regex cheat sheet

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regex

regex character

character	meaning
\d	digital characters
\D	not digital characters
\w	Matches any alphanumeric character from the basic Latin alphabet, including the underscore. Equivalent to [A-Za-z0-9_].
\W	Matches any character that is not a word character from the basic Latin alphabet. Equivalent to [^A-Za-z0-9_].
\s	Matches a single white space character, including space, tab, form feed, line feed, and other Unicode spaces. Equivalent to [\f\n\r\t\v\u0020\u00a0\u1680\u2000-\u200a\u2028\u2029\u202f\u205f\u3000\ufeff]. For example, /\s\w*/ matches " bar" in "foo bar".
\b	word boundary. "\baa\b.*" matches "aa bb", dose not match "aabb".

look ahead and look behind

Lookaround	Name	What it Does
(?=foo)	Lookahead	Asserts that what immediately follows the current position in the string is foo
(?<=foo)	Lookbehind	Asserts that what immediately precedes the current position in the string is foo
(?!foo)	Negative Lookahead	Asserts that what immediately follows the current position in the string is not foo
(?<!foo)	Negative Lookbehind	Asserts that what immediately precedes the current position in the string is not foo

lazy vs greedy

type	pattern	description
greedy	.*	matches the previous token between zero and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy)
lazy	.*?	matches the previous token between zero and unlimited times, as few times as possible, expanding as needed (lazy)

ref

Lookahead and Lookbehind Tutorial—Tips &Tricks
https://www.rexegg.com/regex-lookarounds.html

Regex Tutorial - Lookahead and Lookbehind Zero-Length Assertions
https://www.regular-expressions.info/lookaround.html

Regular expressions - JavaScript | MDN
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Regular_Expressions

Character classes - JavaScript | MDN
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Regular_Expressions/Character_Classes