It is the same as if no
name were given. ---/
/^(A(*PRUNE:)B|C(*PRUNE:B)D)/K
AB
0: AB
1: AB
CD
0: CD
1: CD
MK: B
/--- PRUNE goes to next bumpalong; COMMIT does not. ---/
/A(*PRUNE:A)B/K
ACAB
0: AB
MK: A
/--- Mark names can be duplicated ---/
/A(*:A)B|X(*:A)Y/K
AABC
0: AB
MK: A
XXYZ
0: XY
MK: A
/b(*:m)f|a(*:n)w/K
aw
0: aw
MK: n
** Failers
No match, mark = n
abc
No match, mark = m
/b(*:m)f|aw/K
abaw
0: aw
** Failers
No match
abc
No match, mark = m
abax
No match, mark = m
/A(*MARK:A)A+(*SKIP:B)(B|Z) | AAC/xK
AAAC
0: AAC
/a(*PRUNE:X)bc|qq/KY
** Failers
No match, mark = X
axy
No match, mark = X
/a(*THEN:X)bc|qq/KY
** Failers
No match, mark = X
axy
No match, mark = X
/(?=a(*MARK:A)b)..x/K
abxy
0: abx
MK: A
** Failers
No match
abpq
No match
/(?=a(*MARK:A)b)..(*:Y)x/K
abxy
0: abx
MK: Y
** Failers
No match
abpq
No match
/(?=a(*PRUNE:A)b)..x/K
abxy
0: abx
MK: A
** Failers
No match
abpq
No match
/(?=a(*PRUNE:A)b)..(*:Y)x/K
abxy
0: abx
MK: Y
** Failers
No match
abpq
No match
/(?=a(*THEN:A)b)..x/K
abxy
0: abx
MK: A
** Failers
No match
abpq
No match
/(?=a(*THEN:A)b)..(*:Y)x/K
abxy
0: abx
MK: Y
** Failers
No match
abpq
No match
/(another)?(\1?)test/
hello world test
0: test
1: <unset>
2:
/(another)?(\1+)test/
hello world test
No match
/(a(*COMMIT)b){0}a(?1)|aac/
aac
0: aac
/((?:a?)*)*c/
aac
0: aac
1:
/((?>a?)*)*c/
aac
0: aac
1:
/(?>.*?a)(?<=ba)/
aba
0: ba
/(?:.*?a)(?<=ba)/
aba
0: aba
/.*?a(*PRUNE)b/
aab
0: ab
/.*?a(*PRUNE)b/s
aab
0: ab
/^a(*PRUNE)b/s
aab
No match
/.*?a(*SKIP)b/
aab
0: ab
/(?>.*?a)b/s
aab
0: ab
/(?>.*?a)b/
aab
0: ab
/(?>^a)b/s
aab
No match
/(?>.*?)(?<=(abcd)|(wxyz))/
alphabetabcd
0:
1: abcd
endingwxyz
0:
1: <unset>
2: wxyz
/(?>.*)(?<=(abcd)|(wxyz))/
alphabetabcd
0: alphabetabcd
1: abcd
endingwxyz
0: endingwxyz
1: <unset>
2: wxyz
"(?>.*)foo"
abcdfooxyz
No match
"(?>.*?)foo"
abcdfooxyz
0: foo
/(?:(a(*PRUNE)b)){0}(?:(?1)|ac)/
ac
0: ac
/(?:(a(*SKIP)b)){0}(?:(?1)|ac)/
ac
0: ac
/(?<=(*SKIP)ac)a/
aa
No match
/A(*MARK:A)A+(*SKIP:B)(B|Z) | AC/xK
AAAC
0: AC
/a(*SKIP:m)x|ac(*:n)(*SKIP:n)d|ac/K
acacd
0: acd
MK: n
/A(*SKIP:m)x|A(*SKIP:n)x|AB/K
AB
0: AB
/((*SKIP:r)d){0}a(*SKIP:m)x|ac(*:n)|ac/K
acacd
0: ac
MK: n
/-- Tests that try to figure out how Perl works. My hypothesis is that the
first verb that is backtracked onto is the one that acts. This seems to be
the case almost all the time, but there is one exception that is perhaps a
bug. --/
/-- This matches "aaaac"; each PRUNE advances one character until the subject
no longer starts with 5 'a's. --/
/aaaaa(*PRUNE)b|a+c/
aaaaaac
0: aaaac
/-- Putting SKIP in front of PRUNE makes no difference, as it is never
backtracked onto, whether or not it has a label. --/
/aaaaa(*SKIP)(*PRUNE)b|a+c/
aaaaaac
0: aaaac
/aaaaa(*SKIP:N)(*PRUNE)b|a+c/
aaaaaac
0: aaaac
/aaaa(*:N)a(*SKIP:N)(*PRUNE)b|a+c/
aaaaaac
0: aaaac
/-- Putting THEN in front makes no difference. */
/aaaaa(*THEN)(*PRUNE)b|a+c/
aaaaaac
0: aaaac
/-- However, putting COMMIT in front of the prune changes it to "no match". I
think this is inconsistent and possibly a bug. For the moment, running this
test is moved out of the Perl-compatible file. --/
/aaaaa(*COMMIT)(*PRUNE)b|a+c/
/---- OK, lets play the same game again using SKIP instead of PRUNE. ----/
/-- This matches "ac" because SKIP forces the next match to start on the
sixth "a". --/
/aaaaa(*SKIP)b|a+c/
aaaaaac
0: ac
/-- Putting PRUNE in front makes no difference. --/
/aaaaa(*PRUNE)(*SKIP)b|a+c/
aaaaaac
0: ac
/-- Putting THEN in front makes no difference. --/
/aaaaa(*THEN)(*SKIP)b|a+c/
aaaaaac
0: ac
/-- In this case, neither does COMMIT. This still matches "ac". --/
/aaaaa(*COMMIT)(*SKIP)b|a+c/
aaaaaac
0: ac
/-- This gives "no match", as expected. --/
/aaaaa(*COMMIT)b|a+c/
aaaaaac
No match
/------ Tests using THEN ------/
/-- This matches "aaaaaac", as expected. --/
/aaaaa(*THEN)b|a+c/
aaaaaac
0: aaaaaac
/-- Putting SKIP in front makes no difference. --/
/aaaaa(*SKIP)(*THEN)b|a+c/
aaaaaac
0: aaaaaac
/-- Putting PRUNE in front makes no difference. --/
/aaaaa(*PRUNE)(*THEN)b|a+c/
aaaaaac
0: aaaaaac
/-- Putting COMMIT in front makes no difference. --/
/aaaaa(*COMMIT)(*THEN)b|a+c/
aaaaaac
0: aaaaaac
/-- End of "priority" tests --/
/aaaaa(*:m)(*PRUNE:m)(*SKIP:m)m|a+/
aaaaaa
0: a
/aaaaa(*:m)(*MARK:m)(*PRUNE)(*SKIP:m)m|a+/
aaaaaa
0: a
/aaaaa(*:n)(*PRUNE:m)(*SKIP:m)m|a+/
aaaaaa
0: aaaa
/aaaaa(*:n)(*MARK:m)(*PRUNE)(*SKIP:m)m|a+/
aaaaaa
0: a
/a(*MARK:A)aa(*PRUNE:A)a(*SKIP:A)b|a+c/
aaaac
0: aac
/a(*MARK:A)aa(*MARK:A)a(*SKIP:A)b|a+c/
aaaac
0: ac
/aaa(*PRUNE:A)a(*SKIP:A)b|a+c/
aaaac
0: aac
/aaa(*MARK:A)a(*SKIP:A)b|a+c/
aaaac
0: ac
/a(*:m)a(*COMMIT)(*SKIP:m)b|a+c/K
aaaaaac
0: ac
/.?(a|b(*THEN)c)/
ba
0: ba
1: a
/(a(*COMMIT)b)c|abd/
abc
0: abc
1: ab
abd
No match
/(?=a(*COMMIT)b)abc|abd/
abc
0: abc
abd
0: abd
/(?>a(*COMMIT)b)c|abd/
abc
0: abc
abd
0: abd
/a(?=b(*COMMIT)c)[^d]|abd/
abd
No match
abc
0: ab
/a(?=bc).|abd/
abd
0: abd
abc
0: ab
/a(?>b(*COMMIT)c)d|abd/
abceabd
No match
/a(?>bc)d|abd/
abceabd
0: abd
/(?>a(*COMMIT)b)c|abd/
abd
0: abd
/(?>a(*COMMIT)c)d|abd/
abd
No match
/((?=a(*COMMIT)b)ab|ac){0}(?:(?1)|a(c))/
ac
0: ac
1: <unset>
2: c
/-- These tests were formerly in test 2, but changes in PCRE and Perl have
made them compatible. --/
/^(a)?(?(1)a|b)+$/
*** Failers
No match
a
No match
/(?=a\Kb)ab/
ab
0: b
/(?!a\Kb)ac/
ac
0: ac
/^abc(?<=b\Kc)d/
abcd
0: cd
/^abc(?<!b\Kq)d/
abcd
0: abcd
/A(*PRUNE:A)A+(*SKIP:A)(B|Z) | AC/xK
AAAC
No match, mark = A
/^((abc|abcx)(*THEN)y|abcd)/
abcd
0: abcd
1: abcd
*** Failers
No match
abcxy
No match
/^((yes|no)(*THEN)(*F))?/
yes
No match
/(A (.*) C? (*THEN) | A D) (*FAIL)/x
AbcdCBefgBhiBqz
No match
/(A (.*) C? (*THEN) | A D) z/x
AbcdCBefgBhiBqz
No match
/(A (.*) C? (*THEN) | A D) \s* (*FAIL)/x
AbcdCBefgBhiBqz
No match
/(A (.*) C? (*THEN) | A D) \s* z/x
AbcdCBefgBhiBqz
No match
/(A (.*) (?:C|) (*THEN) | A D) (*FAIL)/x
AbcdCBefgBhiBqz
No match
/(A (.*) (?:C|) (*THEN) | A D) z/x
AbcdCBefgBhiBqz
No match
/(A (.*) C{0,6} (*THEN) | A D) (*FAIL)/x
AbcdCBefgBhiBqz
No match
/(A (.*) C{0,6} (*THEN) | A D) z/x
AbcdCBefgBhiBqz
No match
/(A (.*) (CE){0,6} (*THEN) | A D) (*FAIL)/x
AbcdCEBefgBhiBqz
No match
/(A (.*) (CE){0,6} (*THEN) | A D) z/x
AbcdCEBefgBhiBqz
No match
/(A (.*) (CE*){0,6} (*THEN) | A D) (*FAIL)/x
AbcdCBefgBhiBqz
No match
/(A (.*) (CE*){0,6} (*THEN) | A D) z/x
AbcdCBefgBhiBqz
No match
/(?=a(*COMMIT)b|ac)ac|ac/
ac
No match
/(?=a(*COMMIT)b|(ac)) ac | (a)c/x
ac
No match
/--------/
/(?(?!b(*THEN)a)bn|bnn)/
bnn
0: bn
/(?!b(*SKIP)a)bn|bnn/
bnn
0: bn
/(?(?!b(*SKIP)a)bn|bnn)/
bnn
0: bn
/(?!b(*PRUNE)a)bn|bnn/
bnn
0: bn
/(?(?!b(*PRUNE)a)bn|bnn)/
bnn
0: bn
/(?!b(*COMMIT)a)bn|bnn/
bnn
0: bn
/(?(?!b(*COMMIT)a)bn|bnn)/
bnn
0: bn
/(?=b(*SKIP)a)bn|bnn/
bnn
No match
/(?=b(*THEN)a)bn|bnn/
bnn
0: bnn
/^(?!a(*SKIP)b)/
ac
0:
/^(?!a(*SKIP)b)../
acd
0: ac
/(?!a(*SKIP)b)../
acd
0: ac
/^(?(?!a(*SKIP)b))/
ac
0:
/^(?!a(*PRUNE)b)../
acd
0: ac
/(?!a(*PRUNE)b)../
acd
0: ac
/(?!a(*COMMIT)b)ac|cd/
ac
0: ac
/\A.*?(?:a|bc)/
ba
0: ba
/^(A(*THEN)B|C(*THEN)D)/
CD
0: CD
1: CD
/(*:m(m)(?&y)(?(DEFINE)(?<y>b))/K
abc
0: b
MK: m(m
/(*PRUNE:m(m)(?&y)(?(DEFINE)(?<y>b))/K
abc
0: b
MK: m(m
/(*SKIP:m(m)(?&y)(?(DEFINE)(?<y>b))/K
abc
0: b
/(*THEN:m(m)(?&y)(?(DEFINE)(?<y>b))/K
abc
0: b
MK: m(m
/^\d*\w{4}/
1234
0: 1234
123
No match
/^[^b]*\w{4}/
aaaa
0: aaaa
aaa
No match
/^[^b]*\w{4}/i
aaaa
0: aaaa
aaa
No match
/^a*\w{4}/
aaaa
0: aaaa
aaa
No match
/^a*\w{4}/i
aaaa
0: aaaa
aaa
No match
/(?(?=ab)ab)/+
ca
0:
0+ ca
cd
0:
0+ cd
/(?:(?<n>foo)|(?<n>bar))\k<n>/J
foofoo
0: foofoo
1: foo
barbar
0: barbar
1: <unset>
2: bar
/(?<n>A)(?:(?<n>foo)|(?<n>bar))\k<n>/J
AfooA
0: AfooA
1: A
2: foo
AbarA
0: AbarA
1: A
2: <unset>
3: bar
** Failers
No match
Afoofoo
No match
Abarbar
No match
/^(\d+)\s+IN\s+SOA\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s*\(\s*$/
1 IN SOA non-sp1 non-sp2(
0: 1 IN SOA non-sp1 non-sp2(
1: 1
2: non-sp1
3: non-sp2
/^ (?:(?<A>A)|(?'B'B)(?<A>A)) (?('A')x) (?(<B>)y)$/xJ
Ax
0: Ax
1: A
BAxy
0: BAxy
1: <unset>
2: B
3: A
/^A\xZ/
A\0Z
0: A\x00Z
/^A\o{123}B/
A\123B
0: ASB
/ ^ a + + b $ /x
aaaab
0: aaaab
/ ^ a + #comment
+ b $ /x
aaaab
0: aaaab
/ ^ a + #comment
#comment
+ b $ /x
aaaab
0: aaaab
/ ^ (?> a + ) b $ /x
aaaab
0: aaaab
/ ^ ( a + ) + + \w $ /x
aaaab
0: aaaab
1: aaaa
/(?:a\Kb)*+/+
ababc
0: b
0+ c
/(?>a\Kb)*/+
ababc
0: b
0+ c
/(?:a\Kb)*/+
ababc
0: b
0+ c
/(a\Kb)*+/+
ababc
0: b
0+ c
1: ab
/(a\Kb)*/+
ababc
0: b
0+ c
1: ab
/(?:x|(?:(xx|yy)+|x|x|x|x|x)|a|a|a)bc/
acb
No match
'\A(?:[^\"]++|\"(?:[^\"]*+|\"\")*+\")++'
NON QUOTED \"QUOT\"\"ED\" AFTER \"NOT MATCHED
0: NON QUOTED "QUOT""ED" AFTER
'\A(?:[^\"]++|\"(?:[^\"]++|\"\")*+\")++'
NON QUOTED \"QUOT\"\"ED\" AFTER \"NOT MATCHED
0: NON QUOTED "QUOT""ED" AFTER
'\A(?:[^\"]++|\"(?:[^\"]++|\"\")++\")++'
NON QUOTED \"QUOT\"\"ED\" AFTER \"NOT MATCHED
0: NON QUOTED "QUOT""ED" AFTER
'\A([^\"1]++|[\"2]([^\"3]*+|[\"4][\"5])*+[\"6])++'
NON QUOTED \"QUOT\"\"ED\" AFTER \"NOT MATCHED
0: NON QUOTED "QUOT""ED" AFTER
1: AFTER
2:
/^\w+(?>\s*)(?<=\w)/
test test
0: tes
/(?P<same>a)(?P<same>b)/gJ
abbaba
0: ab
1: a
2: b
0: ab
1: a
2: b
/(?P<same>a)(?P<same>b)(?P=same)/gJ
abbaba
0: aba
1: a
2: b
/(?P=same)?(?P<same>a)(?P<same>b)/gJ
abbaba
0: ab
1: a
2: b
0: ab
1: a
2: b
/(?:(?P=same)?(?:(?P<same>a)|(?P<same>b))(?P=same))+/gJ
bbbaaabaabb
0: bbbaaaba
1: a
2: b
0: bb
1: <unset>
2: b
/(?:(?P=same)?(?:(?P=same)(?P<same>a)(?P=same)|(?P=same)?(?P<same>b)(?P=same)){2}(?P=same)(?P<same>c)(?P=same)){2}(?P<same>z)?/gJ
bbbaaaccccaaabbbcc
No match
/(?P<Name>a)?(?P<Name2>b)?(?(<Name>)c|d)*l/
acl
0: acl
1: a
bdl
0: bdl
1: <unset>
2: b
adl
0: dl
bcl
0: l
/\sabc/
\x{0b}abc
0: \x0babc
/[\Qa]\E]+/
aa]]
0: aa]]
/[\Q]a\E]+/
aa]]
0: aa]]
/(?:((abcd))|(((?:(?:(?:(?:abc|(?:abcdef))))b)abcdefghi)abc)|((*ACCEPT)))/
1234abcd
0:
1: <unset>
2: <unset>
3: <unset>
4: <unset>
5:
/(\2)(\1)/
"Z*(|d*){216}"
"(?1)(?#?'){8}(a)"
baaaaaaaaac
0: aaaaaaaaa
1: a
"(?|(\k'Pm')|(?'Pm'))"
abcd
0:
1:
/-- End of testinput1 --/