Regex Cheat Sheet
Quick reference for regular expression syntax across flavours.
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Symbol | Meaning
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^ | Start of string / line (m flag)
$ | End of string / line (m flag)
. | Any char except newline (s flag = include)
\d \D | Digit / non-digit
\w \W | Word char [A-Za-z0-9_] / non-word
\s \S | Whitespace / non-whitespace
\b \B | Word boundary / non-boundary
[abc] | Character class — any of a, b, c
[^abc] | Negated class — not a, b, c
[a-z] | Range
a|b | Alternation
a? | 0 or 1
a* | 0 or more (greedy)
a+ | 1 or more (greedy)
a*? | 0 or more (lazy)
a+? | 1 or more (lazy)
a{n} | Exactly n
a{n,} | n or more
a{n,m} | Between n and m
(abc) | Capturing group
(?:abc) | Non-capturing group
(?<name>abc) | Named group
\1 \k<name> | Backreference
(?=abc) | Positive lookahead
(?!abc) | Negative lookahead
(?<=abc) | Positive lookbehind
(?<!abc) | Negative lookbehind
/.../i | Case-insensitive flag
/.../g | Global flag (JS)
/.../m | Multiline — ^ $ match line bounds
/.../s | Dotall — . matches newline
/.../u | Unicode mode
\xHH \uHHHH | Hex / Unicode escape
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Quick reference for regular expression syntax across flavours.