# This set of tests is not Perl-compatible. It checks on special features # of PCRE2's API, error diagnostics, and the compiled code of some patterns. # It also checks the non-Perl syntax that PCRE2 supports (Python, .NET, # Oniguruma). There are also some tests where PCRE2 and Perl differ, # either because PCRE2 can't be compatible, or there is a possible Perl # bug. # NOTE: This is a non-UTF set of tests. When UTF support is needed, use # test 5. #forbid_utf #newline_default lf any anycrlf # Test binary zeroes in the pattern # /a\0B/ where 0 is a binary zero /61 5c 00 62/B,hex ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra a\x00b Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ a\x{0}b 0: a\x00b # /a0b/ where 0 is a binary zero /61 00 62/B,hex ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra a\x00b Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ a\x{0}b 0: a\x00b # /(?#B0C)DE/ where 0 is a binary zero /28 3f 23 42 00 43 29 44 45/B,hex ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra DE Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ DE 0: DE /(a)b|/I Capture group count = 1 May match empty string Subject length lower bound = 0 /abc/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 3 abc 0: abc defabc 0: abc abc\=anchored 0: abc \= Expect no match defabc\=anchored No match ABC No match /^abc/I Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 3 abc 0: abc abc\=anchored 0: abc \= Expect no match defabc No match defabc\=anchored No match /a+bc/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 3 /a*bc/I Capture group count = 0 Starting code units: a b Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 2 /a{3}bc/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 5 /(abc|a+z)/I Capture group count = 1 First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 2 /^abc$/I Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 3 abc 0: abc \= Expect no match def\nabc No match /ab\idef/ Failed: error 103 at offset 3: unrecognized character follows \ /(?X)ab\idef/ Failed: error 111 at offset 2: unrecognized character after (? or (?- /x{5,4}/ Failed: error 104 at offset 5: numbers out of order in {} quantifier /z{65536}/ Failed: error 105 at offset 7: number too big in {} quantifier /[abcd/ Failed: error 106 at offset 5: missing terminating ] for character class /[\B]/B Failed: error 107 at offset 2: escape sequence is invalid in character class /[\R]/B Failed: error 107 at offset 2: escape sequence is invalid in character class /[\X]/B Failed: error 107 at offset 2: escape sequence is invalid in character class /[z-a]/ Failed: error 108 at offset 3: range out of order in character class /^*/ Failed: error 109 at offset 1: quantifier does not follow a repeatable item /(abc/ Failed: error 114 at offset 4: missing closing parenthesis /(?# abc/ Failed: error 118 at offset 7: missing ) after (?# comment /(?z)abc/ Failed: error 111 at offset 2: unrecognized character after (? or (?- /.*b/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit at start or follows newline Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 1 /.*?b/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit at start or follows newline Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 1 /cat|dog|elephant/I Capture group count = 0 Starting code units: c d e Subject length lower bound = 3 this sentence eventually mentions a cat 0: cat this sentences rambles on and on for a while and then reaches elephant 0: elephant /cat|dog|elephant/I Capture group count = 0 Starting code units: c d e Subject length lower bound = 3 this sentence eventually mentions a cat 0: cat this sentences rambles on and on for a while and then reaches elephant 0: elephant /cat|dog|elephant/Ii Capture group count = 0 Options: caseless Starting code units: C D E c d e Subject length lower bound = 3 this sentence eventually mentions a CAT cat 0: CAT this sentences rambles on and on for a while to elephant ElePhant 0: elephant /a|[bcd]/I Capture group count = 0 Starting code units: a b c d Subject length lower bound = 1 /(a|[^\dZ])/I Capture group count = 1 Starting code units: \x00 \x01 \x02 \x03 \x04 \x05 \x06 \x07 \x08 \x09 \x0a \x0b \x0c \x0d \x0e \x0f \x10 \x11 \x12 \x13 \x14 \x15 \x16 \x17 \x18 \x19 \x1a \x1b \x1c \x1d \x1e \x1f \x20 ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / : ; < = > ? @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y [ \ ] ^ _ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~ \x7f \x80 \x81 \x82 \x83 \x84 \x85 \x86 \x87 \x88 \x89 \x8a \x8b \x8c \x8d \x8e \x8f \x90 \x91 \x92 \x93 \x94 \x95 \x96 \x97 \x98 \x99 \x9a \x9b \x9c \x9d \x9e \x9f \xa0 \xa1 \xa2 \xa3 \xa4 \xa5 \xa6 \xa7 \xa8 \xa9 \xaa \xab \xac \xad \xae \xaf \xb0 \xb1 \xb2 \xb3 \xb4 \xb5 \xb6 \xb7 \xb8 \xb9 \xba \xbb \xbc \xbd \xbe \xbf \xc0 \xc1 \xc2 \xc3 \xc4 \xc5 \xc6 \xc7 \xc8 \xc9 \xca \xcb \xcc \xcd \xce \xcf \xd0 \xd1 \xd2 \xd3 \xd4 \xd5 \xd6 \xd7 \xd8 \xd9 \xda \xdb \xdc \xdd \xde \xdf \xe0 \xe1 \xe2 \xe3 \xe4 \xe5 \xe6 \xe7 \xe8 \xe9 \xea \xeb \xec \xed \xee \xef \xf0 \xf1 \xf2 \xf3 \xf4 \xf5 \xf6 \xf7 \xf8 \xf9 \xfa \xfb \xfc \xfd \xfe \xff Subject length lower bound = 1 /(a|b)*[\s]/I Capture group count = 1 Starting code units: \x09 \x0a \x0b \x0c \x0d \x20 a b Subject length lower bound = 1 /(ab\2)/ Failed: error 115 at offset 4: reference to non-existent subpattern /{4,5}abc/ Failed: error 109 at offset 4: quantifier does not follow a repeatable item /(a)(b)(c)\2/I Capture group count = 3 Max back reference = 2 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 4 abcb 0: abcb 1: a 2: b 3: c abcb\=ovector=0 0: abcb 1: a 2: b 3: c abcb\=ovector=1 Matched, but too many substrings 0: abcb abcb\=ovector=2 Matched, but too many substrings 0: abcb 1: a abcb\=ovector=3 Matched, but too many substrings 0: abcb 1: a 2: b abcb\=ovector=4 0: abcb 1: a 2: b 3: c /(a)bc|(a)(b)\2/I Capture group count = 3 Max back reference = 2 First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 3 abc 0: abc 1: a abc\=ovector=0 0: abc 1: a abc\=ovector=1 Matched, but too many substrings 0: abc abc\=ovector=2 0: abc 1: a aba 0: aba 1: 2: a 3: b aba\=ovector=0 0: aba 1: 2: a 3: b aba\=ovector=1 Matched, but too many substrings 0: aba aba\=ovector=2 Matched, but too many substrings 0: aba 1: aba\=ovector=3 Matched, but too many substrings 0: aba 1: 2: a aba\=ovector=4 0: aba 1: 2: a 3: b /abc$/I,dollar_endonly Capture group count = 0 Options: dollar_endonly First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 3 abc 0: abc \= Expect no match abc\n No match abc\ndef No match /(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)\6/ Failed: error 115 at offset 16: reference to non-existent subpattern /the quick brown fox/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 't' Last code unit = 'x' Subject length lower bound = 19 the quick brown fox 0: the quick brown fox this is a line with the quick brown fox 0: the quick brown fox /the quick brown fox/I,anchored Capture group count = 0 Options: anchored First code unit = 't' Subject length lower bound = 19 the quick brown fox 0: the quick brown fox \= Expect no match this is a line with the quick brown fox No match /ab(?z)cd/ Failed: error 111 at offset 4: unrecognized character after (? or (?- /^abc|def/I Capture group count = 0 Starting code units: a d Subject length lower bound = 3 abcdef 0: abc abcdef\=notbol 0: def /.*((abc)$|(def))/I Capture group count = 3 First code unit at start or follows newline Subject length lower bound = 3 defabc 0: defabc 1: abc 2: abc defabc\=noteol 0: def 1: def 2: 3: def /)/ Failed: error 122 at offset 0: unmatched closing parenthesis /a[]b/ Failed: error 106 at offset 4: missing terminating ] for character class /[^aeiou ]{3,}/I Capture group count = 0 Starting code units: \x00 \x01 \x02 \x03 \x04 \x05 \x06 \x07 \x08 \x09 \x0a \x0b \x0c \x0d \x0e \x0f \x10 \x11 \x12 \x13 \x14 \x15 \x16 \x17 \x18 \x19 \x1a \x1b \x1c \x1d \x1e \x1f ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ? @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _ ` b c d f g h j k l m n p q r s t v w x y z { | } ~ \x7f \x80 \x81 \x82 \x83 \x84 \x85 \x86 \x87 \x88 \x89 \x8a \x8b \x8c \x8d \x8e \x8f \x90 \x91 \x92 \x93 \x94 \x95 \x96 \x97 \x98 \x99 \x9a \x9b \x9c \x9d \x9e \x9f \xa0 \xa1 \xa2 \xa3 \xa4 \xa5 \xa6 \xa7 \xa8 \xa9 \xaa \xab \xac \xad \xae \xaf \xb0 \xb1 \xb2 \xb3 \xb4 \xb5 \xb6 \xb7 \xb8 \xb9 \xba \xbb \xbc \xbd \xbe \xbf \xc0 \xc1 \xc2 \xc3 \xc4 \xc5 \xc6 \xc7 \xc8 \xc9 \xca \xcb \xcc \xcd \xce \xcf \xd0 \xd1 \xd2 \xd3 \xd4 \xd5 \xd6 \xd7 \xd8 \xd9 \xda \xdb \xdc \xdd \xde \xdf \xe0 \xe1 \xe2 \xe3 \xe4 \xe5 \xe6 \xe7 \xe8 \xe9 \xea \xeb \xec \xed \xee \xef \xf0 \xf1 \xf2 \xf3 \xf4 \xf5 \xf6 \xf7 \xf8 \xf9 \xfa \xfb \xfc \xfd \xfe \xff Subject length lower bound = 3 co-processors, and for 0: -pr /<.*>/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = '<' Last code unit = '>' Subject length lower bound = 2 abcghinop 0: ghi /<.*?>/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = '<' Last code unit = '>' Subject length lower bound = 2 abcghinop 0: /<.*>/I,ungreedy Capture group count = 0 Options: ungreedy First code unit = '<' Last code unit = '>' Subject length lower bound = 2 abcghinop 0: /(?U)<.*>/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = '<' Last code unit = '>' Subject length lower bound = 2 abcghinop 0: /<.*?>/I,ungreedy Capture group count = 0 Options: ungreedy First code unit = '<' Last code unit = '>' Subject length lower bound = 2 abcghinop 0: ghi /={3,}/I,ungreedy Capture group count = 0 Options: ungreedy First code unit = '=' Last code unit = '=' Subject length lower bound = 3 abc========def 0: === /(?U)={3,}?/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = '=' Last code unit = '=' Subject length lower bound = 3 abc========def 0: ======== /(? Overall options: anchored First code unit = '1' Subject length lower bound = 4 /(^b|(?i)^d)/I Capture group count = 1 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Starting code units: D b d Subject length lower bound = 1 /(?s).*/I Capture group count = 0 May match empty string Compile options: Overall options: anchored Subject length lower bound = 0 /[abcd]/I Capture group count = 0 Starting code units: a b c d Subject length lower bound = 1 /(?i)[abcd]/I Capture group count = 0 Starting code units: A B C D a b c d Subject length lower bound = 1 /(?m)[xy]|(b|c)/I Capture group count = 1 Starting code units: b c x y Subject length lower bound = 1 /(^a|^b)/Im Capture group count = 1 Options: multiline First code unit at start or follows newline Subject length lower bound = 1 /(?i)(^a|^b)/Im Capture group count = 1 Options: multiline First code unit at start or follows newline Subject length lower bound = 1 /(a)(?(1)a|b|c)/ Failed: error 127 at offset 3: conditional subpattern contains more than two branches /(?(?=a)a|b|c)/ Failed: error 127 at offset 0: conditional subpattern contains more than two branches /(?(1a)/ Failed: error 124 at offset 4: missing closing parenthesis for condition /(?(1a))/ Failed: error 124 at offset 4: missing closing parenthesis for condition /(?(?i))/ Failed: error 128 at offset 2: assertion expected after (?( or (?(?C) /(?(abc))/ Failed: error 115 at offset 3: reference to non-existent subpattern /(?(? Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 3 aaaaabbbbbcccccdef 0: aaaaabbbbbcccccdef 1: aaaaabbbbbcccccdef 2: aaaaa 3: b 4: bbbbccccc 5: def /(?<=foo)[ab]/I Capture group count = 0 Max lookbehind = 3 Starting code units: a b Subject length lower bound = 1 /(?^abc)/Im Capture group count = 0 Options: multiline First code unit at start or follows newline Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 3 abc 0: abc def\nabc 0: abc \= Expect no match defabc No match /(?<=ab(c+)d)ef/ Failed: error 125 at offset 0: lookbehind assertion is not fixed length /(?<=ab(?<=c+)d)ef/ Failed: error 125 at offset 6: lookbehind assertion is not fixed length /(?<=ab(c|de)f)g/ Failed: error 125 at offset 0: lookbehind assertion is not fixed length /The next three are in testinput2 because they have variable length branches/ /(?<=bullock|donkey)-cart/I Capture group count = 0 Max lookbehind = 7 First code unit = '-' Last code unit = 't' Subject length lower bound = 5 the bullock-cart 0: -cart a donkey-cart race 0: -cart \= Expect no match cart No match horse-and-cart No match /(?<=ab(?i)x|y|z)/I Capture group count = 0 Max lookbehind = 3 May match empty string Subject length lower bound = 0 /(?>.*)(?<=(abcd)|(xyz))/I Capture group count = 2 Max lookbehind = 4 May match empty string Subject length lower bound = 0 alphabetabcd 0: alphabetabcd 1: abcd endingxyz 0: endingxyz 1: 2: xyz /(?<=ab(?i)x(?-i)y|(?i)z|b)ZZ/I Capture group count = 0 Max lookbehind = 4 First code unit = 'Z' Last code unit = 'Z' Subject length lower bound = 2 abxyZZ 0: ZZ abXyZZ 0: ZZ ZZZ 0: ZZ zZZ 0: ZZ bZZ 0: ZZ BZZ 0: ZZ \= Expect no match ZZ No match abXYZZ No match zzz No match bzz No match /(? Overall options: anchored Starting code units: a Subject length lower bound = 4 \= Expect no match aaaa No match aaaaaa No match # Perl does not fail these two for the final subjects. Neither did PCRE until # release 8.01. The problem is in backtracking into a subpattern that contains # a recursive reference to itself. PCRE has now made these into atomic patterns. /^(xa|=?\1a){2}$/ xa=xaa 0: xa=xaa 1: =xaa \= Expect no match xa=xaaa No match /^(xa|=?\1a)+$/ xa=xaa 0: xa=xaa 1: =xaa \= Expect no match xa=xaaa No match # These are syntax tests from Perl 5.005 /a[b-a]/ Failed: error 108 at offset 4: range out of order in character class /a[]b/ Failed: error 106 at offset 4: missing terminating ] for character class /a[/ Failed: error 106 at offset 2: missing terminating ] for character class /*a/ Failed: error 109 at offset 0: quantifier does not follow a repeatable item /(*)b/ Failed: error 109 at offset 1: quantifier does not follow a repeatable item /abc)/ Failed: error 122 at offset 3: unmatched closing parenthesis /(abc/ Failed: error 114 at offset 4: missing closing parenthesis /a**/ Failed: error 109 at offset 2: quantifier does not follow a repeatable item /)(/ Failed: error 122 at offset 0: unmatched closing parenthesis /\1/ Failed: error 115 at offset 1: reference to non-existent subpattern /\2/ Failed: error 115 at offset 1: reference to non-existent subpattern /(a)|\2/ Failed: error 115 at offset 5: reference to non-existent subpattern /a[b-a]/Ii Failed: error 108 at offset 4: range out of order in character class /a[]b/Ii Failed: error 106 at offset 4: missing terminating ] for character class /a[/Ii Failed: error 106 at offset 2: missing terminating ] for character class /*a/Ii Failed: error 109 at offset 0: quantifier does not follow a repeatable item /(*)b/Ii Failed: error 109 at offset 1: quantifier does not follow a repeatable item /abc)/Ii Failed: error 122 at offset 3: unmatched closing parenthesis /(abc/Ii Failed: error 114 at offset 4: missing closing parenthesis /a**/Ii Failed: error 109 at offset 2: quantifier does not follow a repeatable item /)(/Ii Failed: error 122 at offset 0: unmatched closing parenthesis /:(?:/ Failed: error 114 at offset 4: missing closing parenthesis /(?<%)b/ Failed: error 162 at offset 3: subpattern name expected /a(?{)b/ Failed: error 111 at offset 3: unrecognized character after (? or (?- /a(?{{})b/ Failed: error 111 at offset 3: unrecognized character after (? or (?- /a(?{}})b/ Failed: error 111 at offset 3: unrecognized character after (? or (?- /a(?{"{"})b/ Failed: error 111 at offset 3: unrecognized character after (? or (?- /a(?{"{"}})b/ Failed: error 111 at offset 3: unrecognized character after (? or (?- /(?(1?)a|b)/ Failed: error 124 at offset 4: missing closing parenthesis for condition /[a[:xyz:/ Failed: error 106 at offset 8: missing terminating ] for character class /(?<=x+)y/ Failed: error 125 at offset 0: lookbehind assertion is not fixed length /a{37,17}/ Failed: error 104 at offset 7: numbers out of order in {} quantifier /abc/\ Failed: error 101 at offset 4: \ at end of pattern /abc/\i Failed: error 101 at offset 4: \ at end of pattern /(a)bc(d)/I Capture group count = 2 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'd' Subject length lower bound = 4 abcd 0: abcd 1: a 2: d abcd\=copy=2 0: abcd 1: a 2: d 2C d (1) abcd\=copy=5 0: abcd 1: a 2: d Copy substring 5 failed (-49): unknown substring /(.{20})/I Capture group count = 1 Subject length lower bound = 20 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0: abcdefghijklmnopqrst 1: abcdefghijklmnopqrst abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz\=copy=1 0: abcdefghijklmnopqrst 1: abcdefghijklmnopqrst 1C abcdefghijklmnopqrst (20) abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz\=get=1 0: abcdefghijklmnopqrst 1: abcdefghijklmnopqrst 1G abcdefghijklmnopqrst (20) /(.{15})/I Capture group count = 1 Subject length lower bound = 15 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0: abcdefghijklmno 1: abcdefghijklmno abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz\=copy=1,get=1 0: abcdefghijklmno 1: abcdefghijklmno 1C abcdefghijklmno (15) 1G abcdefghijklmno (15) /(.{16})/I Capture group count = 1 Subject length lower bound = 16 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0: abcdefghijklmnop 1: abcdefghijklmnop abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz\=copy=1,get=1,getall 0: abcdefghijklmnop 1: abcdefghijklmnop 1C abcdefghijklmnop (16) 1G abcdefghijklmnop (16) 0L abcdefghijklmnop 1L abcdefghijklmnop /^(a|(bc))de(f)/I Capture group count = 3 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Starting code units: a b Subject length lower bound = 4 adef\=get=1,get=2,get=3,get=4,getall 0: adef 1: a 2: 3: f 1G a (1) Get substring 2 failed (-55): requested value is not set 3G f (1) Get substring 4 failed (-49): unknown substring 0L adef 1L a 2L 3L f bcdef\=get=1,get=2,get=3,get=4,getall 0: bcdef 1: bc 2: bc 3: f 1G bc (2) 2G bc (2) 3G f (1) Get substring 4 failed (-49): unknown substring 0L bcdef 1L bc 2L bc 3L f adefghijk\=copy=0 0: adef 1: a 2: 3: f 0C adef (4) /^abc\00def/I Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 7 abc\00def\=copy=0,getall 0: abc\x00def 0C abc\x00def (7) 0L abc\x00def /word ((?:[a-zA-Z0-9]+ )((?:[a-zA-Z0-9]+ )((?:[a-zA-Z0-9]+ )((?:[a-zA-Z0-9]+ )((?:[a-zA-Z0-9]+ )((?:[a-zA-Z0-9]+ )((?:[a-zA-Z0-9]+ )((?:[a-zA-Z0-9]+ )?)?)?)?)?)?)?)?)?otherword/I Capture group count = 8 Contains explicit CR or LF match First code unit = 'w' Last code unit = 'd' Subject length lower bound = 14 /.*X/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Any* X Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 First code unit at start or follows newline Last code unit = 'X' Subject length lower bound = 1 /.*X/IBs ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra AllAny* X Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Compile options: dotall Overall options: anchored dotall Last code unit = 'X' Subject length lower bound = 1 /(.*X|^B)/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra CBra 1 Any* X Alt ^ B Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 1 First code unit at start or follows newline Subject length lower bound = 1 /(.*X|^B)/IBs ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra CBra 1 AllAny* X Alt ^ B Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 1 Compile options: dotall Overall options: anchored dotall Subject length lower bound = 1 /(?s)(.*X|^B)/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra CBra 1 AllAny* X Alt ^ B Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 1 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Subject length lower bound = 1 /(?s:.*X|^B)/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Bra AllAny* X Alt ^ B Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Subject length lower bound = 1 /\Biss\B/I,aftertext Capture group count = 0 Max lookbehind = 1 First code unit = 'i' Last code unit = 's' Subject length lower bound = 3 Mississippi 0: iss 0+ issippi /iss/I,aftertext,altglobal Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'i' Last code unit = 's' Subject length lower bound = 3 Mississippi 0: iss 0+ issippi 0: iss 0+ ippi /\Biss\B/I,aftertext,altglobal Capture group count = 0 Max lookbehind = 1 First code unit = 'i' Last code unit = 's' Subject length lower bound = 3 Mississippi 0: iss 0+ issippi /\Biss\B/Ig,aftertext Capture group count = 0 Max lookbehind = 1 First code unit = 'i' Last code unit = 's' Subject length lower bound = 3 Mississippi 0: iss 0+ issippi 0: iss 0+ ippi \= Expect no match Mississippi\=anchored No match /(?<=[Ms])iss/Ig,aftertext Capture group count = 0 Max lookbehind = 1 First code unit = 'i' Last code unit = 's' Subject length lower bound = 3 Mississippi 0: iss 0+ issippi 0: iss 0+ ippi /(?<=[Ms])iss/I,aftertext,altglobal Capture group count = 0 Max lookbehind = 1 First code unit = 'i' Last code unit = 's' Subject length lower bound = 3 Mississippi 0: iss 0+ issippi /^iss/Ig,aftertext Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'i' Subject length lower bound = 3 ississippi 0: iss 0+ issippi /.*iss/Ig,aftertext Capture group count = 0 First code unit at start or follows newline Last code unit = 's' Subject length lower bound = 3 abciss\nxyzisspqr 0: abciss 0+ \x0axyzisspqr 0: xyziss 0+ pqr /.i./Ig,aftertext Capture group count = 0 Last code unit = 'i' Subject length lower bound = 3 Mississippi 0: Mis 0+ sissippi 0: sis 0+ sippi 0: sip 0+ pi Mississippi\=anchored 0: Mis 0+ sissippi 0: sis 0+ sippi 0: sip 0+ pi Missouri river 0: Mis 0+ souri river 0: ri 0+ river 0: riv 0+ er Missouri river\=anchored 0: Mis 0+ souri river /^.is/Ig,aftertext Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Subject length lower bound = 3 Mississippi 0: Mis 0+ sissippi /^ab\n/Ig,aftertext Capture group count = 0 Contains explicit CR or LF match Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 3 ab\nab\ncd 0: ab\x0a 0+ ab\x0acd /^ab\n/Igm,aftertext Capture group count = 0 Contains explicit CR or LF match Options: multiline First code unit at start or follows newline Last code unit = \x0a Subject length lower bound = 3 ab\nab\ncd 0: ab\x0a 0+ ab\x0acd 0: ab\x0a 0+ cd /^/gm,newline=any a\rb\nc\r\nxyz\=aftertext 0: 0+ a\x0db\x0ac\x0d\x0axyz 0: 0+ b\x0ac\x0d\x0axyz 0: 0+ c\x0d\x0axyz 0: 0+ xyz /abc/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 3 /abc|bac/I Capture group count = 0 Starting code units: a b Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 3 /(abc|bac)/I Capture group count = 1 Starting code units: a b Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 3 /(abc|(c|dc))/I Capture group count = 2 Starting code units: a c d Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 1 /(abc|(d|de)c)/I Capture group count = 2 Starting code units: a d Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 2 /a*/I Capture group count = 0 May match empty string Subject length lower bound = 0 /a+/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 1 /(baa|a+)/I Capture group count = 1 Starting code units: a b Last code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 1 /a{0,3}/I Capture group count = 0 May match empty string Subject length lower bound = 0 /baa{3,}/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'b' Last code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 5 /"([^\\"]+|\\.)*"/I Capture group count = 1 First code unit = '"' Last code unit = '"' Subject length lower bound = 2 /(abc|ab[cd])/I Capture group count = 1 First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 3 /(a|.)/I Capture group count = 1 Subject length lower bound = 1 /a|ba|\w/I Capture group count = 0 Starting code units: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z _ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Subject length lower bound = 1 /abc(?=pqr)/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'r' Subject length lower bound = 3 /...(?<=abc)/I Capture group count = 0 Max lookbehind = 3 Subject length lower bound = 3 /abc(?!pqr)/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 3 /ab./I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 3 /ab[xyz]/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 3 /abc*/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 2 /ab.c*/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 3 /a.c*/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 2 /.c*/I Capture group count = 0 Subject length lower bound = 1 /ac*/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 1 /(a.c*|b.c*)/I Capture group count = 1 Starting code units: a b Subject length lower bound = 2 /a.c*|aba/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 2 /.+a/I Capture group count = 0 Last code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 2 /(?=abcda)a.*/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 2 /(?=a)a.*/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 1 /a(b)*/I Capture group count = 1 First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 1 /a\d*/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 1 /ab\d*/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 2 /a(\d)*/I Capture group count = 1 First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 1 /abcde{0,0}/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'd' Subject length lower bound = 4 /ab\d+/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 3 /a(?(1)b)(.)/I Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 2 /a(?(1)bag|big)(.)/I Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'g' Subject length lower bound = 5 /a(?(1)bag|big)*(.)/I Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 2 /a(?(1)bag|big)+(.)/I Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'g' Subject length lower bound = 5 /a(?(1)b..|b..)(.)/I Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 5 /ab\d{0}e/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'e' Subject length lower bound = 3 /a?b?/I Capture group count = 0 May match empty string Subject length lower bound = 0 a 0: a b 0: b ab 0: ab \ 0: \= Expect no match \=notempty No match /|-/I Capture group count = 0 May match empty string Subject length lower bound = 0 abcd 0: -abc 0: ab-c\=notempty 0: - \= Expect no match abc\=notempty No match /^.?abcd/I Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Last code unit = 'd' Subject length lower bound = 4 /\( # ( at start (?: # Non-capturing bracket (?>[^()]+) # Either a sequence of non-brackets (no backtracking) | # Or (?R) # Recurse - i.e. nested bracketed string )* # Zero or more contents \) # Closing ) /Ix Capture group count = 0 Options: extended First code unit = '(' Last code unit = ')' Subject length lower bound = 2 (abcd) 0: (abcd) (abcd)xyz 0: (abcd) xyz(abcd) 0: (abcd) (ab(xy)cd)pqr 0: (ab(xy)cd) (ab(xycd)pqr 0: (xycd) () abc () 0: () 12(abcde(fsh)xyz(foo(bar))lmno)89 0: (abcde(fsh)xyz(foo(bar))lmno) \= Expect no match abcd No match abcd) No match (abcd No match /\( ( (?>[^()]+) | (?R) )* \) /Igx Capture group count = 1 Options: extended First code unit = '(' Last code unit = ')' Subject length lower bound = 2 (ab(xy)cd)pqr 0: (ab(xy)cd) 1: cd 1(abcd)(x(y)z)pqr 0: (abcd) 1: abcd 0: (x(y)z) 1: z /\( (?: (?>[^()]+) | (?R) ) \) /Ix Capture group count = 0 Options: extended First code unit = '(' Last code unit = ')' Subject length lower bound = 3 (abcd) 0: (abcd) (ab(xy)cd) 0: (xy) (a(b(c)d)e) 0: (c) ((ab)) 0: ((ab)) \= Expect no match () No match /\( (?: (?>[^()]+) | (?R) )? \) /Ix Capture group count = 0 Options: extended First code unit = '(' Last code unit = ')' Subject length lower bound = 2 () 0: () 12(abcde(fsh)xyz(foo(bar))lmno)89 0: (fsh) /\( ( (?>[^()]+) | (?R) )* \) /Ix Capture group count = 1 Options: extended First code unit = '(' Last code unit = ')' Subject length lower bound = 2 (ab(xy)cd) 0: (ab(xy)cd) 1: cd /\( ( ( (?>[^()]+) | (?R) )* ) \) /Ix Capture group count = 2 Options: extended First code unit = '(' Last code unit = ')' Subject length lower bound = 2 (ab(xy)cd) 0: (ab(xy)cd) 1: ab(xy)cd 2: cd /\( (123)? ( ( (?>[^()]+) | (?R) )* ) \) /Ix Capture group count = 3 Options: extended First code unit = '(' Last code unit = ')' Subject length lower bound = 2 (ab(xy)cd) 0: (ab(xy)cd) 1: 2: ab(xy)cd 3: cd (123ab(xy)cd) 0: (123ab(xy)cd) 1: 123 2: ab(xy)cd 3: cd /\( ( (123)? ( (?>[^()]+) | (?R) )* ) \) /Ix Capture group count = 3 Options: extended First code unit = '(' Last code unit = ')' Subject length lower bound = 2 (ab(xy)cd) 0: (ab(xy)cd) 1: ab(xy)cd 2: 3: cd (123ab(xy)cd) 0: (123ab(xy)cd) 1: 123ab(xy)cd 2: 123 3: cd /\( (((((((((( ( (?>[^()]+) | (?R) )* )))))))))) \) /Ix Capture group count = 11 Options: extended First code unit = '(' Last code unit = ')' Subject length lower bound = 2 (ab(xy)cd) 0: (ab(xy)cd) 1: ab(xy)cd 2: ab(xy)cd 3: ab(xy)cd 4: ab(xy)cd 5: ab(xy)cd 6: ab(xy)cd 7: ab(xy)cd 8: ab(xy)cd 9: ab(xy)cd 10: ab(xy)cd 11: cd /\( ( ( (?>[^()<>]+) | ((?>[^()]+)) | (?R) )* ) \) /Ix Capture group count = 3 Options: extended First code unit = '(' Last code unit = ')' Subject length lower bound = 2 (abcd(xyz

qrs)123) 0: (abcd(xyz

qrs)123) 1: abcd(xyz

qrs)123 2: 123 /\( ( ( (?>[^()]+) | ((?R)) )* ) \) /Ix Capture group count = 3 Options: extended First code unit = '(' Last code unit = ')' Subject length lower bound = 2 (ab(cd)ef) 0: (ab(cd)ef) 1: ab(cd)ef 2: ef 3: (cd) (ab(cd(ef)gh)ij) 0: (ab(cd(ef)gh)ij) 1: ab(cd(ef)gh)ij 2: ij 3: (cd(ef)gh) /^[[:alnum:]]/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ [0-9A-Za-z] Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Starting code units: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Subject length lower bound = 1 /^[[:^alnum:]]/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ [\x00-/:-@[-`{-\xff] (neg) Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Starting code units: \x00 \x01 \x02 \x03 \x04 \x05 \x06 \x07 \x08 \x09 \x0a \x0b \x0c \x0d \x0e \x0f \x10 \x11 \x12 \x13 \x14 \x15 \x16 \x17 \x18 \x19 \x1a \x1b \x1c \x1d \x1e \x1f \x20 ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / : ; < = > ? @ [ \ ] ^ _ ` { | } ~ \x7f \x80 \x81 \x82 \x83 \x84 \x85 \x86 \x87 \x88 \x89 \x8a \x8b \x8c \x8d \x8e \x8f \x90 \x91 \x92 \x93 \x94 \x95 \x96 \x97 \x98 \x99 \x9a \x9b \x9c \x9d \x9e \x9f \xa0 \xa1 \xa2 \xa3 \xa4 \xa5 \xa6 \xa7 \xa8 \xa9 \xaa \xab \xac \xad \xae \xaf \xb0 \xb1 \xb2 \xb3 \xb4 \xb5 \xb6 \xb7 \xb8 \xb9 \xba \xbb \xbc \xbd \xbe \xbf \xc0 \xc1 \xc2 \xc3 \xc4 \xc5 \xc6 \xc7 \xc8 \xc9 \xca \xcb \xcc \xcd \xce \xcf \xd0 \xd1 \xd2 \xd3 \xd4 \xd5 \xd6 \xd7 \xd8 \xd9 \xda \xdb \xdc \xdd \xde \xdf \xe0 \xe1 \xe2 \xe3 \xe4 \xe5 \xe6 \xe7 \xe8 \xe9 \xea \xeb \xec \xed \xee \xef \xf0 \xf1 \xf2 \xf3 \xf4 \xf5 \xf6 \xf7 \xf8 \xf9 \xfa \xfb \xfc \xfd \xfe \xff Subject length lower bound = 1 /^[[:alpha:]]/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ [A-Za-z] Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Starting code units: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Subject length lower bound = 1 /^[[:^alpha:]]/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ [\x00-@[-`{-\xff] (neg) Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Starting code units: \x00 \x01 \x02 \x03 \x04 \x05 \x06 \x07 \x08 \x09 \x0a \x0b \x0c \x0d \x0e \x0f \x10 \x11 \x12 \x13 \x14 \x15 \x16 \x17 \x18 \x19 \x1a \x1b \x1c \x1d \x1e \x1f \x20 ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ? @ [ \ ] ^ _ ` { | } ~ \x7f \x80 \x81 \x82 \x83 \x84 \x85 \x86 \x87 \x88 \x89 \x8a \x8b \x8c \x8d \x8e \x8f \x90 \x91 \x92 \x93 \x94 \x95 \x96 \x97 \x98 \x99 \x9a \x9b \x9c \x9d \x9e \x9f \xa0 \xa1 \xa2 \xa3 \xa4 \xa5 \xa6 \xa7 \xa8 \xa9 \xaa \xab \xac \xad \xae \xaf \xb0 \xb1 \xb2 \xb3 \xb4 \xb5 \xb6 \xb7 \xb8 \xb9 \xba \xbb \xbc \xbd \xbe \xbf \xc0 \xc1 \xc2 \xc3 \xc4 \xc5 \xc6 \xc7 \xc8 \xc9 \xca \xcb \xcc \xcd \xce \xcf \xd0 \xd1 \xd2 \xd3 \xd4 \xd5 \xd6 \xd7 \xd8 \xd9 \xda \xdb \xdc \xdd \xde \xdf \xe0 \xe1 \xe2 \xe3 \xe4 \xe5 \xe6 \xe7 \xe8 \xe9 \xea \xeb \xec \xed \xee \xef \xf0 \xf1 \xf2 \xf3 \xf4 \xf5 \xf6 \xf7 \xf8 \xf9 \xfa \xfb \xfc \xfd \xfe \xff Subject length lower bound = 1 /[_[:alpha:]]/I Capture group count = 0 Starting code units: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z _ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Subject length lower bound = 1 /^[[:ascii:]]/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ [\x00-\x7f] Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Starting code units: \x00 \x01 \x02 \x03 \x04 \x05 \x06 \x07 \x08 \x09 \x0a \x0b \x0c \x0d \x0e \x0f \x10 \x11 \x12 \x13 \x14 \x15 \x16 \x17 \x18 \x19 \x1a \x1b \x1c \x1d \x1e \x1f \x20 ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ? @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~ \x7f Subject length lower bound = 1 /^[[:^ascii:]]/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ [\x80-\xff] (neg) Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Starting code units: \x80 \x81 \x82 \x83 \x84 \x85 \x86 \x87 \x88 \x89 \x8a \x8b \x8c \x8d \x8e \x8f \x90 \x91 \x92 \x93 \x94 \x95 \x96 \x97 \x98 \x99 \x9a \x9b \x9c \x9d \x9e \x9f \xa0 \xa1 \xa2 \xa3 \xa4 \xa5 \xa6 \xa7 \xa8 \xa9 \xaa \xab \xac \xad \xae \xaf \xb0 \xb1 \xb2 \xb3 \xb4 \xb5 \xb6 \xb7 \xb8 \xb9 \xba \xbb \xbc \xbd \xbe \xbf \xc0 \xc1 \xc2 \xc3 \xc4 \xc5 \xc6 \xc7 \xc8 \xc9 \xca \xcb \xcc \xcd \xce \xcf \xd0 \xd1 \xd2 \xd3 \xd4 \xd5 \xd6 \xd7 \xd8 \xd9 \xda \xdb \xdc \xdd \xde \xdf \xe0 \xe1 \xe2 \xe3 \xe4 \xe5 \xe6 \xe7 \xe8 \xe9 \xea \xeb \xec \xed \xee \xef \xf0 \xf1 \xf2 \xf3 \xf4 \xf5 \xf6 \xf7 \xf8 \xf9 \xfa \xfb \xfc \xfd \xfe \xff Subject length lower bound = 1 /^[[:blank:]]/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ [\x09 ] Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Starting code units: \x09 \x20 Subject length lower bound = 1 /^[[:^blank:]]/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ [\x00-\x08\x0a-\x1f!-\xff] (neg) Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Starting code units: \x00 \x01 \x02 \x03 \x04 \x05 \x06 \x07 \x08 \x0a \x0b \x0c \x0d \x0e \x0f \x10 \x11 \x12 \x13 \x14 \x15 \x16 \x17 \x18 \x19 \x1a \x1b \x1c \x1d \x1e \x1f ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ? @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~ \x7f \x80 \x81 \x82 \x83 \x84 \x85 \x86 \x87 \x88 \x89 \x8a \x8b \x8c \x8d \x8e \x8f \x90 \x91 \x92 \x93 \x94 \x95 \x96 \x97 \x98 \x99 \x9a \x9b \x9c \x9d \x9e \x9f \xa0 \xa1 \xa2 \xa3 \xa4 \xa5 \xa6 \xa7 \xa8 \xa9 \xaa \xab \xac \xad \xae \xaf \xb0 \xb1 \xb2 \xb3 \xb4 \xb5 \xb6 \xb7 \xb8 \xb9 \xba \xbb \xbc \xbd \xbe \xbf \xc0 \xc1 \xc2 \xc3 \xc4 \xc5 \xc6 \xc7 \xc8 \xc9 \xca \xcb \xcc \xcd \xce \xcf \xd0 \xd1 \xd2 \xd3 \xd4 \xd5 \xd6 \xd7 \xd8 \xd9 \xda \xdb \xdc \xdd \xde \xdf \xe0 \xe1 \xe2 \xe3 \xe4 \xe5 \xe6 \xe7 \xe8 \xe9 \xea \xeb \xec \xed \xee \xef \xf0 \xf1 \xf2 \xf3 \xf4 \xf5 \xf6 \xf7 \xf8 \xf9 \xfa \xfb \xfc \xfd \xfe \xff Subject length lower bound = 1 /[\n\x0b\x0c\x0d[:blank:]]/I Capture group count = 0 Contains explicit CR or LF match Starting code units: \x09 \x0a \x0b \x0c \x0d \x20 Subject length lower bound = 1 /^[[:cntrl:]]/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ [\x00-\x1f\x7f] Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Starting code units: \x00 \x01 \x02 \x03 \x04 \x05 \x06 \x07 \x08 \x09 \x0a \x0b \x0c \x0d \x0e \x0f \x10 \x11 \x12 \x13 \x14 \x15 \x16 \x17 \x18 \x19 \x1a \x1b \x1c \x1d \x1e \x1f \x7f Subject length lower bound = 1 /^[[:digit:]]/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ [0-9] Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Starting code units: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Subject length lower bound = 1 /^[[:graph:]]/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ [!-~] Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Starting code units: ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ? @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~ Subject length lower bound = 1 /^[[:lower:]]/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ [a-z] Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Starting code units: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Subject length lower bound = 1 /^[[:print:]]/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ [ -~] Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Starting code units: \x20 ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ? @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~ Subject length lower bound = 1 /^[[:punct:]]/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ [!-/:-@[-`{-~] Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Starting code units: ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / : ; < = > ? @ [ \ ] ^ _ ` { | } ~ Subject length lower bound = 1 /^[[:space:]]/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ [\x09-\x0d ] Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Starting code units: \x09 \x0a \x0b \x0c \x0d \x20 Subject length lower bound = 1 /^[[:upper:]]/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ [A-Z] Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Starting code units: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Subject length lower bound = 1 /^[[:xdigit:]]/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ [0-9A-Fa-f] Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Starting code units: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F a b c d e f Subject length lower bound = 1 /^[[:word:]]/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ [0-9A-Z_a-z] Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Starting code units: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z _ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Subject length lower bound = 1 /^[[:^cntrl:]]/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ [ -~\x80-\xff] (neg) Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Starting code units: \x20 ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ? @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~ \x80 \x81 \x82 \x83 \x84 \x85 \x86 \x87 \x88 \x89 \x8a \x8b \x8c \x8d \x8e \x8f \x90 \x91 \x92 \x93 \x94 \x95 \x96 \x97 \x98 \x99 \x9a \x9b \x9c \x9d \x9e \x9f \xa0 \xa1 \xa2 \xa3 \xa4 \xa5 \xa6 \xa7 \xa8 \xa9 \xaa \xab \xac \xad \xae \xaf \xb0 \xb1 \xb2 \xb3 \xb4 \xb5 \xb6 \xb7 \xb8 \xb9 \xba \xbb \xbc \xbd \xbe \xbf \xc0 \xc1 \xc2 \xc3 \xc4 \xc5 \xc6 \xc7 \xc8 \xc9 \xca \xcb \xcc \xcd \xce \xcf \xd0 \xd1 \xd2 \xd3 \xd4 \xd5 \xd6 \xd7 \xd8 \xd9 \xda \xdb \xdc \xdd \xde \xdf \xe0 \xe1 \xe2 \xe3 \xe4 \xe5 \xe6 \xe7 \xe8 \xe9 \xea \xeb \xec \xed \xee \xef \xf0 \xf1 \xf2 \xf3 \xf4 \xf5 \xf6 \xf7 \xf8 \xf9 \xfa \xfb \xfc \xfd \xfe \xff Subject length lower bound = 1 /^[12[:^digit:]]/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ [\x00-/12:-\xff] (neg) Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Starting code units: \x00 \x01 \x02 \x03 \x04 \x05 \x06 \x07 \x08 \x09 \x0a \x0b \x0c \x0d \x0e \x0f \x10 \x11 \x12 \x13 \x14 \x15 \x16 \x17 \x18 \x19 \x1a \x1b \x1c \x1d \x1e \x1f \x20 ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / 1 2 : ; < = > ? @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~ \x7f \x80 \x81 \x82 \x83 \x84 \x85 \x86 \x87 \x88 \x89 \x8a \x8b \x8c \x8d \x8e \x8f \x90 \x91 \x92 \x93 \x94 \x95 \x96 \x97 \x98 \x99 \x9a \x9b \x9c \x9d \x9e \x9f \xa0 \xa1 \xa2 \xa3 \xa4 \xa5 \xa6 \xa7 \xa8 \xa9 \xaa \xab \xac \xad \xae \xaf \xb0 \xb1 \xb2 \xb3 \xb4 \xb5 \xb6 \xb7 \xb8 \xb9 \xba \xbb \xbc \xbd \xbe \xbf \xc0 \xc1 \xc2 \xc3 \xc4 \xc5 \xc6 \xc7 \xc8 \xc9 \xca \xcb \xcc \xcd \xce \xcf \xd0 \xd1 \xd2 \xd3 \xd4 \xd5 \xd6 \xd7 \xd8 \xd9 \xda \xdb \xdc \xdd \xde \xdf \xe0 \xe1 \xe2 \xe3 \xe4 \xe5 \xe6 \xe7 \xe8 \xe9 \xea \xeb \xec \xed \xee \xef \xf0 \xf1 \xf2 \xf3 \xf4 \xf5 \xf6 \xf7 \xf8 \xf9 \xfa \xfb \xfc \xfd \xfe \xff Subject length lower bound = 1 /^[[:^blank:]]/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ [\x00-\x08\x0a-\x1f!-\xff] (neg) Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Starting code units: \x00 \x01 \x02 \x03 \x04 \x05 \x06 \x07 \x08 \x0a \x0b \x0c \x0d \x0e \x0f \x10 \x11 \x12 \x13 \x14 \x15 \x16 \x17 \x18 \x19 \x1a \x1b \x1c \x1d \x1e \x1f ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ? @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~ \x7f \x80 \x81 \x82 \x83 \x84 \x85 \x86 \x87 \x88 \x89 \x8a \x8b \x8c \x8d \x8e \x8f \x90 \x91 \x92 \x93 \x94 \x95 \x96 \x97 \x98 \x99 \x9a \x9b \x9c \x9d \x9e \x9f \xa0 \xa1 \xa2 \xa3 \xa4 \xa5 \xa6 \xa7 \xa8 \xa9 \xaa \xab \xac \xad \xae \xaf \xb0 \xb1 \xb2 \xb3 \xb4 \xb5 \xb6 \xb7 \xb8 \xb9 \xba \xbb \xbc \xbd \xbe \xbf \xc0 \xc1 \xc2 \xc3 \xc4 \xc5 \xc6 \xc7 \xc8 \xc9 \xca \xcb \xcc \xcd \xce \xcf \xd0 \xd1 \xd2 \xd3 \xd4 \xd5 \xd6 \xd7 \xd8 \xd9 \xda \xdb \xdc \xdd \xde \xdf \xe0 \xe1 \xe2 \xe3 \xe4 \xe5 \xe6 \xe7 \xe8 \xe9 \xea \xeb \xec \xed \xee \xef \xf0 \xf1 \xf2 \xf3 \xf4 \xf5 \xf6 \xf7 \xf8 \xf9 \xfa \xfb \xfc \xfd \xfe \xff Subject length lower bound = 1 /[01[:alpha:]%]/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [%01A-Za-z] Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Starting code units: % 0 1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Subject length lower bound = 1 /[[.ch.]]/I Failed: error 113 at offset 1: POSIX collating elements are not supported /[[=ch=]]/I Failed: error 113 at offset 1: POSIX collating elements are not supported /[[:rhubarb:]]/I Failed: error 130 at offset 3: unknown POSIX class name /[[:upper:]]/Ii Capture group count = 0 Options: caseless Starting code units: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Subject length lower bound = 1 A 0: A a 0: a /[[:lower:]]/Ii Capture group count = 0 Options: caseless Starting code units: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Subject length lower bound = 1 A 0: A a 0: a /((?-i)[[:lower:]])[[:lower:]]/Ii Capture 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Capture group count = 271 Max back reference = 270 Starting code units: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Subject length lower bound = 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 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249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 ABC ABC 1: 1 2: 2 3: 3 4: 4 5: 5 6: 6 7: 7 8: 8 9: 9 10: 10 11: 11 12: 12 13: 13 14: 14 15: 15 16: 16 17: 17 18: 18 19: 19 20: 20 21: 21 22: 22 23: 23 24: 24 25: 25 26: 26 27: 27 28: 28 29: 29 30: 30 31: 31 32: 32 33: 33 34: 34 35: 35 36: 36 37: 37 38: 38 39: 39 40: 40 41: 41 42: 42 43: 43 44: 44 45: 45 46: 46 47: 47 48: 48 49: 49 50: 50 51: 51 52: 52 53: 53 54: 54 55: 55 56: 56 57: 57 58: 58 59: 59 60: 60 61: 61 62: 62 63: 63 64: 64 65: 65 66: 66 67: 67 68: 68 69: 69 70: 70 71: 71 72: 72 73: 73 74: 74 75: 75 76: 76 77: 77 78: 78 79: 79 80: 80 81: 81 82: 82 83: 83 84: 84 85: 85 86: 86 87: 87 88: 88 89: 89 90: 90 91: 91 92: 92 93: 93 94: 94 95: 95 96: 96 97: 97 98: 98 99: 99 100: 100 101: 101 102: 102 103: 103 104: 104 105: 105 106: 106 107: 107 108: 108 109: 109 110: 110 111: 111 112: 112 113: 113 114: 114 115: 115 116: 116 117: 117 118: 118 119: 119 120: 120 121: 121 122: 122 123: 123 124: 124 125: 125 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237: 237 238: 238 239: 239 240: 240 241: 241 242: 242 243: 243 244: 244 245: 245 246: 246 247: 247 248: 248 249: 249 250: 250 251: 251 252: 252 253: 253 254: 254 255: 255 256: 256 257: 257 258: 258 259: 259 260: 260 261: 261 262: 262 263: 263 264: 264 265: 265 266: 266 267: 267 268: 268 269: 269 270: ABC 271: ABC # This one's here because Perl does this differently and PCRE2 can't at present /(main(O)?)+/I Capture group count = 2 First code unit = 'm' Last code unit = 'n' Subject length lower bound = 4 mainmain 0: mainmain 1: main mainOmain 0: mainOmain 1: main 2: O # These are all cases where Perl does it differently (nested captures) /^(a(b)?)+$/I Capture group count = 2 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 1 aba 0: aba 1: a 2: b /^(aa(bb)?)+$/I Capture group count = 2 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 2 aabbaa 0: aabbaa 1: aa 2: bb /^(aa|aa(bb))+$/I Capture group count = 2 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 2 aabbaa 0: aabbaa 1: aa 2: bb /^(aa(bb)??)+$/I Capture group count = 2 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 2 aabbaa 0: aabbaa 1: aa 2: bb /^(?:aa(bb)?)+$/I Capture group count = 1 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 2 aabbaa 0: aabbaa 1: bb /^(aa(b(b))?)+$/I Capture group count = 3 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 2 aabbaa 0: aabbaa 1: aa 2: bb 3: b /^(?:aa(b(b))?)+$/I Capture group count = 2 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 2 aabbaa 0: aabbaa 1: bb 2: b /^(?:aa(b(?:b))?)+$/I Capture group count = 1 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 2 aabbaa 0: aabbaa 1: bb /^(?:aa(bb(?:b))?)+$/I Capture group count = 1 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 2 aabbbaa 0: aabbbaa 1: bbb /^(?:aa(b(?:bb))?)+$/I Capture group count = 1 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 2 aabbbaa 0: aabbbaa 1: bbb /^(?:aa(?:b(b))?)+$/I Capture group count = 1 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 2 aabbaa 0: aabbaa 1: b /^(?:aa(?:b(bb))?)+$/I Capture group count = 1 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 2 aabbbaa 0: aabbbaa 1: bb /^(aa(b(bb))?)+$/I Capture group count = 3 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 2 aabbbaa 0: aabbbaa 1: aa 2: bbb 3: bb /^(aa(bb(bb))?)+$/I Capture group count = 3 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 2 aabbbbaa 0: aabbbbaa 1: aa 2: bbbb 3: bb # ---------------- /#/IBx ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 May match empty string Options: extended Subject length lower bound = 0 /a#/IBx ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra a Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Options: extended First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 1 /[\s]/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [\x09-\x0d ] Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Starting code units: \x09 \x0a \x0b \x0c \x0d \x20 Subject length lower bound = 1 /[\S]/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [\x00-\x08\x0e-\x1f!-\xff] (neg) Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 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" # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ? @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~ \x7f \x80 \x81 \x82 \x83 \x84 \x85 \x86 \x87 \x88 \x89 \x8a \x8b \x8c \x8d \x8e \x8f \x90 \x91 \x92 \x93 \x94 \x95 \x96 \x97 \x98 \x99 \x9a \x9b \x9c \x9d \x9e \x9f \xa0 \xa1 \xa2 \xa3 \xa4 \xa5 \xa6 \xa7 \xa8 \xa9 \xaa \xab \xac \xad \xae \xaf \xb0 \xb1 \xb2 \xb3 \xb4 \xb5 \xb6 \xb7 \xb8 \xb9 \xba \xbb \xbc \xbd \xbe \xbf \xc0 \xc1 \xc2 \xc3 \xc4 \xc5 \xc6 \xc7 \xc8 \xc9 \xca \xcb \xcc \xcd \xce \xcf \xd0 \xd1 \xd2 \xd3 \xd4 \xd5 \xd6 \xd7 \xd8 \xd9 \xda \xdb \xdc \xdd \xde \xdf \xe0 \xe1 \xe2 \xe3 \xe4 \xe5 \xe6 \xe7 \xe8 \xe9 \xea \xeb \xec \xed \xee \xef \xf0 \xf1 \xf2 \xf3 \xf4 \xf5 \xf6 \xf7 \xf8 \xf9 \xfa \xfb \xfc \xfd \xfe \xff Subject length lower bound = 1 /a(?i)b/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra a /i b Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'b' (caseless) Subject length lower bound = 2 ab 0: ab aB 0: aB \= Expect no match AB No match /(a(?i)b)/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra CBra 1 a /i b Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 1 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'b' (caseless) Subject length lower bound = 2 ab 0: ab 1: ab aB 0: aB 1: aB \= Expect no match AB No match / (?i)abc/IBx ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra /i abc Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Options: extended First code unit = 'a' (caseless) Last code unit = 'c' (caseless) Subject length lower bound = 3 /#this is a comment (?i)abc/IBx ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra /i abc Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Options: extended First code unit = 'a' (caseless) Last code unit = 'c' (caseless) Subject length lower bound = 3 /123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 First code unit = '1' Last code unit = '0' Subject length lower bound = 300 /\Q123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 First code unit = '1' Last code unit = '0' Subject length lower bound = 300 /\Q\E/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 May match empty string Subject length lower bound = 0 \ 0: /\Q\Ex/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra x Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'x' Subject length lower bound = 1 / \Q\E/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 First code unit = ' ' Subject length lower bound = 1 /a\Q\E/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra a Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 1 abc 0: a bca 0: a bac 0: a /a\Q\Eb/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ab Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 2 abc 0: ab /\Q\Eabc/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra abc Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 3 /x*+\w/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra x*+ \w Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Starting code units: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z _ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Subject length lower bound = 1 \= Expect no match xxxxx No match /x?+/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra x?+ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 May match empty string Subject length lower bound = 0 /x++/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra x++ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'x' Subject length lower bound = 1 /x{1,3}+/B,no_auto_possess ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra x x{0,2}+ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /x{1,3}+/Bi,no_auto_possess ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra /i x /i x{0,2}+ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /[^x]{1,3}+/B,no_auto_possess ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [^x] [^x]{0,2}+ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /[^x]{1,3}+/Bi,no_auto_possess ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra /i [^x] /i [^x]{0,2}+ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /(x)*+/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Braposzero CBraPos 1 x KetRpos Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 1 May match empty string Subject length lower bound = 0 /^(\w++|\s++)*$/I Capture group count = 1 May match empty string Compile options: Overall options: anchored Subject length lower bound = 0 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 \= Expect no match this is not a line with only words and spaces! No match /(\d++)(\w)/I Capture group count = 2 Starting code units: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Subject length lower bound = 2 12345a 0: 12345a 1: 12345 2: a \= Expect no match 12345+ No match /a++b/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 2 aaab 0: aaab /(a++b)/I Capture group count = 1 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 2 aaab 0: aaab 1: aaab /(a++)b/I Capture group count = 1 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 2 aaab 0: aaab 1: aaa /([^()]++|\([^()]*\))+/I Capture group count = 1 Starting code units: \x00 \x01 \x02 \x03 \x04 \x05 \x06 \x07 \x08 \x09 \x0a \x0b \x0c \x0d \x0e \x0f \x10 \x11 \x12 \x13 \x14 \x15 \x16 \x17 \x18 \x19 \x1a \x1b \x1c \x1d \x1e \x1f \x20 ! " # $ % & ' ( * + , - . / 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ? @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~ \x7f \x80 \x81 \x82 \x83 \x84 \x85 \x86 \x87 \x88 \x89 \x8a \x8b \x8c \x8d \x8e \x8f \x90 \x91 \x92 \x93 \x94 \x95 \x96 \x97 \x98 \x99 \x9a \x9b \x9c \x9d \x9e \x9f \xa0 \xa1 \xa2 \xa3 \xa4 \xa5 \xa6 \xa7 \xa8 \xa9 \xaa \xab \xac \xad \xae \xaf \xb0 \xb1 \xb2 \xb3 \xb4 \xb5 \xb6 \xb7 \xb8 \xb9 \xba \xbb \xbc \xbd \xbe \xbf \xc0 \xc1 \xc2 \xc3 \xc4 \xc5 \xc6 \xc7 \xc8 \xc9 \xca \xcb \xcc \xcd \xce \xcf \xd0 \xd1 \xd2 \xd3 \xd4 \xd5 \xd6 \xd7 \xd8 \xd9 \xda \xdb \xdc \xdd \xde \xdf \xe0 \xe1 \xe2 \xe3 \xe4 \xe5 \xe6 \xe7 \xe8 \xe9 \xea \xeb \xec \xed \xee \xef \xf0 \xf1 \xf2 \xf3 \xf4 \xf5 \xf6 \xf7 \xf8 \xf9 \xfa \xfb \xfc \xfd \xfe \xff Subject length lower bound = 1 ((abc(ade)ufh()()x 0: abc(ade)ufh()()x 1: x /\(([^()]++|\([^()]+\))+\)/I Capture group count = 1 First code unit = '(' Last code unit = ')' Subject length lower bound = 3 (abc) 0: (abc) 1: abc (abc(def)xyz) 0: (abc(def)xyz) 1: xyz \= Expect no match ((()aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa No match /(abc){1,3}+/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Once CBra 1 abc Ket Brazero Bra CBra 1 abc Ket Brazero CBra 1 abc Ket Ket Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 1 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 3 /a+?+/I Failed: error 109 at offset 3: quantifier does not follow a repeatable item /a{2,3}?+b/I Failed: error 109 at offset 7: quantifier does not follow a repeatable item /(?U)a+?+/I Failed: error 109 at offset 7: quantifier does not follow a repeatable item /a{2,3}?+b/I,ungreedy Failed: error 109 at offset 7: quantifier does not follow a repeatable item /x(?U)a++b/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra x a++ b Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'x' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 3 xaaaab 0: xaaaab /(?U)xa++b/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra x a++ b Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'x' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 3 xaaaab 0: xaaaab /^((a+)(?U)([ab]+)(?-U)([bc]+)(\w*))/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ CBra 1 CBra 2 a+ Ket CBra 3 [ab]+? Ket CBra 4 [bc]+ Ket CBra 5 \w*+ Ket Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 5 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 3 /^x(?U)a+b/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ x a++ b Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'x' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 3 /^x(?U)(a+)b/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ x CBra 1 a+? Ket b Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 1 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'x' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 3 /[.x.]/I Failed: error 113 at offset 0: POSIX collating elements are not supported /[=x=]/I Failed: error 113 at offset 0: POSIX collating elements are not supported /[:x:]/I Failed: error 112 at offset 0: POSIX named classes are supported only within a class /\F/I Failed: error 137 at offset 2: PCRE2 does not support \F, \L, \l, \N{name}, \U, or \u /\l/I Failed: error 137 at offset 2: PCRE2 does not support \F, \L, \l, \N{name}, \U, or \u /\L/I Failed: error 137 at offset 2: PCRE2 does not support \F, \L, \l, \N{name}, \U, or \u /\N{name}/I Failed: error 137 at offset 2: PCRE2 does not support \F, \L, \l, \N{name}, \U, or \u /\u/I Failed: error 137 at offset 2: PCRE2 does not support \F, \L, \l, \N{name}, \U, or \u /\U/I Failed: error 137 at offset 2: PCRE2 does not support \F, \L, \l, \N{name}, \U, or \u /a{1,3}b/ungreedy ab 0: ab /[/I Failed: error 106 at offset 1: missing terminating ] for character class /[a-/I Failed: error 106 at offset 3: missing terminating ] for character class /[[:space:]/I Failed: error 106 at offset 10: missing terminating ] for character class /[\s]/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [\x09-\x0d ] Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Starting code units: \x09 \x0a \x0b \x0c \x0d \x20 Subject length lower bound = 1 /[[:space:]]/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [\x09-\x0d ] Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Starting code units: \x09 \x0a \x0b \x0c \x0d \x20 Subject length lower bound = 1 /[[:space:]abcde]/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [\x09-\x0d a-e] Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Starting code units: \x09 \x0a \x0b \x0c \x0d \x20 a b c d e Subject length lower bound = 1 /< (?: (?(R) \d++ | [^<>]*+) | (?R)) * >/Ix Capture group count = 0 Options: extended First code unit = '<' Last code unit = '>' Subject length lower bound = 2 <> 0: <> 0: hij> 0: hij> hij> 0: def> 0: def> 0: <> \= Expect no match iV\;\?aPhFB\<\*vW\@QW\@sO9\}cfZA\-i\'w\%hKd6gt1UJP\,15_\#QY\$M\^Mss_U\/\]\&LK9\[5vQub\^w\[KDD\qmj\;2\}YWFdYx\.Ap\]hjCPTP\(n28k\+3\;o\&WXqs\/gOXdr\$\:r\'do0\;b4c\(f_Gr\=\"\\4\)\[01T7ajQJvL\$W\~mL_sS\/4h\:x\*\[ZN\=KLs\&L5zX\/\/\>it\,o\:aU\(\;Z\>pW\&T7oP\'2K\^E\:x9\'c\[\%z\-\,64JQ5AeH_G\#KijUKghQw\^\\vea3a\?kka_G\$8\#\`\*kynsxzBLru\'\]k_\[7FrVx\}\^\=\$blx\>s\-N\%j\;D\*aZDnsw\:YKZ\%Q\.Kne9\#hP\?\+b3\(SOvL\,\^\;\&u5\@\?5C5Bhb\=m\-vEh_L15Jl\]U\)0RP6\{q\%L\^_z5E\'Dw6X\b/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra 8J$WE<.rX+ix[d1b!H#?vV0vrK:ZH1=2M>iV;?aPhFB<*vW@QW@sO9}cfZA-i'w%hKd6gt1UJP,15_#QY$M^Mss_U/]&LK9[5vQub^w[KDDqmj;2}YWFdYx.Ap]hjCPTP(n28k+3;o&WXqs/gOXdr$:r'do0;b4c(f_Gr="\4)[01T7ajQJvL$W~mL_sS/4h:x*[ZN=KLs&L5zX//>it,o:aU(;Z>pW&T7oP'2K^E:x9'c[%z-,64JQ5AeH_G#KijUKghQw^\vea3a?kka_G$8#`*kynsxzBLru']k_[7FrVx}^=$blx>s-N%j;D*aZDnsw:YKZ%Q.Kne9#hP?+b3(SOvL,^;&u5@?5C5Bhb=m-vEh_L15Jl]U)0RP6{q%L^_z5E'Dw6X \b Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Max lookbehind = 1 First code unit = '8' Last code unit = 'X' Subject length lower bound = 409 /\$\<\.X\+ix\[d1b\!H\#\?vV0vrK\:ZH1\=2M\>iV\;\?aPhFB\<\*vW\@QW\@sO9\}cfZA\-i\'w\%hKd6gt1UJP\,15_\#QY\$M\^Mss_U\/\]\&LK9\[5vQub\^w\[KDD\qmj\;2\}YWFdYx\.Ap\]hjCPTP\(n28k\+3\;o\&WXqs\/gOXdr\$\:r\'do0\;b4c\(f_Gr\=\"\\4\)\[01T7ajQJvL\$W\~mL_sS\/4h\:x\*\[ZN\=KLs\&L5zX\/\/\>it\,o\:aU\(\;Z\>pW\&T7oP\'2K\^E\:x9\'c\[\%z\-\,64JQ5AeH_G\#KijUKghQw\^\\vea3a\?kka_G\$8\#\`\*kynsxzBLru\'\]k_\[7FrVx\}\^\=\$blx\>s\-N\%j\;D\*aZDnsw\:YKZ\%Q\.Kne9\#hP\?\+b3\(SOvL\,\^\;\&u5\@\?5C5Bhb\=m\-vEh_L15Jl\]U\)0RP6\{q\%L\^_z5E\'Dw6X\b/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra $<.X+ix[d1b!H#?vV0vrK:ZH1=2M>iV;?aPhFB<*vW@QW@sO9}cfZA-i'w%hKd6gt1UJP,15_#QY$M^Mss_U/]&LK9[5vQub^w[KDDqmj;2}YWFdYx.Ap]hjCPTP(n28k+3;o&WXqs/gOXdr$:r'do0;b4c(f_Gr="\4)[01T7ajQJvL$W~mL_sS/4h:x*[ZN=KLs&L5zX//>it,o:aU(;Z>pW&T7oP'2K^E:x9'c[%z-,64JQ5AeH_G#KijUKghQw^\vea3a?kka_G$8#`*kynsxzBLru']k_[7FrVx}^=$blx>s-N%j;D*aZDnsw:YKZ%Q.Kne9#hP?+b3(SOvL,^;&u5@?5C5Bhb=m-vEh_L15Jl]U)0RP6{q%L^_z5E'Dw6X \b Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Max lookbehind = 1 First code unit = '$' Last code unit = 'X' Subject length lower bound = 404 /(.*)\d+\1/I Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 Subject length lower bound = 1 /(.*)\d+/I Capture group count = 1 First code unit at start or follows newline Subject length lower bound = 1 /(.*)\d+\1/Is Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 Options: dotall Subject length lower bound = 1 /(.*)\d+/Is Capture group count = 1 Compile options: dotall Overall options: anchored dotall Subject length lower bound = 1 /(.*(xyz))\d+\2/I Capture group count = 2 Max back reference = 2 First code unit at start or follows newline Last code unit = 'z' Subject length lower bound = 7 /((.*))\d+\1/I Capture group count = 2 Max back reference = 1 Subject length lower bound = 1 abc123bc 0: bc123bc 1: bc 2: bc /a[b]/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 2 /(?=a).*/I Capture group count = 0 May match empty string First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 1 /(?=abc).xyz/Ii Capture group count = 0 Options: caseless First code unit = 'a' (caseless) Last code unit = 'z' (caseless) Subject length lower bound = 4 /(?=abc)(?i).xyz/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'z' (caseless) Subject length lower bound = 4 /(?=a)(?=b)/I Capture group count = 0 May match empty string First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 1 /(?=.)a/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 1 /((?=abcda)a)/I Capture group count = 1 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 2 /((?=abcda)ab)/I Capture group count = 1 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 2 /()a/I Capture group count = 1 First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 1 /(?:(?=.)|(?abcdef 0 ^ ^ d 0: abcdef 1234abcdef --->1234abcdef 0 ^ ^ d 0: abcdef \= Expect no match abcxyz No match abcxyzf --->abcxyzf 0 ^ ^ d No match /abc(?C)de(?C1)f/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'f' Subject length lower bound = 6 123abcdef --->123abcdef 0 ^ ^ d 1 ^ ^ f 0: abcdef /(?C1)\dabc(?C2)def/I Capture group count = 0 Starting code units: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Last code unit = 'f' Subject length lower bound = 7 1234abcdef --->1234abcdef 1 ^ \d 1 ^ \d 1 ^ \d 1 ^ \d 2 ^ ^ d 0: 4abcdef \= Expect no match abcdef No match /(?C1)\dabc(?C2)def/I Capture group count = 0 Starting code units: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Last code unit = 'f' Subject length lower bound = 7 1234abcdef --->1234abcdef 1 ^ \d 1 ^ \d 1 ^ \d 1 ^ \d 2 ^ ^ d 0: 4abcdef \= Expect no match abcdef No match /(?C255)ab/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 2 /(?C256)ab/I Failed: error 138 at offset 6: number after (?C is greater than 255 /(?Cab)xx/I Failed: error 182 at offset 3: unrecognized string delimiter follows (?C /(?C12vr)x/I Failed: error 139 at offset 5: closing parenthesis for (?C expected /abc(?C)def/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'f' Subject length lower bound = 6 \x83\x0\x61bcdef --->\x83\x00abcdef 0 ^ ^ d 0: abcdef /(abc)(?C)de(?C1)f/I Capture group count = 1 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'f' Subject length lower bound = 6 123abcdef --->123abcdef 0 ^ ^ d 1 ^ ^ f 0: abcdef 1: abc 123abcdef\=callout_capture Callout 0: last capture = 1 1: abc --->123abcdef ^ ^ d Callout 1: last capture = 1 1: abc --->123abcdef ^ ^ f 0: abcdef 1: abc 123abcdefC-\=callout_none 0: abcdef 1: abc \= Expect no match 123abcdef\=callout_fail=1 --->123abcdef 0 ^ ^ d 1 ^ ^ f No match /(?C0)(abc(?C1))*/I Capture group count = 1 May match empty string Subject length lower bound = 0 abcabcabc --->abcabcabc 0 ^ ( 1 ^ ^ )* 1 ^ ^ )* 1 ^ ^ )* 0: abcabcabc 1: abc abcabc\=callout_fail=1:4 --->abcabc 0 ^ ( 1 ^ ^ )* 1 ^ ^ )* 0: abcabc 1: abc abcabcabc\=callout_fail=1:4 --->abcabcabc 0 ^ ( 1 ^ ^ )* 1 ^ ^ )* 1 ^ ^ )* 0: abcabc 1: abc /(\d{3}(?C))*/I Capture group count = 1 May match empty string Subject length lower bound = 0 123\=callout_capture Callout 0: last capture = 0 --->123 ^ ^ )* 0: 123 1: 123 123456\=callout_capture Callout 0: last capture = 0 --->123456 ^ ^ )* Callout 0: last capture = 1 1: 123 --->123456 ^ ^ )* 0: 123456 1: 456 123456789\=callout_capture Callout 0: last capture = 0 --->123456789 ^ ^ )* Callout 0: last capture = 1 1: 123 --->123456789 ^ ^ )* Callout 0: last capture = 1 1: 456 --->123456789 ^ ^ )* 0: 123456789 1: 789 /((xyz)(?C)p|(?C1)xyzabc)/I Capture group count = 2 First code unit = 'x' Subject length lower bound = 4 xyzabc\=callout_capture Callout 0: last capture = 2 1: 2: xyz --->xyzabc ^ ^ p Callout 1: last capture = 0 --->xyzabc ^ x 0: xyzabc 1: xyzabc /(X)((xyz)(?C)p|(?C1)xyzabc)/I Capture group count = 3 First code unit = 'X' Last code unit = 'x' Subject length lower bound = 5 Xxyzabc\=callout_capture Callout 0: last capture = 3 1: X 2: 3: xyz --->Xxyzabc ^ ^ p Callout 1: last capture = 1 1: X --->Xxyzabc ^^ x 0: Xxyzabc 1: X 2: xyzabc /(?=(abc))(?C)abcdef/I Capture group count = 1 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'f' Subject length lower bound = 6 abcdef\=callout_capture Callout 0: last capture = 1 1: abc --->abcdef ^ a 0: abcdef 1: abc /(?!(abc)(?C1)d)(?C2)abcxyz/I Capture group count = 1 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'z' Subject length lower bound = 6 abcxyz\=callout_capture Callout 1: last capture = 1 1: abc --->abcxyz ^ ^ d Callout 2: last capture = 0 --->abcxyz ^ a 0: abcxyz /(?<=(abc)(?C))xyz/I Capture group count = 1 Max lookbehind = 3 First code unit = 'x' Last code unit = 'z' Subject length lower bound = 3 abcxyz\=callout_capture Callout 0: last capture = 1 1: abc --->abcxyz ^ ) 0: xyz 1: abc /a(b+)(c*)(?C1)/I Capture group count = 2 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 2 \= Expect no match abbbbbccc\=callout_data=1 --->abbbbbccc 1 ^ ^ End of pattern Callout data = 1 No match /a(b+?)(c*?)(?C1)/I Capture group count = 2 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 2 \= Expect no match abbbbbccc\=callout_data=1 --->abbbbbccc 1 ^ ^ End of pattern Callout data = 1 1 ^ ^ End of pattern Callout data = 1 1 ^ ^ End of pattern Callout data = 1 1 ^ ^ End of pattern Callout data = 1 1 ^ ^ End of pattern Callout data = 1 1 ^ ^ End of pattern Callout data = 1 1 ^ ^ End of pattern Callout data = 1 1 ^ ^ End of pattern Callout data = 1 No match /(?C)abc/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 3 /(?C)^abc/I Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 3 /(?C)a|b/I Capture group count = 0 Starting code units: a b Subject length lower bound = 1 /a|(b)(?C)/I Capture group count = 1 Starting code units: a b Subject length lower bound = 1 b --->b 0 ^^ End of pattern 0: b 1: b /x(ab|(bc|(de|(?R))))/I Capture group count = 3 First code unit = 'x' Subject length lower bound = 3 xab 0: xab 1: ab xbc 0: xbc 1: bc 2: bc xde 0: xde 1: de 2: de 3: de xxab 0: xxab 1: xab 2: xab 3: xab xxxab 0: xxxab 1: xxab 2: xxab 3: xxab \= Expect no match xyab No match /^([^()]|\((?1)*\))*$/I Capture group count = 1 May match empty string Compile options: Overall options: anchored Subject length lower bound = 0 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 \= Expect no match) a(b(c)d No match /^>abc>([^()]|\((?1)*\))* Overall options: anchored First code unit = '>' Last code unit = '<' Subject length lower bound = 10 >abc>123abc>123abc>1(2)3abc>1(2)3abc>(1(2)3)abc>(1(2)3) Overall options: anchored Starting code units: ( - 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Subject length lower bound = 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 \= Expect no match ((2+2)*-3)-7) No match /^(x(y|(?1){2})z)/I Capture group count = 2 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'x' Subject length lower bound = 3 xyz 0: xyz 1: xyz 2: y xxyzxyzz 0: xxyzxyzz 1: xxyzxyzz 2: xyzxyz \= Expect no match xxyzz No match xxyzxyzxyzz No match /((< (?: (?(R) \d++ | [^<>]*+) | (?2)) * >))/Ix Capture group count = 2 Options: extended First code unit = '<' Last code unit = '>' Subject length lower bound = 2 <> 0: <> 1: <> 2: <> 0: 1: 2: hij> 0: hij> 1: hij> 2: hij> hij> 0: 1: 2: def> 0: def> 1: def> 2: def> 0: <> 1: <> 2: <> \= Expect no match Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 9 abcdefabc 0: abcdefabc 1: abc /^(a|b|c)=(?1)+/I Capture group count = 1 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Starting code units: a b c Subject length lower bound = 2 a=a 0: a=a 1: a a=b 0: a=b 1: a a=bc 0: a=bc 1: a /^(a|b|c)=((?1))+/I Capture group count = 2 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Starting code units: a b c Subject length lower bound = 2 a=a 0: a=a 1: a 2: a a=b 0: a=b 1: a 2: b a=bc 0: a=bc 1: a 2: c /a(?Pb|c)d(?Pe)/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra a CBra 1 b Alt c Ket d CBra 2 e Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 2 Named capture groups: longername2 2 name1 1 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'e' Subject length lower bound = 4 abde 0: abde 1: b 2: e acde 0: acde 1: c 2: e /(?:a(?Pc(?Pd)))(?Pa)/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Bra a CBra 1 c CBra 2 d Ket Ket Ket CBra 3 a Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 3 Named capture groups: a 3 c 1 d 2 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 4 /(?Pa)...(?P=a)bbb(?P>a)d/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra CBra 1 a Ket Any Any Any \1 bbb Recurse d Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 Named capture groups: a 1 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'd' Subject length lower bound = 10 /^\W*(?:(?P(?P.)\W*(?P>one)\W*(?P=two)|)|(?P(?P.)\W*(?P>three)\W*(?P=four)|\W*.\W*))\W*$/Ii Capture group count = 4 Max back reference = 4 Named capture groups: four 4 one 1 three 3 two 2 May match empty string Compile options: caseless Overall options: anchored caseless Subject length lower bound = 0 1221 0: 1221 1: 1221 2: 1 Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas! 0: Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas! 1: 2: 3: Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas 4: S A man, a plan, a canal: Panama! 0: A man, a plan, a canal: Panama! 1: 2: 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: 2: 3: Able was I ere I saw Elba 4: A \= Expect no match The quick brown fox No match /((?(R)a|b))\1(?1)?/I Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 Subject length lower bound = 2 bb 0: bb 1: b bbaa 0: bba 1: b /(.*)a/Is Capture group count = 1 Compile options: dotall Overall options: anchored dotall Last code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 1 /(.*)a\1/Is Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 Options: dotall Last code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 1 /(.*)a(b)\2/Is Capture group count = 2 Max back reference = 2 Compile options: dotall Overall options: anchored dotall Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 3 /((.*)a|(.*)b)z/Is Capture group count = 3 Compile options: dotall Overall options: anchored dotall Last code unit = 'z' Subject length lower bound = 2 /((.*)a|(.*)b)z\1/Is Capture group count = 3 Max back reference = 1 Options: dotall Last code unit = 'z' Subject length lower bound = 3 /((.*)a|(.*)b)z\2/Is Capture group count = 3 Max back reference = 2 Options: dotall Last code unit = 'z' Subject length lower bound = 2 /((.*)a|(.*)b)z\3/Is Capture group count = 3 Max back reference = 3 Options: dotall Last code unit = 'z' Subject length lower bound = 2 /((.*)a|^(.*)b)z\3/Is Capture group count = 3 Max back reference = 3 Compile options: dotall Overall options: anchored dotall Last code unit = 'z' Subject length lower bound = 2 /(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)a/Is Capture group count = 31 May match empty string Compile options: dotall Overall options: anchored dotall Subject length lower bound = 0 /(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)a\31/Is Capture group count = 31 Max back reference = 31 May match empty string Options: dotall Subject length lower bound = 0 /(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)|(.*)a\32/Is Capture group count = 32 Max back reference = 32 May match empty string Options: dotall Subject length lower bound = 0 /(a)(bc)/IB,no_auto_capture ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Bra a Ket Bra bc Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Options: no_auto_capture First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 3 abc 0: abc /(?Pa)(bc)/IB,no_auto_capture ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra CBra 1 a Ket Bra bc Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 1 Named capture groups: one 1 Options: no_auto_capture First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 3 abc 0: abc 1: a /(a)(?Pbc)/IB,no_auto_capture ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Bra a Ket CBra 1 bc Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 1 Named capture groups: named 1 Options: no_auto_capture First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 3 /(aaa(?C1)bbb|ab)/I Capture group count = 1 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 2 aaabbb --->aaabbb 1 ^ ^ b 0: aaabbb 1: aaabbb aaabbb\=callout_data=0 --->aaabbb 1 ^ ^ b 0: aaabbb 1: aaabbb aaabbb\=callout_data=1 --->aaabbb 1 ^ ^ b Callout data = 1 0: ab 1: ab \= Expect no match aaabbb\=callout_data=-1 --->aaabbb 1 ^ ^ b Callout data = -1 No match /ab(?Pcd)ef(?Pgh)/I Capture group count = 2 Named capture groups: one 1 two 2 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'h' Subject length lower bound = 8 abcdefgh 0: abcdefgh 1: cd 2: gh abcdefgh\=copy=1,get=two 0: abcdefgh 1: cd 2: gh 1C cd (2) G gh (2) two (group 2) abcdefgh\=copy=one,copy=two 0: abcdefgh 1: cd 2: gh C cd (2) one (group 1) C gh (2) two (group 2) abcdefgh\=copy=three 0: abcdefgh 1: cd 2: gh Number not found for group 'three' Copy substring 'three' failed (-49): unknown substring /(?P)(?P)/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra CBra 1 Ket CBra 2 Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 2 Named capture groups: Tes 1 Test 2 May match empty string Subject length lower bound = 0 /(?P)(?P)/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra CBra 1 Ket CBra 2 Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 2 Named capture groups: Tes 2 Test 1 May match empty string Subject length lower bound = 0 /(?Pzz)(?Paa)/I Capture group count = 2 Named capture groups: A 2 Z 1 First code unit = 'z' Last code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 4 zzaa\=copy=Z 0: zzaa 1: zz 2: aa C zz (2) Z (group 1) zzaa\=copy=A 0: zzaa 1: zz 2: aa C aa (2) A (group 2) /(?Peks)(?Peccs)/I Failed: error 143 at offset 16: two named subpatterns have the same name (PCRE2_DUPNAMES not set) /(?Pabc(?Pdef)(?Pxyz))/I Failed: error 143 at offset 31: two named subpatterns have the same name (PCRE2_DUPNAMES not set) "\[((?P\d+)(,(?P>elem))*)\]"I Capture group count = 3 Named capture groups: elem 2 First code unit = '[' Last code unit = ']' Subject length lower bound = 3 [10,20,30,5,5,4,4,2,43,23,4234] 0: [10,20,30,5,5,4,4,2,43,23,4234] 1: 10,20,30,5,5,4,4,2,43,23,4234 2: 10 3: ,4234 \= Expect no match [] No match "\[((?P\d+)(,(?P>elem))*)?\]"I Capture group count = 3 Named capture groups: elem 2 First code unit = '[' Last code unit = ']' Subject length lower bound = 2 [10,20,30,5,5,4,4,2,43,23,4234] 0: [10,20,30,5,5,4,4,2,43,23,4234] 1: 10,20,30,5,5,4,4,2,43,23,4234 2: 10 3: ,4234 [] 0: [] /(a(b(?2)c))?/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Brazero CBra 1 a CBra 2 b Recurse c Ket Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 2 May match empty string Subject length lower bound = 0 /(a(b(?2)c))*/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Brazero CBra 1 a CBra 2 b Recurse c Ket KetRmax Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 2 May match empty string Subject length lower bound = 0 /(a(b(?2)c)){0,2}/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Brazero Bra CBra 1 a CBra 2 b Recurse c Ket Ket Brazero CBra 1 a CBra 2 b Recurse c Ket Ket Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 2 May match empty string Subject length lower bound = 0 /[ab]{1}+/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [ab] Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /()(?1){1}/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra CBra 1 Ket Recurse Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /()(?1)/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra CBra 1 Ket Recurse Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /((w\/|-|with)*(free|immediate)*.*?shipping\s*[!.-]*)/Ii Capture group count = 3 Options: caseless Last code unit = 'g' (caseless) Subject length lower bound = 8 Baby Bjorn Active Carrier - With free SHIPPING!! 0: Baby Bjorn Active Carrier - With free SHIPPING!! 1: Baby Bjorn Active Carrier - With free SHIPPING!! /((w\/|-|with)*(free|immediate)*.*?shipping\s*[!.-]*)/Ii Capture group count = 3 Options: caseless Last code unit = 'g' (caseless) Subject length lower bound = 8 Baby Bjorn Active Carrier - With free SHIPPING!! 0: Baby Bjorn Active Carrier - With free SHIPPING!! 1: Baby Bjorn Active Carrier - With free SHIPPING!! /a*.*b/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra a* Any* b Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 1 /(a|b)*.?c/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Brazero CBra 1 a Alt b KetRmax Any? c Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 1 Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 1 /abc(?C255)de(?C)f/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra abc Callout 255 10 1 de Callout 0 16 1 f Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'f' Subject length lower bound = 6 /abcde/IB,auto_callout ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Callout 255 0 1 a Callout 255 1 1 b Callout 255 2 1 c Callout 255 3 1 d Callout 255 4 1 e Callout 255 5 0 Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Options: auto_callout First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'e' Subject length lower bound = 5 abcde --->abcde +0 ^ a +1 ^^ b +2 ^ ^ c +3 ^ ^ d +4 ^ ^ e +5 ^ ^ End of pattern 0: abcde \= Expect no match abcdfe --->abcdfe +0 ^ a +1 ^^ b +2 ^ ^ c +3 ^ ^ d +4 ^ ^ e No match /a*b/IB,auto_callout ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Callout 255 0 2 a*+ Callout 255 2 1 b Callout 255 3 0 Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Options: auto_callout Starting code units: a b Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 1 ab --->ab +0 ^ a* +2 ^^ b +3 ^ ^ End of pattern 0: ab aaaab --->aaaab +0 ^ a* +2 ^ ^ b +3 ^ ^ End of pattern 0: aaaab aaaacb --->aaaacb +0 ^ a* +2 ^ ^ b +0 ^ a* +2 ^ ^ b +0 ^ a* +2 ^ ^ b +0 ^ a* +2 ^^ b +0 ^ a* +2 ^ b +3 ^^ End of pattern 0: b /a*b/IB,auto_callout ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Callout 255 0 2 a*+ Callout 255 2 1 b Callout 255 3 0 Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Options: auto_callout Starting code units: a b Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 1 ab --->ab +0 ^ a* +2 ^^ b +3 ^ ^ End of pattern 0: ab aaaab --->aaaab +0 ^ a* +2 ^ ^ b +3 ^ ^ End of pattern 0: aaaab aaaacb --->aaaacb +0 ^ a* +2 ^ ^ b +0 ^ a* +2 ^ ^ b +0 ^ a* +2 ^ ^ b +0 ^ a* +2 ^^ b +0 ^ a* +2 ^ b +3 ^^ End of pattern 0: b /a+b/IB,auto_callout ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Callout 255 0 2 a++ Callout 255 2 1 b Callout 255 3 0 Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Options: auto_callout First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 2 ab --->ab +0 ^ a+ +2 ^^ b +3 ^ ^ End of pattern 0: ab aaaab --->aaaab +0 ^ a+ +2 ^ ^ b +3 ^ ^ End of pattern 0: aaaab \= Expect no match aaaacb --->aaaacb +0 ^ a+ +2 ^ ^ b +0 ^ a+ +2 ^ ^ b +0 ^ a+ +2 ^ ^ b +0 ^ a+ +2 ^^ b No match /(abc|def)x/IB,auto_callout ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Callout 255 0 1 CBra 1 Callout 255 1 1 a Callout 255 2 1 b Callout 255 3 1 c Callout 255 4 1 Alt Callout 255 5 1 d Callout 255 6 1 e Callout 255 7 1 f Callout 255 8 1 Ket Callout 255 9 1 x Callout 255 10 0 Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 1 Options: auto_callout Starting code units: a d Last code unit = 'x' Subject length lower bound = 4 abcx --->abcx +0 ^ ( +1 ^ a +2 ^^ b +3 ^ ^ c +4 ^ ^ | +9 ^ ^ x +10 ^ ^ End of pattern 0: abcx 1: abc defx --->defx +0 ^ ( +1 ^ a +5 ^ d +6 ^^ e +7 ^ ^ f +8 ^ ^ ) +9 ^ ^ x +10 ^ ^ End of pattern 0: defx 1: def \= Expect no match abcdefzx --->abcdefzx +0 ^ ( +1 ^ a +2 ^^ b +3 ^ ^ c +4 ^ ^ | +9 ^ ^ x +5 ^ d +0 ^ ( +1 ^ a +5 ^ d +6 ^^ e +7 ^ ^ f +8 ^ ^ ) +9 ^ ^ x No match /(abc|def)x/IB,auto_callout ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Callout 255 0 1 CBra 1 Callout 255 1 1 a Callout 255 2 1 b Callout 255 3 1 c Callout 255 4 1 Alt Callout 255 5 1 d Callout 255 6 1 e Callout 255 7 1 f Callout 255 8 1 Ket Callout 255 9 1 x Callout 255 10 0 Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 1 Options: auto_callout Starting code units: a d Last code unit = 'x' Subject length lower bound = 4 abcx --->abcx +0 ^ ( +1 ^ a +2 ^^ b +3 ^ ^ c +4 ^ ^ | +9 ^ ^ x +10 ^ ^ End of pattern 0: abcx 1: abc defx --->defx +0 ^ ( +1 ^ a +5 ^ d +6 ^^ e +7 ^ ^ f +8 ^ ^ ) +9 ^ ^ x +10 ^ ^ End of pattern 0: defx 1: def \= Expect no match abcdefzx --->abcdefzx +0 ^ ( +1 ^ a +2 ^^ b +3 ^ ^ c +4 ^ ^ | +9 ^ ^ x +5 ^ d +0 ^ ( +1 ^ a +5 ^ d +6 ^^ e +7 ^ ^ f +8 ^ ^ ) +9 ^ ^ x No match /(ab|cd){3,4}/I,auto_callout Capture group count = 1 Options: auto_callout Starting code units: a c Subject length lower bound = 6 ababab --->ababab +0 ^ ( +1 ^ a +2 ^^ b +3 ^ ^ | +1 ^ ^ a +2 ^ ^ b +3 ^ ^ | +1 ^ ^ a +2 ^ ^ b +3 ^ ^ | +1 ^ ^ a +4 ^ ^ c +12 ^ ^ End of pattern 0: ababab 1: ab abcdabcd --->abcdabcd +0 ^ ( +1 ^ a +2 ^^ b +3 ^ ^ | +1 ^ ^ a +4 ^ ^ c +5 ^ ^ d +6 ^ ^ ){3,4} +1 ^ ^ a +2 ^ ^ b +3 ^ ^ | +1 ^ ^ a +4 ^ ^ c +5 ^ ^ d +6 ^ ^ ){3,4} +12 ^ ^ End of pattern 0: abcdabcd 1: cd abcdcdcdcdcd --->abcdcdcdcdcd +0 ^ ( +1 ^ a +2 ^^ b +3 ^ ^ | +1 ^ ^ a +4 ^ ^ c +5 ^ ^ d +6 ^ ^ ){3,4} +1 ^ ^ a +4 ^ ^ c +5 ^ ^ d +6 ^ ^ ){3,4} +1 ^ ^ a +4 ^ ^ c +5 ^ ^ d +6 ^ ^ ){3,4} +12 ^ ^ End of pattern 0: abcdcdcd 1: cd /([ab]{,4}c|xy)/IB,auto_callout ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Callout 255 0 1 CBra 1 Callout 255 1 4 [ab] Callout 255 5 1 { Callout 255 6 1 , Callout 255 7 1 4 Callout 255 8 1 } Callout 255 9 1 c Callout 255 10 1 Alt Callout 255 11 1 x Callout 255 12 1 y Callout 255 13 1 Ket Callout 255 14 0 Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 1 Options: auto_callout Starting code units: a b x Subject length lower bound = 2 \= Expect no match Note: that { does NOT introduce a quantifier --->Note: that { does NOT introduce a quantifier +0 ^ ( +1 ^ [ab] +5 ^^ { +11 ^ x +0 ^ ( +1 ^ [ab] +5 ^^ { +11 ^ x +0 ^ ( +1 ^ [ab] +5 ^^ { +11 ^ x No match /([ab]{,4}c|xy)/IB,auto_callout ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Callout 255 0 1 CBra 1 Callout 255 1 4 [ab] Callout 255 5 1 { Callout 255 6 1 , Callout 255 7 1 4 Callout 255 8 1 } Callout 255 9 1 c Callout 255 10 1 Alt Callout 255 11 1 x Callout 255 12 1 y Callout 255 13 1 Ket Callout 255 14 0 Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 1 Options: auto_callout Starting code units: a b x Subject length lower bound = 2 \= Expect no match Note: that { does NOT introduce a quantifier --->Note: that { does NOT introduce a quantifier +0 ^ ( +1 ^ [ab] +5 ^^ { +11 ^ x +0 ^ ( +1 ^ [ab] +5 ^^ { +11 ^ x +0 ^ ( +1 ^ [ab] +5 ^^ { +11 ^ x No match /([ab]{1,4}c|xy){4,5}?123/IB,auto_callout ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Callout 255 0 1 CBra 1 Callout 255 1 9 [ab]{1,4}+ Callout 255 10 1 c Callout 255 11 1 Alt Callout 255 12 1 x Callout 255 13 1 y Callout 255 14 7 Ket CBra 1 Callout 255 1 9 [ab]{1,4}+ Callout 255 10 1 c Callout 255 11 1 Alt Callout 255 12 1 x Callout 255 13 1 y Callout 255 14 7 Ket CBra 1 Callout 255 1 9 [ab]{1,4}+ Callout 255 10 1 c Callout 255 11 1 Alt Callout 255 12 1 x Callout 255 13 1 y Callout 255 14 7 Ket CBra 1 Callout 255 1 9 [ab]{1,4}+ Callout 255 10 1 c Callout 255 11 1 Alt Callout 255 12 1 x Callout 255 13 1 y Callout 255 14 7 Ket Braminzero CBra 1 Callout 255 1 9 [ab]{1,4}+ Callout 255 10 1 c Callout 255 11 1 Alt Callout 255 12 1 x Callout 255 13 1 y Callout 255 14 7 Ket Callout 255 21 1 1 Callout 255 22 1 2 Callout 255 23 1 3 Callout 255 24 0 Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 1 Options: auto_callout Starting code units: a b x Last code unit = '3' Subject length lower bound = 11 aacaacaacaacaac123 --->aacaacaacaacaac123 +0 ^ ( +1 ^ [ab]{1,4} +10 ^ ^ c +11 ^ ^ | +1 ^ ^ [ab]{1,4} +10 ^ ^ c +11 ^ ^ | +1 ^ ^ [ab]{1,4} +10 ^ ^ c +11 ^ ^ | +1 ^ ^ [ab]{1,4} +10 ^ ^ c +11 ^ ^ | +21 ^ ^ 1 +1 ^ ^ [ab]{1,4} +10 ^ ^ c +11 ^ ^ | +21 ^ ^ 1 +22 ^ ^ 2 +23 ^ ^ 3 +24 ^ ^ End of pattern 0: aacaacaacaacaac123 1: aac /\b.*/I Capture group count = 0 Max lookbehind = 1 May match empty string Subject length lower bound = 0 ab cd\=offset=1 0: cd /\b.*/Is Capture group count = 0 Max lookbehind = 1 May match empty string Options: dotall Subject length lower bound = 0 ab cd\=startoffset=1 0: cd /(?!.bcd).*/I Capture group count = 0 May match empty string Subject length lower bound = 0 Xbcd12345 0: bcd12345 /abcde/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'e' Subject length lower bound = 5 ab\=ps Partial match: ab abc\=ps Partial match: abc abcd\=ps Partial match: abcd abcde\=ps 0: abcde the quick brown abc\=ps Partial match: abc \= Expect no match\=ps the quick brown abxyz fox\=ps No match "^(0?[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])/(0?[1-9]|1[012])/(20)?\d\d$"I Capture group count = 3 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Starting code units: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Last code unit = '/' Subject length lower bound = 6 13/05/04\=ps 0: 13/05/04 1: 13 2: 05 13/5/2004\=ps 0: 13/5/2004 1: 13 2: 5 3: 20 02/05/09\=ps 0: 02/05/09 1: 02 2: 05 1\=ps Partial match: 1 1/2\=ps Partial match: 1/2 1/2/0\=ps Partial match: 1/2/0 1/2/04\=ps 0: 1/2/04 1: 1 2: 2 0\=ps Partial match: 0 02/\=ps Partial match: 02/ 02/0\=ps Partial match: 02/0 02/1\=ps Partial match: 02/1 \= Expect no match\=ps \=ps No match 123\=ps No match 33/4/04\=ps No match 3/13/04\=ps No match 0/1/2003\=ps No match 0/\=ps No match 02/0/\=ps No match 02/13\=ps No match /0{0,2}ABC/I Capture group count = 0 Starting code units: 0 A Last code unit = 'C' Subject length lower bound = 3 /\d{3,}ABC/I Capture group count = 0 Starting code units: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Last code unit = 'C' Subject length lower bound = 6 /\d*ABC/I Capture group count = 0 Starting code units: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A Last code unit = 'C' Subject length lower bound = 3 /[abc]+DE/I Capture group count = 0 Starting code units: a b c Last code unit = 'E' Subject length lower bound = 3 /[abc]?123/I Capture group count = 0 Starting code units: 1 a b c Last code unit = '3' Subject length lower bound = 3 123\=ps 0: 123 a\=ps Partial match: a b\=ps Partial match: b c\=ps Partial match: c c12\=ps Partial match: c12 c123\=ps 0: c123 /^(?:\d){3,5}X/I Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Starting code units: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Last code unit = 'X' Subject length lower bound = 4 1\=ps Partial match: 1 123\=ps Partial match: 123 123X 0: 123X 1234\=ps Partial match: 1234 1234X 0: 1234X 12345\=ps Partial match: 12345 12345X 0: 12345X \= Expect no match 1X No match 123456\=ps No match "<(\w+)/?>(.)*"Igms Capture group count = 3 Max back reference = 1 Options: dotall multiline First code unit = '<' Last code unit = '>' Subject length lower bound = 7 \n\n\nPartner der LCO\nde\nPartner der LINEAS Consulting\nGmbH\nLINEAS Consulting GmbH Hamburg\nPartnerfirmen\n30 days\nindex,follow\n\nja\n3\nPartner\n\n\nLCO\nLINEAS Consulting\n15.10.2003\n\n\n\n\nDie Partnerfirmen der LINEAS Consulting\nGmbH\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\=jitstack=1024 0: \x0a\x0aPartner der LCO\x0ade\x0aPartner der LINEAS Consulting\x0aGmbH\x0aLINEAS Consulting GmbH Hamburg\x0aPartnerfirmen\x0a30 days\x0aindex,follow\x0a\x0aja\x0a3\x0aPartner\x0a\x0a\x0aLCO\x0aLINEAS Consulting\x0a15.10.2003\x0a\x0a\x0a\x0a\x0aDie Partnerfirmen der LINEAS Consulting\x0aGmbH\x0a\x0a\x0a \x0a\x0a\x0a\x0a\x0a\x0a\x0a\x0a\x0a\x0a\x0a\x0a\x0a\x0a\x0a\x0a\x0a\x0a\x0a\x0a\x0a\x0a 1: seite 2: \x0a 3: seite /line\nbreak/I Capture group count = 0 Contains explicit CR or LF match First code unit = 'l' Last code unit = 'k' Subject length lower bound = 10 this is a line\nbreak 0: line\x0abreak line one\nthis is a line\nbreak in the second line 0: line\x0abreak /line\nbreak/I,firstline Capture group count = 0 Contains explicit CR or LF match Options: firstline First code unit = 'l' Last code unit = 'k' Subject length lower bound = 10 this is a line\nbreak 0: line\x0abreak \= Expect no match line one\nthis is a line\nbreak in the second line No match /line\nbreak/Im,firstline Capture group count = 0 Contains explicit CR or LF match Options: firstline multiline First code unit = 'l' Last code unit = 'k' Subject length lower bound = 10 this is a line\nbreak 0: line\x0abreak \= Expect no match line one\nthis is a line\nbreak in the second line No match /(?i)(?-i)AbCd/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'A' Last code unit = 'd' Subject length lower bound = 4 AbCd 0: AbCd \= Expect no match abcd No match /a{11111111111111111111}/I Failed: error 105 at offset 8: number too big in {} quantifier /(){64294967295}/I Failed: error 105 at offset 9: number too big in {} quantifier /(){2,4294967295}/I Failed: error 105 at offset 11: number too big in {} quantifier "(?i:a)(?i:b)(?i:c)(?i:d)(?i:e)(?i:f)(?i:g)(?i:h)(?i:i)(?i:j)(k)(?i:l)A\1B"I Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 First code unit = 'a' (caseless) Last code unit = 'B' Subject length lower bound = 15 abcdefghijklAkB 0: abcdefghijklAkB 1: k "(?Pa)(?Pb)(?Pc)(?Pd)(?Pe)(?Pf)(?Pg)(?Ph)(?Pi)(?Pj)(?Pk)(?Pl)A\11B"I Capture group count = 12 Max back reference = 11 Named capture groups: n0 1 n1 2 n10 11 n11 12 n2 3 n3 4 n4 5 n5 6 n6 7 n7 8 n8 9 n9 10 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'B' Subject length lower bound = 15 abcdefghijklAkB 0: abcdefghijklAkB 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)(l)A\11B"I Capture group count = 12 Max back reference = 11 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'B' Subject length lower bound = 15 abcdefghijklAkB 0: abcdefghijklAkB 1: a 2: b 3: c 4: d 5: e 6: f 7: g 8: h 9: i 10: j 11: k 12: l "(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)(?Pa)"I Capture group count = 101 Named capture groups: name0 1 name1 2 name10 11 name100 101 name11 12 name12 13 name13 14 name14 15 name15 16 name16 17 name17 18 name18 19 name19 20 name2 3 name20 21 name21 22 name22 23 name23 24 name24 25 name25 26 name26 27 name27 28 name28 29 name29 30 name3 4 name30 31 name31 32 name32 33 name33 34 name34 35 name35 36 name36 37 name37 38 name38 39 name39 40 name4 5 name40 41 name41 42 name42 43 name43 44 name44 45 name45 46 name46 47 name47 48 name48 49 name49 50 name5 6 name50 51 name51 52 name52 53 name53 54 name54 55 name55 56 name56 57 name57 58 name58 59 name59 60 name6 7 name60 61 name61 62 name62 63 name63 64 name64 65 name65 66 name66 67 name67 68 name68 69 name69 70 name7 8 name70 71 name71 72 name72 73 name73 74 name74 75 name75 76 name76 77 name77 78 name78 79 name79 80 name8 9 name80 81 name81 82 name82 83 name83 84 name84 85 name85 86 name86 87 name87 88 name88 89 name89 90 name9 10 name90 91 name91 92 name92 93 name93 94 name94 95 name95 96 name96 97 name97 98 name98 99 name99 100 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 101 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Matched, but too many substrings 0: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 1: a 2: a 3: a 4: a 5: a 6: a 7: a 8: a 9: a 10: a 11: a 12: a 13: a 14: a "(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)(a)"I Capture group count = 101 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 101 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Matched, but too many substrings 0: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 1: a 2: a 3: a 4: a 5: a 6: a 7: a 8: a 9: a 10: a 11: a 12: a 13: a 14: a /[^()]*(?:\((?R)\)[^()]*)*/I Capture group count = 0 May match empty string Subject length lower bound = 0 (this(and)that 0: (this(and)that) 0: (this(and)that) (this(and)that)stuff 0: (this(and)that)stuff /[^()]*(?:\((?>(?R))\)[^()]*)*/I Capture group count = 0 May match empty string Subject length lower bound = 0 (this(and)that 0: (this(and)that) 0: (this(and)that) /[^()]*(?:\((?R)\))*[^()]*/I Capture group count = 0 May match empty string Subject length lower bound = 0 (this(and)that 0: (this(and)that) 0: (this(and)that) /(?:\((?R)\))*[^()]*/I Capture group count = 0 May match empty string Subject length lower bound = 0 (this(and)that 0: (this(and)that) 0: ((this)) 0: ((this)) /(?:\((?R)\))|[^()]*/I Capture group count = 0 May match empty string Subject length lower bound = 0 (this(and)that 0: (this(and)that) 0: (this) 0: (this) ((this)) 0: ((this)) /\x{0000ff}/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = \xff Subject length lower bound = 1 /^((?Pa1)|(?Pa2)b)/I Failed: error 143 at offset 18: two named subpatterns have the same name (PCRE2_DUPNAMES not set) /^((?Pa1)|(?Pa2)b)/I,dupnames Capture group count = 3 Named capture groups: A 2 A 3 Compile options: dupnames Overall options: anchored dupnames First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 2 a1b\=copy=A 0: a1 1: a1 2: a1 C a1 (2) A (non-unique) a2b\=copy=A 0: a2b 1: a2b 2: 3: a2 C a2 (2) A (non-unique) a1b\=copy=Z,copy=A 0: a1 1: a1 2: a1 Number not found for group 'Z' Copy substring 'Z' failed (-49): unknown substring C a1 (2) A (non-unique) /(?|(?)(?)(?)|(?)(?)(?))/I,dupnames Capture group count = 3 Named capture groups: a 1 a 3 b 2 May match empty string Options: dupnames Subject length lower bound = 0 /^(?Pa)(?Pb)/I,dupnames Capture group count = 2 Named capture groups: A 1 A 2 Compile options: dupnames Overall options: anchored dupnames First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 2 ab\=copy=A 0: ab 1: a 2: b C a (1) A (non-unique) /^(?Pa)(?Pb)|cd/I,dupnames Capture group count = 2 Named capture groups: A 1 A 2 Options: dupnames Starting code units: a c Subject length lower bound = 2 ab\=copy=A 0: ab 1: a 2: b C a (1) A (non-unique) cd\=copy=A 0: cd Copy substring 'A' failed (-55): requested value is not set /^(?Pa)(?Pb)|cd(?Pef)(?Pgh)/I,dupnames Capture group count = 4 Named capture groups: A 1 A 2 A 3 A 4 Options: dupnames Starting code units: a c Subject length lower bound = 2 cdefgh\=copy=A 0: cdefgh 1: 2: 3: ef 4: gh C ef (2) A (non-unique) /^((?Pa1)|(?Pa2)b)/I,dupnames Capture group count = 3 Named capture groups: A 2 A 3 Compile options: dupnames Overall options: anchored dupnames First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 2 a1b\=get=A 0: a1 1: a1 2: a1 G a1 (2) A (non-unique) a2b\=get=A 0: a2b 1: a2b 2: 3: a2 G a2 (2) A (non-unique) a1b\=get=Z,get=A 0: a1 1: a1 2: a1 Number not found for group 'Z' Get substring 'Z' failed (-49): unknown substring G a1 (2) A (non-unique) /^(?Pa)(?Pb)/I,dupnames Capture group count = 2 Named capture groups: A 1 A 2 Compile options: dupnames Overall options: anchored dupnames First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 2 ab\=get=A 0: ab 1: a 2: b G a (1) A (non-unique) /^(?Pa)(?Pb)|cd/I,dupnames Capture group count = 2 Named capture groups: A 1 A 2 Options: dupnames Starting code units: a c Subject length lower bound = 2 ab\=get=A 0: ab 1: a 2: b G a (1) A (non-unique) cd\=get=A 0: cd Get substring 'A' failed (-55): requested value is not set /^(?Pa)(?Pb)|cd(?Pef)(?Pgh)/I,dupnames Capture group count = 4 Named capture groups: A 1 A 2 A 3 A 4 Options: dupnames Starting code units: a c Subject length lower bound = 2 cdefgh\=get=A 0: cdefgh 1: 2: 3: ef 4: gh G ef (2) A (non-unique) /(?J)^((?Pa1)|(?Pa2)b)/I Capture group count = 3 Named capture groups: A 2 A 3 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Duplicate name status changes First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 2 a1b\=copy=A 0: a1 1: a1 2: a1 C a1 (2) A (non-unique) a2b\=copy=A 0: a2b 1: a2b 2: 3: a2 C a2 (2) A (non-unique) /^(?Pa) (?J:(?Pb)(?Pc)) (?Pd)/I Failed: error 143 at offset 38: two named subpatterns have the same name (PCRE2_DUPNAMES not set) # In this next test, J is not set at the outer level; consequently it isn't set # in the pattern's options; consequently pcre2_substring_get_byname() produces # a random value. /^(?Pa) (?J:(?Pb)(?Pc)) (?Pd)/I Capture group count = 4 Named capture groups: A 1 B 2 B 3 C 4 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Duplicate name status changes First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 6 a bc d\=copy=A,copy=B,copy=C 0: a bc d 1: a 2: b 3: c 4: d C a (1) A (group 1) C b (1) B (non-unique) C d (1) C (group 4) /^(?Pa)?(?(A)a|b)/I Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 Named capture groups: A 1 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Subject length lower bound = 1 aabc 0: aa 1: a bc 0: b \= Expect no match abc No match /(?:(?(ZZ)a|b)(?PX))+/I Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 Named capture groups: ZZ 1 Last code unit = 'X' Subject length lower bound = 2 bXaX 0: bXaX 1: X /(?:(?(2y)a|b)(X))+/I Failed: error 124 at offset 7: missing closing parenthesis for condition /(?:(?(ZA)a|b)(?PX))+/I Failed: error 115 at offset 6: reference to non-existent subpattern /(?:(?(ZZ)a|b)(?(ZZ)a|b)(?PX))+/I Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 Named capture groups: ZZ 1 Last code unit = 'X' Subject length lower bound = 3 bbXaaX 0: bbXaaX 1: X /(?:(?(ZZ)a|\(b\))\\(?PX))+/I Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 Named capture groups: ZZ 1 Last code unit = 'X' Subject length lower bound = 3 (b)\\Xa\\X 0: (b)\Xa\X 1: X /(?PX|Y))+/I Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 Named capture groups: A 1 Subject length lower bound = 2 bXXaYYaY 0: bXXaYYaY 1: Y bXYaXXaX 0: bX 1: X /()()()()()()()()()(?:(?(A)(?P=A)a|b)(?PX|Y))+/I Capture group count = 10 Max back reference = 10 Named capture groups: A 10 Subject length lower bound = 2 bXXaYYaY 0: bXXaYYaY 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: Y /\s*,\s*/I Capture group count = 0 Starting code units: \x09 \x0a \x0b \x0c \x0d \x20 , Last code unit = ',' Subject length lower bound = 1 \x0b,\x0b 0: \x0b,\x0b \x0c,\x0d 0: \x0c,\x0d /^abc/Im,newline=lf Capture group count = 0 Options: multiline Forced newline is LF First code unit at start or follows newline Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 3 xyz\nabc 0: abc xyz\r\nabc 0: abc \= Expect no match xyz\rabc No match xyzabc\r No match xyzabc\rpqr No match xyzabc\r\n No match xyzabc\r\npqr No match /^abc/Im,newline=crlf Capture group count = 0 Options: multiline Forced newline is CRLF First code unit at start or follows newline Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 3 xyz\r\nabclf> 0: abc \= Expect no match xyz\nabclf No match xyz\rabclf No match /^abc/Im,newline=cr Capture group count = 0 Options: multiline Forced newline is CR First code unit at start or follows newline Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 3 xyz\rabc 0: abc \= Expect no match xyz\nabc No match xyz\r\nabc No match /^abc/Im,newline=bad ** Invalid value in 'newline=bad' /.*/I,newline=lf Capture group count = 0 May match empty string Forced newline is LF First code unit at start or follows newline Subject length lower bound = 0 abc\ndef 0: abc abc\rdef 0: abc\x0ddef abc\r\ndef 0: abc\x0d /.*/I,newline=cr Capture group count = 0 May match empty string Forced newline is CR First code unit at start or follows newline Subject length lower bound = 0 abc\ndef 0: abc\x0adef abc\rdef 0: abc abc\r\ndef 0: abc /.*/I,newline=crlf Capture group count = 0 May match empty string Forced newline is CRLF First code unit at start or follows newline Subject length lower bound = 0 abc\ndef 0: abc\x0adef abc\rdef 0: abc\x0ddef abc\r\ndef 0: abc /\w+(.)(.)?def/Is Capture group count = 2 Options: dotall Starting code units: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z _ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Last code unit = 'f' Subject length lower bound = 5 abc\ndef 0: abc\x0adef 1: \x0a abc\rdef 0: abc\x0ddef 1: \x0d abc\r\ndef 0: abc\x0d\x0adef 1: \x0d 2: \x0a /(?P25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[01]?\d?\d)(?:\.(?P>B)){3}/I Capture group count = 1 Named capture groups: B 1 Starting code units: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Last code unit = '.' Subject length lower bound = 7 /()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()() ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()() ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()() ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()() ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()() (.(.))/Ix Capture group count = 102 Options: extended Subject length lower bound = 2 XY\=ovector=133 0: XY 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: 13: 14: 15: 16: 17: 18: 19: 20: 21: 22: 23: 24: 25: 26: 27: 28: 29: 30: 31: 32: 33: 34: 35: 36: 37: 38: 39: 40: 41: 42: 43: 44: 45: 46: 47: 48: 49: 50: 51: 52: 53: 54: 55: 56: 57: 58: 59: 60: 61: 62: 63: 64: 65: 66: 67: 68: 69: 70: 71: 72: 73: 74: 75: 76: 77: 78: 79: 80: 81: 82: 83: 84: 85: 86: 87: 88: 89: 90: 91: 92: 93: 94: 95: 96: 97: 98: 99: 100: 101: XY 102: Y /(a*b|(?i:c*(?-i)d))/I Capture group count = 1 Starting code units: C a b c d Subject length lower bound = 1 /()[ab]xyz/I Capture group count = 1 Starting code units: a b Last code unit = 'z' Subject length lower bound = 4 /(|)[ab]xyz/I Capture group count = 1 Starting code units: a b Last code unit = 'z' Subject length lower bound = 4 /(|c)[ab]xyz/I Capture group count = 1 Starting code units: a b c Last code unit = 'z' Subject length lower bound = 4 /(|c?)[ab]xyz/I Capture group count = 1 Starting code units: a b c Last code unit = 'z' Subject length lower bound = 4 /(d?|c?)[ab]xyz/I Capture group count = 1 Starting code units: a b c d Last code unit = 'z' Subject length lower bound = 4 /(d?|c)[ab]xyz/I Capture group count = 1 Starting code units: a b c d Last code unit = 'z' Subject length lower bound = 4 /^a*b\d/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ a*+ b \d Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Starting code units: a b Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 2 /^a*+b\d/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ a*+ b \d Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Starting code units: a b Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 2 /^a*?b\d/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ a*+ b \d Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Starting code units: a b Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 2 /^a+A\d/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ a++ A \d Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'A' Subject length lower bound = 3 aaaA5 0: aaaA5 \= Expect no match aaaa5 No match /^a*A\d/IBi ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ /i a* /i A \d Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Compile options: caseless Overall options: anchored caseless Starting code units: A a Last code unit = 'A' (caseless) Subject length lower bound = 2 aaaA5 0: aaaA5 aaaa5 0: aaaa5 /(a*|b*)[cd]/I Capture group count = 1 Starting code units: a b c d Subject length lower bound = 1 /(a+|b*)[cd]/I Capture group count = 1 Starting code units: a b c d Subject length lower bound = 1 /(a*|b+)[cd]/I Capture group count = 1 Starting code units: a b c d Subject length lower bound = 1 /(a+|b+)[cd]/I Capture group count = 1 Starting code units: a b Subject length lower bound = 2 /(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( ((( a )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) ))) /Ix Capture group count = 203 Options: extended First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 1 large nest Matched, but too many substrings 0: a 1: a 2: a 3: a 4: a 5: a 6: a 7: a 8: a 9: a 10: a 11: a 12: a 13: a 14: a /a*\d/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra a*+ \d Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /a*\D/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra a* \D Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /0*\d/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra 0* \d Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /0*\D/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra 0*+ \D Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /a*\s/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra a*+ \s Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /a*\S/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra a* \S Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ / *\s/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra * \s Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ / *\S/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra *+ \S Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /a*\w/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra a* \w Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /a*\W/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra a*+ \W Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /=*\w/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra =*+ \w Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /=*\W/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra =* \W Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\d*a/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \d*+ a Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\d*2/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \d* 2 Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\d*\d/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \d* \d Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\d*\D/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \d*+ \D Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\d*\s/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \d*+ \s Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\d*\S/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \d* \S Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\d*\w/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \d* \w Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\d*\W/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \d*+ \W Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\D*a/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \D* a Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\D*2/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \D*+ 2 Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\D*\d/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \D*+ \d Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\D*\D/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \D* \D Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\D*\s/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \D* \s Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\D*\S/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \D* \S Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\D*\w/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \D* \w Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\D*\W/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \D* \W Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\s*a/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \s*+ a Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\s*2/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \s*+ 2 Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\s*\d/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \s*+ \d Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\s*\D/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \s* \D Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\s*\s/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \s* \s Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\s*\S/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \s*+ \S Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\s*\w/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \s*+ \w Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\s*\W/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \s* \W Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\S*a/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \S* a Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\S*2/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \S* 2 Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\S*\d/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \S* \d Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\S*\D/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \S* \D Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\S*\s/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \S*+ \s Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\S*\S/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \S* \S Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\S*\w/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \S* \w Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\S*\W/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \S* \W Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\w*a/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \w* a Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\w*2/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \w* 2 Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\w*\d/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \w* \d Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\w*\D/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \w* \D Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\w*\s/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \w*+ \s Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\w*\S/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \w* \S Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\w*\w/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \w* \w Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\w*\W/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \w*+ \W Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\W*a/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \W*+ a Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\W*2/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \W*+ 2 Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\W*\d/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \W*+ \d Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\W*\D/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \W* \D Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\W*\s/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \W* \s Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\W*\S/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \W* \S Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\W*\w/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \W*+ \w Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\W*\W/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \W* \W Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /[^a]+a/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [^a]++ a Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /[^a]+a/Bi ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra /i [^a]++ /i a Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /[^a]+A/Bi ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra /i [^a]++ /i A Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /[^a]+b/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [^a]+ b Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /[^a]+\d/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [^a]+ \d Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /a*[^a]/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra a*+ [^a] Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /(?Px)(?Py)/I Capture group count = 2 Named capture groups: abc 1 xyz 2 First code unit = 'x' Last code unit = 'y' Subject length lower bound = 2 xy\=copy=abc,copy=xyz 0: xy 1: x 2: y C x (1) abc (group 1) C y (1) xyz (group 2) /(?x)(?'xyz'y)/I Capture group count = 2 Named capture groups: abc 1 xyz 2 First code unit = 'x' Last code unit = 'y' Subject length lower bound = 2 xy\=copy=abc,copy=xyz 0: xy 1: x 2: y C x (1) abc (group 1) C y (1) xyz (group 2) /(?x)(?'xyz>y)/I Failed: error 142 at offset 15: syntax error in subpattern name (missing terminator?) /(?P'abc'x)(?Py)/I Failed: error 141 at offset 3: unrecognized character after (?P /^(?:(?(ZZ)a|b)(?X))+/ bXaX 0: bXaX 1: X bXbX 0: bX 1: X \= Expect no match aXaX No match aXbX No match /^(?P>abc)(?xxx)/ Failed: error 115 at offset 5: reference to non-existent subpattern /^(?P>abc)(?x|y)/ xx 0: xx 1: x xy 0: xy 1: y yy 0: yy 1: y yx 0: yx 1: x /^(?P>abc)(?Px|y)/ xx 0: xx 1: x xy 0: xy 1: y yy 0: yy 1: y yx 0: yx 1: x /^((?(abc)a|b)(?x|y))+/ bxay 0: bxay 1: ay 2: y bxby 0: bx 1: bx 2: x \= Expect no match axby No match /^(((?P=abc)|X)(?x|y))+/ XxXxxx 0: XxXxxx 1: xx 2: x 3: x XxXyyx 0: XxXyyx 1: yx 2: y 3: x XxXyxx 0: XxXy 1: Xy 2: X 3: y \= Expect no match x No match /^(?1)(abc)/ abcabc 0: abcabc 1: abc /^(?:(?:\1|X)(a|b))+/ Xaaa 0: Xaaa 1: a Xaba 0: Xa 1: a /^[\E\Qa\E-\Qz\E]+/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ [a-z]++ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /^[a\Q]bc\E]/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ [\]a-c] Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /^[a-\Q\E]/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ [\-a] Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /^(?P>abc)[()](?)/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ Recurse [()] CBra 1 Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /^((?(abc)y)[()](?Px))+/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ CBra 1 Cond 2 Cond ref y Ket [()] CBra 2 x Ket KetRmax Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ (xy)x 0: (xy)x 1: y)x 2: x /^(?P>abc)\Q()\E(?)/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ Recurse () CBra 1 Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /^(?P>abc)[a\Q(]\E(](?)/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ Recurse [(\]a] CBra 1 Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /^(?P>abc) # this is (a comment) (?)/Bx ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ Recurse CBra 1 Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /^\W*(?:(?(?.)\W*(?&one)\W*\k|)|(?(?.)\W*(?&three)\W*\k'four'|\W*.\W*))\W*$/Ii Capture group count = 4 Max back reference = 4 Named capture groups: four 4 one 1 three 3 two 2 May match empty string Compile options: caseless Overall options: anchored caseless Subject length lower bound = 0 1221 0: 1221 1: 1221 2: 1 Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas! 0: Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas! 1: 2: 3: Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas 4: S A man, a plan, a canal: Panama! 0: A man, a plan, a canal: Panama! 1: 2: 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: 2: 3: Able was I ere I saw Elba 4: A \= Expect no match The quick brown fox No match /(?=(\w+))\1:/I Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 Starting code units: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z _ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Last code unit = ':' Subject length lower bound = 2 abcd: 0: abcd: 1: abcd /(?=(?'abc'\w+))\k:/I Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 Named capture groups: abc 1 Starting code units: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z _ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Last code unit = ':' Subject length lower bound = 2 abcd: 0: abcd: 1: abcd /(?'abc'a|b)(?d|e)\k{2}/dupnames adaa 0: adaa 1: a 2: d \= Expect no match addd No match adbb No match /(?'abc'a|b)(?d|e)(?&abc){2}/dupnames bdaa 0: bdaa 1: b 2: d bdab 0: bdab 1: b 2: d \= Expect no match bddd No match /(?( (?'B' abc (?(R) (?(R&A)1) (?(R&B)2) X | (?1) (?2) (?R) ))) /x abcabc1Xabc2XabcXabcabc 0: abcabc1Xabc2XabcX 1: abcabc1Xabc2XabcX 2: abcabc1Xabc2XabcX /(? (?'B' abc (?(R) (?(R&C)1) (?(R&B)2) X | (?1) (?2) (?R) ))) /x Failed: error 115 at offset 27: reference to non-existent subpattern /^(?(DEFINE) abc | xyz ) /x Failed: error 154 at offset 4: DEFINE subpattern contains more than one branch /(?(DEFINE) abc) xyz/Ix Capture group count = 0 Options: extended First code unit = 'x' Last code unit = 'z' Subject length lower bound = 3 /(a|)*\d/ aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa4\=ovector=0 0: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa4 1: \= Expect no match aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa\=ovector=0 No match /^a.b/newline=lf a\rb 0: a\x0db \= Expect no match a\nb No match /^a.b/newline=cr a\nb 0: a\x0ab \= Expect no match a\rb No match /^a.b/newline=anycrlf a\x85b 0: a\x85b \= Expect no match a\rb No match /^a.b/newline=any \= Expect no match a\nb No match a\rb No match a\x85b No match /^abc./gmx,newline=any abc1 \x0aabc2 \x0babc3xx \x0cabc4 \x0dabc5xx \x0d\x0aabc6 \x85abc7 JUNK 0: abc1 0: abc2 0: abc3 0: abc4 0: abc5 0: abc6 0: abc7 /abc.$/gmx,newline=any abc1\x0a abc2\x0b abc3\x0c abc4\x0d abc5\x0d\x0a abc6\x85 abc7 abc9 0: abc1 0: abc2 0: abc3 0: abc4 0: abc5 0: abc6 0: abc9 /^a\Rb/bsr=unicode a\nb 0: a\x0ab a\rb 0: a\x0db a\r\nb 0: a\x0d\x0ab a\x0bb 0: a\x0bb a\x0cb 0: a\x0cb a\x85b 0: a\x85b \= Expect no match a\n\rb No match /^a\R*b/bsr=unicode ab 0: ab a\nb 0: a\x0ab a\rb 0: a\x0db a\r\nb 0: a\x0d\x0ab a\x0bb 0: a\x0bb a\x0cb 0: a\x0cb a\x85b 0: a\x85b a\n\rb 0: a\x0a\x0db a\n\r\x85\x0cb 0: a\x0a\x0d\x85\x0cb /^a\R+b/bsr=unicode a\nb 0: a\x0ab a\rb 0: a\x0db a\r\nb 0: a\x0d\x0ab a\x0bb 0: a\x0bb a\x0cb 0: a\x0cb a\x85b 0: a\x85b a\n\rb 0: a\x0a\x0db a\n\r\x85\x0cb 0: a\x0a\x0d\x85\x0cb \= Expect no match ab No match /^a\R{1,3}b/bsr=unicode a\nb 0: a\x0ab a\n\rb 0: a\x0a\x0db a\n\r\x85b 0: a\x0a\x0d\x85b a\r\n\r\nb 0: a\x0d\x0a\x0d\x0ab a\r\n\r\n\r\nb 0: a\x0d\x0a\x0d\x0a\x0d\x0ab a\n\r\n\rb 0: a\x0a\x0d\x0a\x0db a\n\n\r\nb 0: a\x0a\x0a\x0d\x0ab \= Expect no match a\n\n\n\rb No match a\r No match /(?&abc)X(?P)/I Capture group count = 1 Named capture groups: abc 1 Last code unit = 'P' Subject length lower bound = 3 abcPXP123 0: PXP 1: P /(?1)X(?P)/I Capture group count = 1 Named capture groups: abc 1 Last code unit = 'P' Subject length lower bound = 3 abcPXP123 0: PXP 1: P /(?:a(?&abc)b)*(?x)/ 123axbaxbaxbx456 0: axbaxbaxbx 1: x 123axbaxbaxb456 0: x 1: x /(?:a(?&abc)b){1,5}(?x)/ 123axbaxbaxbx456 0: axbaxbaxbx 1: x /(?:a(?&abc)b){2,5}(?x)/ 123axbaxbaxbx456 0: axbaxbaxbx 1: x /(?:a(?&abc)b){2,}(?x)/ 123axbaxbaxbx456 0: axbaxbaxbx 1: x /(abc)(?i:(?1))/ defabcabcxyz 0: abcabc 1: abc \= Expect no match DEFabcABCXYZ No match /(abc)(?:(?i)(?1))/ defabcabcxyz 0: abcabc 1: abc \= Expect no match DEFabcABCXYZ No match /^(a)\g-2/ Failed: error 115 at offset 8: reference to non-existent subpattern /^(a)\g/ Failed: error 157 at offset 6: \g is not followed by a braced, angle-bracketed, or quoted name/number or by a plain number /^(a)\g{0}/ Failed: error 115 at offset 9: reference to non-existent subpattern /^(a)\g{3/ Failed: error 157 at offset 6: \g is not followed by a braced, angle-bracketed, or quoted name/number or by a plain number /^(a)\g{aa}/ Failed: error 115 at offset 7: reference to non-existent subpattern /^a.b/newline=lf a\rb 0: a\x0db \= Expect no match a\nb No match /.+foo/ afoo 0: afoo \= Expect no match \r\nfoo No match \nfoo No match /.+foo/newline=crlf afoo 0: afoo \nfoo 0: \x0afoo \= Expect no match \r\nfoo No match /.+foo/newline=any afoo 0: afoo \= Expect no match \nfoo No match \r\nfoo No match /.+foo/s afoo 0: afoo \r\nfoo 0: \x0d\x0afoo \nfoo 0: \x0afoo /^$/gm,newline=any abc\r\rxyz 0: abc\n\rxyz 0: \= Expect no match abc\r\nxyz No match /(?m)^$/g,newline=any,aftertext abc\r\n\r\n 0: 0+ \x0d\x0a /(?m)^$|^\r\n/g,newline=any,aftertext abc\r\n\r\n 0: 0+ \x0d\x0a 0: \x0d\x0a 0+ /(?m)$/g,newline=any,aftertext abc\r\n\r\n 0: 0+ \x0d\x0a\x0d\x0a 0: 0+ \x0d\x0a 0: 0+ /abc.$/gmx,newline=anycrlf abc1\x0a abc2\x0b abc3\x0c abc4\x0d abc5\x0d\x0a abc6\x85 abc9 0: abc1 0: abc4 0: abc5 0: abc9 /^X/m XABC 0: X \= Expect no match XABC\=notbol No match /(ab|c)(?-1)/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra CBra 1 ab Alt c Ket Recurse Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ abc 0: abc 1: ab /xy(?+1)(abc)/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra xy Recurse CBra 1 abc Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ xyabcabc 0: xyabcabc 1: abc \= Expect no match xyabc No match /x(?-0)y/ Failed: error 126 at offset 5: a relative value of zero is not allowed /x(?-1)y/ Failed: error 115 at offset 5: reference to non-existent subpattern /x(?+0)y/ Failed: error 126 at offset 5: a relative value of zero is not allowed /x(?+1)y/ Failed: error 115 at offset 5: reference to non-existent subpattern /^(abc)?(?(-1)X|Y)/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ Brazero CBra 1 abc Ket Cond 1 Cond ref X Alt Y Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ abcX 0: abcX 1: abc Y 0: Y \= Expect no match abcY No match /^((?(+1)X|Y)(abc))+/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ CBra 1 Cond 2 Cond ref X Alt Y Ket CBra 2 abc Ket KetRmax Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ YabcXabc 0: YabcXabc 1: Xabc 2: abc YabcXabcXabc 0: YabcXabcXabc 1: Xabc 2: abc \= Expect no match XabcXabc No match /(?(-1)a)/B Failed: error 115 at offset 5: reference to non-existent subpattern /((?(-1)a))/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra CBra 1 Cond 1 Cond ref a Ket Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /((?(-2)a))/B Failed: error 115 at offset 6: reference to non-existent subpattern /^(?(+1)X|Y)(.)/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ Cond 1 Cond ref X Alt Y Ket CBra 1 Any Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Y! 0: Y! 1: ! /(?tom|bon)-\k{A}/ tom-tom 0: tom-tom 1: tom bon-bon 0: bon-bon 1: bon \= Expect no match tom-bon No match /\g{A/ Failed: error 142 at offset 4: syntax error in subpattern name (missing terminator?) /(?|(abc)|(xyz))/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Bra CBra 1 abc Ket Alt CBra 1 xyz Ket Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ >abc< 0: abc 1: abc >xyz< 0: xyz 1: xyz /(x)(?|(abc)|(xyz))(x)/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra CBra 1 x Ket Bra CBra 2 abc Ket Alt CBra 2 xyz Ket Ket CBra 3 x Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ xabcx 0: xabcx 1: x 2: abc 3: x xxyzx 0: xxyzx 1: x 2: xyz 3: x /(x)(?|(abc)(pqr)|(xyz))(x)/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra CBra 1 x Ket Bra CBra 2 abc Ket CBra 3 pqr Ket Alt CBra 2 xyz Ket Ket CBra 4 x Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ xabcpqrx 0: xabcpqrx 1: x 2: abc 3: pqr 4: x xxyzx 0: xxyzx 1: x 2: xyz 3: 4: x /\H++X/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \H++ X Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ \= Expect no match XXXX No match /\H+\hY/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \H++ \h Y Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ XXXX Y 0: XXXX Y /\H+ Y/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \H++ Y Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\h+A/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \h++ A Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\v*B/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \v*+ B Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\V+\x0a/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \V++ \x0a Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /A+\h/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra A++ \h Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ / *\H/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra *+ \H Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /A*\v/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra A*+ \v Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\x0b*\V/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \x0b*+ \V Ket End 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/[\E]AAA/ Failed: error 106 at offset 7: missing terminating ] for character class /[\Q\E]AAA/ Failed: error 106 at offset 9: missing terminating ] for character class /[^\E]AAA/ Failed: error 106 at offset 8: missing terminating ] for character class /[^\Q\E]AAA/ Failed: error 106 at offset 10: missing terminating ] for character class /[\E^]AAA/ Failed: error 106 at offset 8: missing terminating ] for character class /[\Q\E^]AAA/ Failed: error 106 at offset 10: missing terminating ] for character class /A(*PRUNE)B(*SKIP)C(*THEN)D(*COMMIT)E(*F)F(*FAIL)G(?!)H(*ACCEPT)I/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra A *PRUNE B *SKIP C *THEN D *COMMIT E *FAIL F *FAIL G *FAIL H *ACCEPT I Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /^a+(*FAIL)/auto_callout \= Expect no match aaaaaa --->aaaaaa +0 ^ ^ +1 ^ a+ +3 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +3 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +3 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +3 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +3 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +3 ^^ (*FAIL) No match /a+b?c+(*FAIL)/auto_callout \= Expect no match aaabccc --->aaabccc +0 ^ a+ +2 ^ ^ b? +4 ^ ^ c+ +6 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +6 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +6 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +0 ^ a+ +2 ^ ^ b? +4 ^ ^ c+ +6 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +6 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +6 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +0 ^ a+ +2 ^^ b? +4 ^ ^ c+ +6 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +6 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +6 ^ ^ (*FAIL) No match /a+b?(*PRUNE)c+(*FAIL)/auto_callout \= Expect no match aaabccc --->aaabccc +0 ^ a+ +2 ^ ^ b? +4 ^ ^ (*PRUNE) +12 ^ ^ c+ +14 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +14 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +14 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +0 ^ a+ +2 ^ ^ b? +4 ^ ^ (*PRUNE) +12 ^ ^ c+ +14 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +14 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +14 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +0 ^ a+ +2 ^^ b? +4 ^ ^ (*PRUNE) +12 ^ ^ c+ +14 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +14 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +14 ^ ^ (*FAIL) No match /a+b?(*COMMIT)c+(*FAIL)/auto_callout \= Expect no match aaabccc --->aaabccc +0 ^ a+ +2 ^ ^ b? +4 ^ ^ (*COMMIT) +13 ^ ^ c+ +15 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +15 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +15 ^ ^ (*FAIL) No match /a+b?(*SKIP)c+(*FAIL)/auto_callout \= Expect no match aaabcccaaabccc --->aaabcccaaabccc +0 ^ a+ +2 ^ ^ b? +4 ^ ^ (*SKIP) +11 ^ ^ c+ +13 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +13 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +13 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +0 ^ a+ +2 ^ ^ b? +4 ^ ^ (*SKIP) +11 ^ ^ c+ +13 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +13 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +13 ^ ^ (*FAIL) No match /a+b?(*THEN)c+(*FAIL)/auto_callout \= Expect no match aaabccc --->aaabccc +0 ^ a+ +2 ^ ^ b? +4 ^ ^ (*THEN) +11 ^ ^ c+ +13 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +13 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +13 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +0 ^ a+ +2 ^ ^ b? +4 ^ ^ (*THEN) +11 ^ ^ c+ +13 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +13 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +13 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +0 ^ a+ +2 ^^ b? +4 ^ ^ (*THEN) +11 ^ ^ c+ +13 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +13 ^ ^ (*FAIL) +13 ^ ^ (*FAIL) No match /a(*MARK)b/ Failed: error 166 at offset 7: (*MARK) must have an argument /(?i:A{1,}\6666666666)/ Failed: error 161 at offset 19: subpattern number is too big /\g6666666666/ Failed: error 161 at offset 7: subpattern number is too big /[\g6666666666]/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [6g] Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /(?1)\c[/ Failed: error 115 at offset 3: reference to non-existent subpattern /.+A/newline=crlf \= Expect no match \r\nA No match /\nA/newline=crlf \r\nA 0: \x0aA /[\r\n]A/newline=crlf \r\nA 0: \x0aA /(\r|\n)A/newline=crlf \r\nA 0: \x0aA 1: \x0a /a(*CR)b/ Failed: error 160 at offset 5: (*VERB) not recognized or malformed /(*CR)a.b/ a\nb 0: a\x0ab \= Expect no match a\rb No match /(*CR)a.b/newline=lf a\nb 0: a\x0ab \= Expect no match a\rb No match /(*LF)a.b/newline=CRLF a\rb 0: a\x0db \= Expect no match a\nb No match /(*CRLF)a.b/ a\rb 0: a\x0db a\nb 0: a\x0ab \= Expect no match a\r\nb No match /(*ANYCRLF)a.b/newline=CR \= Expect no match a\rb No match a\nb No match a\r\nb No match /(*ANY)a.b/newline=cr \= Expect no match a\rb No match a\nb No match a\r\nb No match a\x85b No match /(*ANY).*/g abc\r\ndef 0: abc 0: 0: def 0: /(*ANYCRLF).*/g abc\r\ndef 0: abc 0: 0: def 0: /(*CRLF).*/g abc\r\ndef 0: abc 0: 0: def 0: /(*NUL)^.*/ a\nb\x00ccc 0: a\x0ab /(*NUL)^.*/s a\nb\x00ccc 0: a\x0ab\x00ccc /^x/m,newline=NUL ab\x00xy 0: x /'#comment' 0d 0a 00 '^x\' 0a 'y'/x,newline=nul,hex x\nyz 0: x\x0ay /(*NUL)^X\NY/ X\nY 0: X\x0aY X\rY 0: X\x0dY \= Expect no match X\x00Y No match /a\Rb/I,bsr=anycrlf Capture group count = 0 \R matches CR, LF, or CRLF First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 3 a\rb 0: a\x0db a\nb 0: a\x0ab a\r\nb 0: a\x0d\x0ab \= Expect no match a\x85b No match a\x0bb No match /a\Rb/I,bsr=unicode Capture group count = 0 \R matches any Unicode newline First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 3 a\rb 0: a\x0db a\nb 0: a\x0ab a\r\nb 0: a\x0d\x0ab a\x85b 0: a\x85b a\x0bb 0: a\x0bb /a\R?b/I,bsr=anycrlf Capture group count = 0 \R matches CR, LF, or CRLF First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 2 a\rb 0: a\x0db a\nb 0: a\x0ab a\r\nb 0: a\x0d\x0ab \= Expect no match a\x85b No match a\x0bb No match /a\R?b/I,bsr=unicode Capture group count = 0 \R matches any Unicode newline First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 2 a\rb 0: a\x0db a\nb 0: a\x0ab a\r\nb 0: a\x0d\x0ab a\x85b 0: a\x85b a\x0bb 0: a\x0bb /a\R{2,4}b/I,bsr=anycrlf Capture group count = 0 \R matches CR, LF, or CRLF First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 4 a\r\n\nb 0: a\x0d\x0a\x0ab a\n\r\rb 0: a\x0a\x0d\x0db a\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nb 0: a\x0d\x0a\x0d\x0a\x0d\x0a\x0d\x0ab \= Expect no match a\x85\x85b No match a\x0b\x0bb No match /a\R{2,4}b/I,bsr=unicode Capture group count = 0 \R matches any Unicode newline First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 4 a\r\rb 0: a\x0d\x0db a\n\n\nb 0: a\x0a\x0a\x0ab a\r\n\n\r\rb 0: a\x0d\x0a\x0a\x0d\x0db a\x85\x85b 0: a\x85\x85b a\x0b\x0bb 0: a\x0b\x0bb \= Expect no match a\r\r\r\r\rb No match /(*BSR_ANYCRLF)a\Rb/I Capture group count = 0 \R matches CR, LF, or CRLF First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 3 a\nb 0: a\x0ab a\rb 0: a\x0db /(*BSR_UNICODE)a\Rb/I Capture group count = 0 \R matches any Unicode newline First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 3 a\x85b 0: a\x85b /(*BSR_ANYCRLF)(*CRLF)a\Rb/I Capture group count = 0 \R matches CR, LF, or CRLF Forced newline is CRLF First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 3 a\nb 0: a\x0ab a\rb 0: a\x0db /(*CRLF)(*BSR_UNICODE)a\Rb/I Capture group count = 0 \R matches any Unicode newline Forced newline is CRLF First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 3 a\x85b 0: a\x85b /(*CRLF)(*BSR_ANYCRLF)(*CR)ab/I Capture group count = 0 \R matches CR, LF, or CRLF Forced newline is CR First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 2 /(?)(?&)/ Failed: error 162 at offset 9: subpattern name expected /(?)(?&a)/ Failed: error 115 at offset 11: reference to non-existent subpattern /(?)(?&aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa)/ Failed: error 115 at offset 9: reference to non-existent subpattern /(?+-a)/ Failed: error 129 at offset 2: digit expected after (?+ or (?- /(?-+a)/ Failed: error 111 at offset 3: unrecognized character after (? or (?- /(?(-1))/ Failed: error 115 at offset 5: reference to non-existent subpattern /(?(+10))/ Failed: error 115 at offset 4: reference to non-existent subpattern /(?(10))/ Failed: error 115 at offset 3: reference to non-existent subpattern /(?(+2))()()/ /(?(2))()()/ /\k''/ Failed: error 162 at offset 3: subpattern name expected /\k<>/ Failed: error 162 at offset 3: subpattern name expected /\k{}/ Failed: error 162 at offset 3: subpattern name expected /\k/ Failed: error 169 at offset 2: \k is not followed by a braced, angle-bracketed, or quoted name /\kabc/ Failed: error 169 at offset 2: \k is not followed by a braced, angle-bracketed, or quoted name /(?P=)/ Failed: error 162 at offset 4: subpattern name expected /(?P>)/ Failed: error 162 at offset 4: subpattern name expected /[[:foo:]]/ Failed: error 130 at offset 3: unknown POSIX class name /[[:1234:]]/ Failed: error 130 at offset 3: unknown POSIX class name /[[:f\oo:]]/ Failed: error 130 at offset 3: unknown POSIX class name /[[: :]]/ Failed: error 130 at offset 3: unknown POSIX class name /[[:...:]]/ Failed: error 130 at offset 3: unknown POSIX class name /[[:l\ower:]]/ Failed: error 130 at offset 3: unknown POSIX class name /[[:abc\:]]/ Failed: error 130 at offset 3: unknown POSIX class name /[abc[:x\]pqr:]]/ Failed: error 130 at offset 6: unknown POSIX class name /[[:a\dz:]]/ Failed: error 130 at offset 3: unknown POSIX class name /(^(a|b\g<-1'c))/ Failed: error 157 at offset 8: \g is not followed by a braced, angle-bracketed, or quoted name/number or by a plain number /^(?+1)(?x|y){0}z/ xzxx 0: xz yzyy 0: yz \= Expect no match xxz No match /(\3)(\1)(a)/ \= Expect no match cat No match /(\3)(\1)(a)/allow_empty_class,match_unset_backref,dupnames cat 0: a 1: 2: 3: a /TA]/ The ACTA] comes 0: TA] /TA]/allow_empty_class,match_unset_backref,dupnames The ACTA] comes 0: TA] /(?2)[]a()b](abc)/ Failed: error 115 at offset 3: reference to non-existent subpattern abcbabc /(?2)[^]a()b](abc)/ Failed: error 115 at offset 3: reference to non-existent subpattern abcbabc /(?1)[]a()b](abc)/ abcbabc 0: abcbabc 1: abc \= Expect no match abcXabc No match /(?1)[^]a()b](abc)/ abcXabc 0: abcXabc 1: abc \= Expect no match abcbabc No match /(?2)[]a()b](abc)(xyz)/ xyzbabcxyz 0: xyzbabcxyz 1: abc 2: xyz /(?&N)[]a(?)](?abc)/ Failed: error 115 at offset 3: reference to non-existent subpattern abc)](abc)/ Failed: error 115 at offset 3: reference to non-existent subpattern abcadc +0 ^ (? +2 ^ (?= +5 ^ .* +7 ^ ^ b +7 ^ ^ b +7 ^^ b +7 ^ b +11 ^ ^ +12 ^ ) +13 ^ End of pattern 0: abc --->abc +0 ^ (? +2 ^ (?= +5 ^ .* +7 ^ ^ b +7 ^ ^ b +7 ^^ b +8 ^ ^ ) +9 ^ b +0 ^ (? +2 ^ (?= +5 ^ .* +7 ^ ^ b +7 ^^ b +7 ^ b +8 ^^ ) +9 ^ b +10 ^^ | +13 ^^ End of pattern 0: b /(?(?=b).*b|^d)/I Capture group count = 0 Subject length lower bound = 1 /(?(?=.*b).*b|^d)/I Capture group count = 0 Subject length lower bound = 1 /xyz/auto_callout xyz --->xyz +0 ^ x +1 ^^ y +2 ^ ^ z +3 ^ ^ End of pattern 0: xyz abcxyz --->abcxyz +0 ^ x +1 ^^ y +2 ^ ^ z +3 ^ ^ End of pattern 0: xyz \= Expect no match abc No match abcxypqr No match /xyz/auto_callout,no_start_optimize abcxyz --->abcxyz +0 ^ x +0 ^ x +0 ^ x +0 ^ x +1 ^^ y +2 ^ ^ z +3 ^ ^ End of pattern 0: xyz \= Expect no match abc --->abc +0 ^ x +0 ^ x +0 ^ x +0 ^ x No match abcxypqr --->abcxypqr +0 ^ x +0 ^ x +0 ^ x +0 ^ x +1 ^^ y +2 ^ ^ z +0 ^ x +0 ^ x +0 ^ x +0 ^ x +0 ^ x No match /(*NO_START_OPT)xyz/auto_callout abcxyz --->abcxyz +15 ^ x +15 ^ x +15 ^ x +15 ^ x +16 ^^ y +17 ^ ^ z +18 ^ ^ End of pattern 0: xyz /(*NO_AUTO_POSSESS)a+b/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra a+ b Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /xyz/auto_callout,no_start_optimize abcxyz --->abcxyz +0 ^ x +0 ^ x +0 ^ x +0 ^ x +1 ^^ y +2 ^ ^ z +3 ^ ^ End of pattern 0: xyz /^"((?(?=[a])[^"])|b)*"$/auto_callout "ab" --->"ab" +0 ^ ^ +1 ^ " +2 ^^ ( +3 ^^ (? +5 ^^ (?= +8 ^^ [a] +11 ^ ^ ) +12 ^^ [^"] +16 ^ ^ ) +17 ^ ^ | +3 ^ ^ (? +5 ^ ^ (?= +8 ^ ^ [a] +17 ^ ^ | +21 ^ ^ " +18 ^ ^ b +19 ^ ^ )* +3 ^ ^ (? +5 ^ ^ (?= +8 ^ ^ [a] +17 ^ ^ | +21 ^ ^ " +22 ^ ^ $ +23 ^ ^ End of pattern 0: "ab" 1: /^"((?(?=[a])[^"])|b)*"$/ "ab" 0: "ab" 1: /^X(?5)(a)(?|(b)|(q))(c)(d)Y/ Failed: error 115 at offset 5: reference to non-existent subpattern XYabcdY /^X(?&N)(a)(?|(b)|(q))(c)(d)(?Y)/ XYabcdY 0: XYabcdY 1: a 2: b 3: c 4: d 5: Y /Xa{2,4}b/ X\=ps Partial match: X Xa\=ps Partial match: Xa Xaa\=ps Partial match: Xaa Xaaa\=ps Partial match: Xaaa Xaaaa\=ps Partial match: Xaaaa /Xa{2,4}?b/ X\=ps Partial match: X Xa\=ps Partial match: Xa Xaa\=ps Partial match: Xaa Xaaa\=ps Partial match: Xaaa Xaaaa\=ps Partial match: Xaaaa /Xa{2,4}+b/ X\=ps Partial match: X Xa\=ps Partial match: Xa Xaa\=ps Partial match: Xaa Xaaa\=ps Partial match: Xaaa Xaaaa\=ps Partial match: Xaaaa /X\d{2,4}b/ X\=ps Partial match: X X3\=ps Partial match: X3 X33\=ps Partial match: X33 X333\=ps Partial match: X333 X3333\=ps Partial match: X3333 /X\d{2,4}?b/ X\=ps Partial match: X X3\=ps Partial match: X3 X33\=ps Partial match: X33 X333\=ps Partial match: X333 X3333\=ps Partial match: X3333 /X\d{2,4}+b/ X\=ps Partial match: X X3\=ps Partial match: X3 X33\=ps Partial match: X33 X333\=ps Partial match: X333 X3333\=ps Partial match: X3333 /X\D{2,4}b/ X\=ps Partial match: X Xa\=ps Partial match: Xa Xaa\=ps Partial match: Xaa Xaaa\=ps Partial match: Xaaa Xaaaa\=ps Partial match: Xaaaa /X\D{2,4}?b/ X\=ps Partial match: X Xa\=ps Partial match: Xa Xaa\=ps Partial match: Xaa Xaaa\=ps Partial match: Xaaa Xaaaa\=ps Partial match: Xaaaa /X\D{2,4}+b/ X\=ps Partial match: X Xa\=ps Partial match: Xa Xaa\=ps Partial match: Xaa Xaaa\=ps Partial match: Xaaa Xaaaa\=ps Partial match: Xaaaa /X[abc]{2,4}b/ X\=ps Partial match: X Xa\=ps Partial match: Xa Xaa\=ps Partial match: Xaa Xaaa\=ps Partial match: Xaaa Xaaaa\=ps Partial match: Xaaaa /X[abc]{2,4}?b/ X\=ps Partial match: X Xa\=ps Partial match: Xa Xaa\=ps Partial match: Xaa Xaaa\=ps Partial match: Xaaa Xaaaa\=ps Partial match: Xaaaa /X[abc]{2,4}+b/ X\=ps Partial match: X Xa\=ps Partial match: Xa Xaa\=ps Partial match: Xaa Xaaa\=ps Partial match: Xaaa Xaaaa\=ps Partial match: Xaaaa /X[^a]{2,4}b/ X\=ps Partial match: X Xz\=ps Partial match: Xz Xzz\=ps Partial match: Xzz Xzzz\=ps Partial match: Xzzz Xzzzz\=ps Partial match: Xzzzz /X[^a]{2,4}?b/ X\=ps Partial match: X Xz\=ps Partial match: Xz Xzz\=ps Partial match: Xzz Xzzz\=ps Partial match: Xzzz Xzzzz\=ps Partial match: Xzzzz /X[^a]{2,4}+b/ X\=ps Partial match: X Xz\=ps Partial match: Xz Xzz\=ps Partial match: Xzz Xzzz\=ps Partial match: Xzzz Xzzzz\=ps Partial match: Xzzzz /(Y)X\1{2,4}b/ YX\=ps Partial match: YX YXY\=ps Partial match: YXY YXYY\=ps Partial match: YXYY YXYYY\=ps Partial match: YXYYY YXYYYY\=ps Partial match: YXYYYY /(Y)X\1{2,4}?b/ YX\=ps Partial match: YX YXY\=ps Partial match: YXY YXYY\=ps Partial match: YXYY YXYYY\=ps Partial match: YXYYY YXYYYY\=ps Partial match: YXYYYY /(Y)X\1{2,4}+b/ YX\=ps Partial match: YX YXY\=ps Partial match: YXY YXYY\=ps Partial match: YXYY YXYYY\=ps Partial match: YXYYY YXYYYY\=ps Partial match: YXYYYY /\++\KZ|\d+X|9+Y/startchar ++++123999\=ps Partial match: 123999 ++++123999Y\=ps 0: 999Y ++++Z1234\=ps 0: ++++Z ^^^^ /Z(*F)/ \= Expect no match Z\=ps No match ZA\=ps No match /Z(?!)/ \= Expect no match Z\=ps No match ZA\=ps No match /dog(sbody)?/ dogs\=ps 0: dog dogs\=ph Partial match: dogs /dog(sbody)??/ dogs\=ps 0: dog dogs\=ph 0: dog /dog|dogsbody/ dogs\=ps 0: dog dogs\=ph 0: dog /dogsbody|dog/ dogs\=ps 0: dog dogs\=ph Partial match: dogs /\bthe cat\b/ the cat\=ps 0: the cat the cat\=ph Partial match: the cat /abc/ abc\=ps 0: abc abc\=ph 0: abc /abc\K123/startchar xyzabc123pqr 0: abc123 ^^^ xyzabc12\=ps Partial match: abc12 xyzabc12\=ph Partial match: abc12 /(?<=abc)123/ xyzabc123pqr 0: 123 xyzabc12\=ps Partial match: 12 xyzabc12\=ph Partial match: 12 /\babc\b/ +++abc+++ 0: abc +++ab\=ps Partial match: ab +++ab\=ph Partial match: ab /(?&word)(?&element)(?(DEFINE)(?<[^m][^>]>[^<])(?\w*+))/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Recurse Recurse Cond Cond false CBra 1 < [^m] [^>] > [^<] Ket CBra 2 \w*+ Ket Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /(?&word)(?&element)(?(DEFINE)(?<[^\d][^>]>[^<])(?\w*+))/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Recurse Recurse Cond Cond false CBra 1 < [\x00-/:-\xff] (neg) [^>] > [^<] Ket CBra 2 \w*+ Ket Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /(ab)(x(y)z(cd(*ACCEPT)))pq/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra CBra 1 ab Ket CBra 2 x CBra 3 y Ket z CBra 4 cd Close 4 Close 2 *ACCEPT Ket Ket pq Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /abc\K/aftertext,startchar abcdef 0: abc ^^^ 0+ def abcdef\=notempty_atstart 0: abc ^^^ 0+ def xyzabcdef\=notempty_atstart 0: abc ^^^ 0+ def \= Expect no match abcdef\=notempty No match xyzabcdef\=notempty No match /^(?:(?=abc)|abc\K)/aftertext,startchar abcdef 0: 0+ abcdef abcdef\=notempty_atstart 0: abc ^^^ 0+ def \= Expect no match abcdef\=notempty No match /a?b?/aftertext xyz 0: 0+ xyz xyzabc 0: 0+ xyzabc xyzabc\=notempty 0: ab 0+ c xyzabc\=notempty_atstart 0: 0+ yzabc xyz\=notempty_atstart 0: 0+ yz \= Expect no match xyz\=notempty No match /^a?b?/aftertext xyz 0: 0+ xyz xyzabc 0: 0+ xyzabc \= Expect no match xyzabc\=notempty No match xyzabc\=notempty_atstart No match xyz\=notempty_atstart No match xyz\=notempty No match /^(?a|b\gc)/ aaaa 0: a 1: a bacxxx 0: bac 1: bac bbaccxxx 0: bbacc 1: bbacc bbbacccxx 0: bbbaccc 1: bbbaccc /^(?a|b\g'name'c)/ aaaa 0: a 1: a bacxxx 0: bac 1: bac bbaccxxx 0: bbacc 1: bbacc bbbacccxx 0: bbbaccc 1: bbbaccc /^(a|b\g<1>c)/ aaaa 0: a 1: a bacxxx 0: bac 1: bac bbaccxxx 0: bbacc 1: bbacc bbbacccxx 0: bbbaccc 1: bbbaccc /^(a|b\g'1'c)/ aaaa 0: a 1: a bacxxx 0: bac 1: bac bbaccxxx 0: bbacc 1: bbacc bbbacccxx 0: bbbaccc 1: bbbaccc /^(a|b\g'-1'c)/ aaaa 0: a 1: a bacxxx 0: bac 1: bac bbaccxxx 0: bbacc 1: bbacc bbbacccxx 0: bbbaccc 1: bbbaccc /(^(a|b\g<-1>c))/ aaaa 0: a 1: a 2: a bacxxx 0: bac 1: bac 2: bac bbaccxxx 0: bbacc 1: bbacc 2: bbacc bbbacccxx 0: bbbaccc 1: bbbaccc 2: bbbaccc /(?-i:\g)(?i:(?a))/ XaaX 0: aa 1: a XAAX 0: AA 1: A /(?i:\g)(?-i:(?a))/ XaaX 0: aa 1: a \= Expect no match XAAX No match /(?-i:\g<+1>)(?i:(a))/ XaaX 0: aa 1: a XAAX 0: AA 1: A /(?=(?(?#simplesyntax)\$(?[a-zA-Z_\x{7f}-\x{ff}][a-zA-Z0-9_\x{7f}-\x{ff}]*)(?:\[(?[a-zA-Z0-9_\x{7f}-\x{ff}]+|\$\g)\]|->\g(\(.*?\))?)?|(?#simple syntax withbraces)\$\{(?:\g(?\[(?:\g|'(?:\\.|[^'\\])*'|"(?:\g|\\.|[^"\\])*")\])?|\g|\$\{\g\})\}|(?#complexsyntax)\{(?\$(?\g(\g*|\(.*?\))?)(?:->\g)*|\$\g|\$\{\g\})\}))\{/ /(?a|b|c)\g*/ abc 0: abc 1: a accccbbb 0: accccbbb 1: a /^X(?7)(a)(?|(b)|(q)(r)(s))(c)(d)(Y)/ XYabcdY 0: XYabcdY 1: a 2: b 3: 4: 5: c 6: d 7: Y /(?<=b(?1)|zzz)(a)/ xbaax 0: a 1: a xzzzax 0: a 1: a /(a)(?<=b\1)/ /(a)(?<=b+(?1))/ Failed: error 125 at offset 3: lookbehind assertion is not fixed length /(a+)(?<=b(?1))/ Failed: error 125 at offset 4: lookbehind assertion is not fixed length /(a(?<=b(?1)))/ Failed: error 125 at offset 2: lookbehind assertion is not fixed length /(?<=b(?1))xyz/ Failed: error 115 at offset 8: reference to non-existent subpattern /(?<=b(?1))xyz(b+)pqrstuvew/ Failed: error 125 at offset 0: lookbehind assertion is not fixed length /(a|bc)\1/I Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 Starting code units: a b Subject length lower bound = 2 /(a|bc)\1{2,3}/I Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 Starting code units: a b Subject length lower bound = 3 /(a|bc)(?1)/I Capture group count = 1 Starting code units: a b Subject length lower bound = 2 /(a|b\1)(a|b\1)/I Capture group count = 2 Max back reference = 1 Starting code units: a b Subject length lower bound = 2 /(a|b\1){2}/I Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 Starting code units: a b Subject length lower bound = 2 /(a|bbbb\1)(a|bbbb\1)/I Capture group count = 2 Max back reference = 1 Starting code units: a b Subject length lower bound = 2 /(a|bbbb\1){2}/I Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 Starting code units: a b Subject length lower bound = 2 /^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]/I Capture group count = 1 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'F' Last code unit = ':' Subject length lower bound = 22 /]{0,})>]{0,})>([\d]{0,}\.)(.*)((
([\w\W\s\d][^<>]{0,})|[\s]{0,}))<\/a><\/TD>]{0,})>([\w\W\s\d][^<>]{0,})<\/TD>]{0,})>([\w\W\s\d][^<>]{0,})<\/TD><\/TR>/Iis Capture group count = 11 Options: caseless dotall First code unit = '<' Last code unit = '>' Subject length lower bound = 47 "(?>.*/)foo"I Capture group count = 0 Last code unit = 'o' Subject length lower bound = 4 /(?(?=[^a-z]+[a-z]) \d{2}-[a-z]{3}-\d{2} | \d{2}-\d{2}-\d{2} ) /Ix Capture group count = 0 Options: extended Last code unit = '-' Subject length lower bound = 8 /(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(a|b|c))))))))))/Ii Capture group count = 1 Options: caseless Starting code units: A B C a b c Subject length lower bound = 1 /(?:c|d)(?:)(?:aaaaaaaa(?:)(?:bbbbbbbb)(?:bbbbbbbb(?:))(?:bbbbbbbb(?:)(?:bbbbbbbb)))/I Capture group count = 0 Starting code units: c d Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 41 /A)|(?
B))/I Capture group count = 1 Named capture groups: a 1 Starting code units: A B Subject length lower bound = 1 AB\=copy=a 0: A 1: A C A (1) a (group 1) BA\=copy=a 0: B 1: B C B (1) a (group 1) /(?|(?A)|(?B))/ Failed: error 165 at offset 16: different names for subpatterns of the same number are not allowed /(?:a(? (?')|(?")) | b(? (?')|(?")) ) (?('quote')[a-z]+|[0-9]+)/Ix,dupnames Capture group count = 6 Max back reference = 4 Named capture groups: apostrophe 2 apostrophe 5 quote 1 quote 4 realquote 3 realquote 6 Options: dupnames extended Starting code units: a b Subject length lower bound = 3 a"aaaaa 0: a"aaaaa 1: " 2: 3: " b"aaaaa 0: b"aaaaa 1: 2: 3: 4: " 5: 6: " \= Expect no match b"11111 No match a"11111 No match /^(?|(a)(b)(c)(?d)|(?e)) (?('D')X|Y)/IBx,dupnames ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ Bra CBra 1 a Ket CBra 2 b Ket CBra 3 c Ket CBra 4 d Ket Alt CBra 1 e Ket Ket Cond Cond ref 2 X Alt Y Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 4 Max back reference = 4 Named capture groups: D 4 D 1 Compile options: dupnames extended Overall options: anchored dupnames extended Starting code units: a e Subject length lower bound = 2 abcdX 0: abcdX 1: a 2: b 3: c 4: d eX 0: eX 1: e \= Expect no match abcdY No match ey No match /(?a) (b)(c) (?d (?(R&A)$ | (?4)) )/IBx,dupnames ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra CBra 1 a Ket CBra 2 b Ket CBra 3 c Ket CBra 4 d Cond Cond recurse 2 $ Alt Recurse Ket Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 4 Max back reference = 4 Named capture groups: A 1 A 4 Options: dupnames extended First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'd' Subject length lower bound = 4 abcdd 0: abcdd 1: a 2: b 3: c 4: dd \= Expect no match abcdde No match /abcd*/ xxxxabcd\=ps 0: abcd xxxxabcd\=ph Partial match: abcd /abcd*/i xxxxabcd\=ps 0: abcd xxxxabcd\=ph Partial match: abcd XXXXABCD\=ps 0: ABCD XXXXABCD\=ph Partial match: ABCD /abc\d*/ xxxxabc1\=ps 0: abc1 xxxxabc1\=ph Partial match: abc1 /(a)bc\1*/ xxxxabca\=ps 0: abca 1: a xxxxabca\=ph Partial match: abca /abc[de]*/ xxxxabcde\=ps 0: abcde xxxxabcde\=ph Partial match: abcde /(\3)(\1)(a)/allow_empty_class,match_unset_backref,dupnames cat 0: a 1: 2: 3: a /(\3)(\1)(a)/I,allow_empty_class,match_unset_backref,dupnames Capture group count = 3 Max back reference = 3 Options: allow_empty_class dupnames match_unset_backref Last code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 1 cat 0: a 1: 2: 3: a /(\3)(\1)(a)/I Capture group count = 3 Max back reference = 3 Last code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 3 \= Expect no match cat No match /i(?(DEFINE)(?a))/I Capture group count = 1 Named capture groups: s 1 First code unit = 'i' Subject length lower bound = 1 i 0: i /()i(?(1)a)/I Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 First code unit = 'i' Subject length lower bound = 1 ia 0: ia 1: /(?i)a(?-i)b|c/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra /i a b Alt c Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ XabX 0: ab XAbX 0: Ab CcC 0: c \= Expect no match XABX No match /(?i)a(?s)b|c/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra /i ab Alt /i c Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /(?i)a(?s-i)b|c/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra /i a b Alt c Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /^(ab(c\1)d|x){2}$/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ Once CBra 1 ab CBra 2 c \1 Ket d Alt x Ket Ket Once CBra 1 ab CBra 2 c \1 Ket d Alt x Ket Ket $ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ xabcxd 0: xabcxd 1: abcxd 2: cx /^(?&t)*+(?(DEFINE)(?.))$/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ Braposzero SBraPos Recurse KetRpos Cond Cond false CBra 1 Any Ket Ket $ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /^(?&t)*(?(DEFINE)(?.))$/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ Brazero SBra Recurse KetRmax Cond Cond false CBra 1 Any Ket Ket $ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ # This one is here because Perl gives the match as "b" rather than "ab". I # believe this to be a Perl bug. /(?>a\Kb)z|(ab)/ ab\=startchar 0: ab 1: ab /(?P(?P0|)|(?P>L2)(?P>L1))/ abcd 0: 1: 2: 0abc 0: 0 1: 0 2: 0 /abc(*MARK:)pqr/ Failed: error 166 at offset 10: (*MARK) must have an argument /abc(*:)pqr/ Failed: error 166 at offset 6: (*MARK) must have an argument /(*COMMIT:X)/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra *COMMIT X Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ # This should, and does, fail. In Perl, it does not, which I think is a # bug because replacing the B in the pattern by (B|D) does make it fail. # Turning off Perl's optimization by inserting (??{""}) also makes it fail. /A(*COMMIT)B/aftertext,mark \= Expect no match ACABX No match # These should be different, but in Perl they are not, which I think # is a bug in Perl. /A(*THEN)B|A(*THEN)C/mark AC 0: AC /A(*PRUNE)B|A(*PRUNE)C/mark \= Expect no match AC No match # Mark names can be duplicated. Perl doesn't give a mark for this one, # though PCRE2 does. /^A(*:A)B|^X(*:A)Y/mark \= Expect no match XAQQ No match, mark = A # COMMIT at the start of a pattern should be the same as an anchor. Perl # optimizations defeat this. So does the PCRE2 optimization unless we disable # it. /(*COMMIT)ABC/ ABCDEFG 0: ABC /(*COMMIT)ABC/no_start_optimize \= Expect no match DEFGABC No match /^(ab (c+(*THEN)cd) | xyz)/x \= Expect no match abcccd No match /^(ab (c+(*PRUNE)cd) | xyz)/x \= Expect no match abcccd No match /^(ab (c+(*FAIL)cd) | xyz)/x \= Expect no match abcccd No match # Perl gets some of these wrong /(?>.(*ACCEPT))*?5/ abcde 0: a /(.(*ACCEPT))*?5/ abcde 0: a 1: a /(.(*ACCEPT))5/ abcde 0: a 1: a /(.(*ACCEPT))*5/ abcde 0: a 1: a /A\NB./B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra A Any B Any Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ ACBD 0: ACBD \= Expect no match A\nB No match ACB\n No match /A\NB./Bs ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra A Any B AllAny Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ ACBD 0: ACBD ACB\n 0: ACB\x0a \= Expect no match A\nB No match /A\NB/newline=crlf A\nB 0: A\x0aB A\rB 0: A\x0dB \= Expect no match A\r\nB No match /\R+b/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \R++ b Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\R+\n/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \R+ \x0a Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\R+\d/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \R++ \d Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\d*\R/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \d*+ \R Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\s*\R/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \s* \R Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ \x20\x0a 0: \x0a \x20\x0d 0: \x0d \x20\x0d\x0a 0: \x0d\x0a /\S*\R/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \S*+ \R Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ a\x0a 0: a\x0a /X\h*\R/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra X \h*+ \R Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ X\x20\x0a 0: X \x0a /X\H*\R/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra X \H* \R Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ X\x0d\x0a 0: X\x0d\x0a /X\H+\R/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra X \H+ \R Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ X\x0d\x0a 0: X\x0d\x0a /X\H++\R/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra X \H++ \R Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ \= Expect no match X\x0d\x0a No match /(?<=abc)def/ abc\=ph Partial match: /abc$/ abc 0: abc abc\=ps 0: abc abc\=ph Partial match: abc /abc$/m abc 0: abc abc\n 0: abc abc\=ph Partial match: abc abc\n\=ph 0: abc abc\=ps 0: abc abc\n\=ps 0: abc /abc\z/ abc 0: abc abc\=ps 0: abc abc\=ph Partial match: abc /abc\Z/ abc 0: abc abc\=ps 0: abc abc\=ph Partial match: abc /abc\b/ abc 0: abc abc\=ps 0: abc abc\=ph Partial match: abc /abc\B/ abc\=ps Partial match: abc abc\=ph Partial match: abc \= Expect no match abc No match /.+/ \= Bad offsets abc\=offset=4 Failed: error -33: bad offset value abc\=offset=-4 ** Invalid value in 'offset=-4' \= Valid data abc\=offset=0 0: abc abc\=offset=1 0: bc abc\=offset=2 0: c \= Expect no match abc\=offset=3 No match /^\cÄ£/ Failed: error 168 at offset 3: \c must be followed by a printable ASCII character /(?P(?P=abn)xxx)/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Once CBra 1 \1 xxx Ket Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /(a\1z)/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Once CBra 1 a \1 z Ket Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /(?P(?P=abn)(?(?P=axn)xxx)/B Failed: error 115 at offset 12: reference to non-existent subpattern /(?P(?P=axn)xxx)(?yy)/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra CBra 1 \2 xxx Ket CBra 2 yy Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ # These tests are here because Perl gets the first one wrong. /(\R*)(.)/s \r\n 0: \x0d 1: 2: \x0d \r\r\n\n\r 0: \x0d\x0d\x0a\x0a\x0d 1: \x0d\x0d\x0a\x0a 2: \x0d \r\r\n\n\r\n 0: \x0d\x0d\x0a\x0a\x0d 1: \x0d\x0d\x0a\x0a 2: \x0d /(\R)*(.)/s \r\n 0: \x0d 1: 2: \x0d \r\r\n\n\r 0: \x0d\x0d\x0a\x0a\x0d 1: \x0a 2: \x0d \r\r\n\n\r\n 0: \x0d\x0d\x0a\x0a\x0d 1: \x0a 2: \x0d /((?>\r\n|\n|\x0b|\f|\r|\x85)*)(.)/s \r\n 0: \x0d 1: 2: \x0d \r\r\n\n\r 0: \x0d\x0d\x0a\x0a\x0d 1: \x0d\x0d\x0a\x0a 2: \x0d \r\r\n\n\r\n 0: \x0d\x0d\x0a\x0a\x0d 1: \x0d\x0d\x0a\x0a 2: \x0d # ------------- /^abc$/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ abc $ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /^abc$/Bm ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra /m ^ abc /m $ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /^(a)*+(\w)/ aaaaX 0: aaaaX 1: a 2: X \= Expect no match aaaa No match /^(?:a)*+(\w)/ aaaaX 0: aaaaX 1: X \= Expect no match aaaa No match /(a)++1234/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra CBraPos 1 a KetRpos 1234 Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 1 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = '4' Subject length lower bound = 5 /([abc])++1234/I Capture group count = 1 Starting code units: a b c Last code unit = '4' Subject length lower bound = 5 /(?<=(abc)+)X/ Failed: error 125 at offset 0: lookbehind assertion is not fixed length /(^ab)/I Capture group count = 1 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 2 /(^ab)++/I Capture group count = 1 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 2 /(^ab|^)+/I Capture group count = 1 May match empty string Compile options: Overall options: anchored Subject length lower bound = 0 /(^ab|^)++/I Capture group count = 1 May match empty string Compile options: Overall options: anchored Subject length lower bound = 0 /(?:^ab)/I Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 2 /(?:^ab)++/I Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 2 /(?:^ab|^)+/I Capture group count = 0 May match empty string Compile options: Overall options: anchored Subject length lower bound = 0 /(?:^ab|^)++/I Capture group count = 0 May match empty string Compile options: Overall options: anchored Subject length lower bound = 0 /(.*ab)/I Capture group count = 1 First code unit at start or follows newline Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 2 /(.*ab)++/I Capture group count = 1 First code unit at start or follows newline Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 2 /(.*ab|.*)+/I Capture group count = 1 May match empty string First code unit at start or follows newline Subject length lower bound = 0 /(.*ab|.*)++/I Capture group count = 1 May match empty string First code unit at start or follows newline Subject length lower bound = 0 /(?:.*ab)/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit at start or follows newline Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 2 /(?:.*ab)++/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit at start or follows newline Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 2 /(?:.*ab|.*)+/I Capture group count = 0 May match empty string First code unit at start or follows newline Subject length lower bound = 0 /(?:.*ab|.*)++/I Capture group count = 0 May match empty string First code unit at start or follows newline Subject length lower bound = 0 /(?=a)[bcd]/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 1 /((?=a))[bcd]/I Capture group count = 1 First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 1 /((?=a))+[bcd]/I Capture group count = 1 First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 1 /((?=a))++[bcd]/I Capture group count = 1 First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 1 /(?=a+)[bcd]/Ii Capture group count = 0 Options: caseless First code unit = 'a' (caseless) Subject length lower bound = 1 /(?=a+?)[bcd]/Ii Capture group count = 0 Options: caseless First code unit = 'a' (caseless) Subject length lower bound = 1 /(?=a++)[bcd]/Ii Capture group count = 0 Options: caseless First code unit = 'a' (caseless) Subject length lower bound = 1 /(?=a{3})[bcd]/Ii Capture group count = 0 Options: caseless First code unit = 'a' (caseless) Last code unit = 'a' (caseless) Subject length lower bound = 2 /(abc)\1+/ # Perl doesn't get these right IMO (the 3rd is PCRE2-specific) /(?1)(?:(b(*ACCEPT))){0}/ b 0: b /(?1)(?:(b(*ACCEPT))){0}c/ bc 0: bc \= Expect no match b No match /(?1)(?:((*ACCEPT))){0}c/ c 0: c c\=notempty 0: c /^.*?(?(?=a)a|b(*THEN)c)/ \= Expect no match ba No match /^.*?(?(?=a)a|bc)/ ba 0: ba /^.*?(?(?=a)a(*THEN)b|c)/ \= Expect no match ac No match /^.*?(?(?=a)a(*THEN)b)c/ \= Expect no match ac No match /^.*?(a(*THEN)b)c/ \= Expect no match aabc No match /^.*? (?1) c (?(DEFINE)(a(*THEN)b))/x aabc 0: aabc /^.*?(a(*THEN)b|z)c/ aabc 0: aabc 1: ab /^.*?(z|a(*THEN)b)c/ aabc 0: aabc 1: ab # These are here because they are not Perl-compatible; the studying means the # mark is not seen. /(*MARK:A)(*SKIP:B)(C|X)/mark C 0: C 1: C MK: A \= Expect no match D No match, mark = A /(*:A)A+(*SKIP:A)(B|Z)/mark \= Expect no match AAAC No match, mark = A # ---------------------------- "(?=a*(*ACCEPT)b)c" c 0: c c\=notempty 0: c /(?1)c(?(DEFINE)((*ACCEPT)b))/ c 0: c c\=notempty 0: c /(?>(*ACCEPT)b)c/ c 0: \= Expect no match c\=notempty No match /(?:(?>(a)))+a%/allaftertext %aa% 0: aa% 0+ 1: a 1+ a% /(a)b|ac/allaftertext ac\=ovector=1 0: ac 0+ /(a)(b)x|abc/allaftertext abc\=ovector=2 0: abc 0+ /(a)bc|(a)(b)\2/ abc\=ovector=1 Matched, but too many substrings 0: abc abc\=ovector=2 0: abc 1: a aba\=ovector=1 Matched, but too many substrings 0: aba aba\=ovector=2 Matched, but too many substrings 0: aba 1: aba\=ovector=3 Matched, but too many substrings 0: aba 1: 2: a aba\=ovector=4 0: aba 1: 2: a 3: b /(?(DEFINE)(a(?2)|b)(b(?1)|a))(?:(?1)|(?2))/I Capture group count = 2 May match empty string Subject length lower bound = 0 /(a(?2)|b)(b(?1)|a)(?:(?1)|(?2))/I Capture group count = 2 Starting code units: a b Subject length lower bound = 3 /(a(?2)|b)(b(?1)|a)(?1)(?2)/I Capture group count = 2 Starting code units: a b Subject length lower bound = 4 /(abc)(?1)/I Capture group count = 1 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 6 /(?:(foo)|(bar)|(baz))X/allcaptures bazfooX 0: fooX 1: foo 2: 3: foobazbarX 0: barX 1: 2: bar 3: barfooX 0: fooX 1: foo 2: 3: bazX 0: bazX 1: 2: 3: baz foobarbazX 0: bazX 1: 2: 3: baz bazfooX\=ovector=0 0: fooX 1: foo 2: 3: bazfooX\=ovector=1 Matched, but too many substrings 0: fooX bazfooX\=ovector=2 0: fooX 1: foo bazfooX\=ovector=3 0: fooX 1: foo 2: /(?=abc){3}abc/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Assert abc Ket abc Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /(?=abc)+abc/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Assert abc Ket abc Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /(?=abc)++abc/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Assert abc Ket abc Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /(?=abc){0}xyz/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Skip zero Assert abc Ket xyz Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /(?=(a))?./B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Brazero Assert CBra 1 a Ket Ket Any Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /(?=(a))??./B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Braminzero Assert CBra 1 a Ket Ket Any Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /^(?=(a)){0}b(?1)/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ Skip zero Assert CBra 1 a Ket Ket b Recurse Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /(?(DEFINE)(a))?b(?1)/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Cond Cond false CBra 1 a Ket Ket b Recurse Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /^(?=(?1))?[az]([abc])d/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ Brazero Assert Recurse Ket [az] CBra 1 [a-c] Ket d Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /^(?!a){0}\w+/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ Skip zero Assert not a Ket \w++ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /(?<=(abc))?xyz/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Brazero Assert back Reverse CBra 1 abc Ket Ket xyz Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /[:a[:abc]b:]/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [:[a-c] b:] Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /^(a(*:A)(d|e(*:B))z|aeq)/auto_callout adz --->adz +0 ^ ^ +1 ^ ( +2 ^ a +3 ^^ (*:A) +8 ^^ ( Latest Mark: A +9 ^^ d +10 ^ ^ | +18 ^ ^ z +19 ^ ^ | +24 ^ ^ End of pattern 0: adz 1: adz 2: d aez --->aez +0 ^ ^ +1 ^ ( +2 ^ a +3 ^^ (*:A) +8 ^^ ( Latest Mark: A +9 ^^ d +11 ^^ e +12 ^ ^ (*:B) +17 ^ ^ ) Latest Mark: B +18 ^ ^ z +19 ^ ^ | +24 ^ ^ End of pattern 0: aez 1: aez 2: e aeqwerty --->aeqwerty +0 ^ ^ +1 ^ ( +2 ^ a +3 ^^ (*:A) +8 ^^ ( Latest Mark: A +9 ^^ d +11 ^^ e +12 ^ ^ (*:B) +17 ^ ^ ) Latest Mark: B +18 ^ ^ z +20 ^ a +21 ^^ e +22 ^ ^ q +23 ^ ^ ) +24 ^ ^ End of pattern 0: aeq 1: aeq /.(*F)/ \= Expect no match abc\=ph No match /\btype\b\W*?\btext\b\W*?\bjavascript\b/I Capture group count = 0 Max lookbehind = 1 First code unit = 't' Last code unit = 't' Subject length lower bound = 18 /\btype\b\W*?\btext\b\W*?\bjavascript\b|\burl\b\W*?\bshell:|a+)(?>(z+))\w/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ Once a++ Ket Once CBra 1 z++ Ket Ket \w Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ aaaazzzzb 0: aaaazzzzb 1: zzzz \= Expect no match aazz No match /(.)(\1|a(?2))/ bab 0: bab 1: b 2: ab /\1|(.)(?R)\1/ cbbbc 0: cbbbc 1: c /(.)((?(1)c|a)|a(?2))/ \= Expect no match baa No match /(?P(?P=abn)xxx)/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Once CBra 1 \1 xxx Ket Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /(a\1z)/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Once CBra 1 a \1 z Ket Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /^a\x41z/alt_bsux,allow_empty_class,match_unset_backref,dupnames aAz 0: aAz \= Expect no match ax41z No match /^a[m\x41]z/alt_bsux,allow_empty_class,match_unset_backref,dupnames aAz 0: aAz /^a\x1z/alt_bsux,allow_empty_class,match_unset_backref,dupnames ax1z 0: ax1z /^a\u0041z/alt_bsux,allow_empty_class,match_unset_backref,dupnames aAz 0: aAz \= Expect no match au0041z No match /^a[m\u0041]z/alt_bsux,allow_empty_class,match_unset_backref,dupnames aAz 0: aAz /^a\u041z/alt_bsux,allow_empty_class,match_unset_backref,dupnames au041z 0: au041z \= Expect no match aAz No match /^a\U0041z/alt_bsux,allow_empty_class,match_unset_backref,dupnames aU0041z 0: aU0041z \= Expect no match aAz No match /^\u{7a}/alt_bsux u{7a} 0: u{7a} \= Expect no match zoo No match /^\u{7a}/extra_alt_bsux zoo 0: z /(?(?=c)c|d)++Y/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra BraPos Cond Assert c Ket c Alt d Ket KetRpos Y Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /(?(?=c)c|d)*+Y/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Braposzero BraPos Cond Assert c Ket c Alt d Ket KetRpos Y Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /a[\NB]c/ Failed: error 171 at offset 4: \N is not supported in a class aNc /a[B-\Nc]/ Failed: error 150 at offset 6: invalid range in character class /a[B\Nc]/ Failed: error 171 at offset 5: \N is not supported in a class /(a)(?2){0,1999}?(b)/ /(a)(?(DEFINE)(b))(?2){0,1999}?(?2)/ # This test, with something more complicated than individual letters, causes # different behaviour in Perl. Perhaps it disables some optimization; no tag is # passed back for the failures, whereas in PCRE2 there is a tag. /(A|P)(*:A)(B|P) | (X|P)(X|P)(*:B)(Y|P)/x,mark AABC 0: AB 1: A 2: B MK: A XXYZ 0: XXY 1: 2: 3: X 4: X 5: Y MK: B \= Expect no match XAQQ No match, mark = A XAQQXZZ No match, mark = A AXQQQ No match, mark = A AXXQQQ No match, mark = B # Perl doesn't give marks for these, though it does if the alternatives are # replaced by single letters. /(b|q)(*:m)f|a(*:n)w/mark aw 0: aw MK: n \= Expect no match abc No match, mark = m /(q|b)(*:m)f|a(*:n)w/mark aw 0: aw MK: n \= Expect no match abc No match, mark = m # After a partial match, the behaviour is as for a failure. /^a(*:X)bcde/mark abc\=ps Partial match, mark=X: abc # These are here because Perl doesn't return a mark, except for the first. /(?=(*:x))(q|)/aftertext,mark abc 0: 0+ abc 1: MK: x /(?=(*:x))((*:y)q|)/aftertext,mark abc 0: 0+ abc 1: MK: x /(?=(*:x))(?:(*:y)q|)/aftertext,mark abc 0: 0+ abc MK: x /(?=(*:x))(?>(*:y)q|)/aftertext,mark abc 0: 0+ abc MK: x /(?=a(*:x))(?!a(*:y)c)/aftertext,mark ab 0: 0+ ab MK: x /(?=a(*:x))(?=a(*:y)c|)/aftertext,mark ab 0: 0+ ab MK: x /(..)\1/ ab\=ps Partial match: ab aba\=ps Partial match: aba abab\=ps 0: abab 1: ab /(..)\1/i ab\=ps Partial match: ab abA\=ps Partial match: abA aBAb\=ps 0: aBAb 1: aB /(..)\1{2,}/ ab\=ps Partial match: ab aba\=ps Partial match: aba abab\=ps Partial match: abab ababa\=ps Partial match: ababa ababab\=ps 0: ababab 1: ab ababab\=ph Partial match: ababab abababa\=ps 0: ababab 1: ab abababa\=ph Partial match: abababa /(..)\1{2,}/i ab\=ps Partial match: ab aBa\=ps Partial match: aBa aBAb\=ps Partial match: aBAb AbaBA\=ps Partial match: AbaBA abABAb\=ps 0: abABAb 1: ab aBAbaB\=ph Partial match: aBAbaB abABabA\=ps 0: abABab 1: ab abaBABa\=ph Partial match: abaBABa /(..)\1{2,}?x/i ab\=ps Partial match: ab abA\=ps Partial match: abA aBAb\=ps Partial match: aBAb abaBA\=ps Partial match: abaBA abAbaB\=ps Partial match: abAbaB abaBabA\=ps Partial match: abaBabA abAbABaBx\=ps 0: abAbABaBx 1: ab /^(..)\1/ aba\=ps Partial match: aba /^(..)\1{2,3}x/ aba\=ps Partial match: aba ababa\=ps Partial match: ababa ababa\=ph Partial match: ababa abababx 0: abababx 1: ab ababababx 0: ababababx 1: ab /^(..)\1{2,3}?x/ aba\=ps Partial match: aba ababa\=ps Partial match: ababa ababa\=ph Partial match: ababa abababx 0: abababx 1: ab ababababx 0: ababababx 1: ab /^(..)(\1{2,3})ab/ abababab 0: abababab 1: ab 2: abab /^\R/ \r\=ps 0: \x0d \r\=ph Partial match: \x0d /^\R{2,3}x/ \r\=ps Partial match: \x0d \r\=ph Partial match: \x0d \r\r\=ps Partial match: \x0d\x0d \r\r\=ph Partial match: \x0d\x0d \r\r\r\=ps Partial match: \x0d\x0d\x0d \r\r\r\=ph Partial match: \x0d\x0d\x0d \r\rx 0: \x0d\x0dx \r\r\rx 0: \x0d\x0d\x0dx /^\R{2,3}?x/ \r\=ps Partial match: \x0d \r\=ph Partial match: \x0d \r\r\=ps Partial match: \x0d\x0d \r\r\=ph Partial match: \x0d\x0d \r\r\r\=ps Partial match: \x0d\x0d\x0d \r\r\r\=ph Partial match: \x0d\x0d\x0d \r\rx 0: \x0d\x0dx \r\r\rx 0: \x0d\x0d\x0dx /^\R?x/ \r\=ps Partial match: \x0d \r\=ph Partial match: \x0d x 0: x \rx 0: \x0dx /^\R+x/ \r\=ps Partial match: \x0d \r\=ph Partial match: \x0d \r\n\=ps Partial match: \x0d\x0a \r\n\=ph Partial match: \x0d\x0a \rx 0: \x0dx /^a$/newline=crlf a\r\=ps Partial match: a\x0d a\r\=ph Partial match: a\x0d /^a$/m,newline=crlf a\r\=ps Partial match: a\x0d a\r\=ph Partial match: a\x0d /^(a$|a\r)/newline=crlf a\r\=ps 0: a\x0d 1: a\x0d a\r\=ph Partial match: a\x0d /^(a$|a\r)/m,newline=crlf a\r\=ps 0: a\x0d 1: a\x0d a\r\=ph Partial match: a\x0d /./newline=crlf \r\=ps 0: \x0d \r\=ph Partial match: \x0d /.{2,3}/newline=crlf \r\=ps Partial match: \x0d \r\=ph Partial match: \x0d \r\r\=ps 0: \x0d\x0d \r\r\=ph Partial match: \x0d\x0d \r\r\r\=ps 0: \x0d\x0d\x0d \r\r\r\=ph Partial match: \x0d\x0d\x0d /.{2,3}?/newline=crlf \r\=ps Partial match: \x0d \r\=ph Partial match: \x0d \r\r\=ps 0: \x0d\x0d \r\r\=ph Partial match: \x0d\x0d \r\r\r\=ps 0: \x0d\x0d \r\r\r\=ph 0: \x0d\x0d "AB(C(D))(E(F))?(?(?=\2)(?=\4))" ABCDGHI\=ovector=01 Matched, but too many substrings 0: ABCD # These are all run as real matches in test 1; here we are just checking the # settings of the anchored and startline bits. /(?>.*?a)(?<=ba)/I Capture group count = 0 Max lookbehind = 2 Last code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 1 /(?:.*?a)(?<=ba)/I Capture group count = 0 Max lookbehind = 2 First code unit at start or follows newline Last code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 1 /.*?a(*PRUNE)b/I Capture group count = 0 Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 2 /.*?a(*PRUNE)b/Is Capture group count = 0 Options: dotall Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 2 /^a(*PRUNE)b/Is Capture group count = 0 Compile options: dotall Overall options: anchored dotall First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 2 /.*?a(*SKIP)b/I Capture group count = 0 Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 2 /(?>.*?a)b/Is Capture group count = 0 Options: dotall Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 2 /(?>.*?a)b/I Capture group count = 0 Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 2 /(?>^a)b/Is Capture group count = 0 Compile options: dotall Overall options: anchored dotall First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 2 /(?>.*?)(?<=(abcd)|(wxyz))/I Capture group count = 2 Max lookbehind = 4 May match empty string Subject length lower bound = 0 /(?>.*)(?<=(abcd)|(wxyz))/I Capture group count = 2 Max lookbehind = 4 May match empty string Subject length lower bound = 0 "(?>.*)foo"I Capture group count = 0 Last code unit = 'o' Subject length lower bound = 3 "(?>.*?)foo"I Capture group count = 0 Last code unit = 'o' Subject length lower bound = 3 /(?>^abc)/Im Capture group count = 0 Options: multiline First code unit at start or follows newline Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 3 /(?>.*abc)/Im Capture group count = 0 Options: multiline Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 3 /(?:.*abc)/Im Capture group count = 0 Options: multiline First code unit at start or follows newline Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 3 /(?:(a)+(?C1)bb|aa(?C2)b)/ aab\=callout_capture Callout 1: last capture = 1 1: a --->aab ^ ^ b Callout 1: last capture = 1 1: a --->aab ^^ b Callout 2: last capture = 0 --->aab ^ ^ b 0: aab /(?:(a)++(?C1)bb|aa(?C2)b)/ aab\=callout_capture Callout 1: last capture = 1 1: a --->aab ^ ^ b Callout 2: last capture = 0 --->aab ^ ^ b 0: aab /(?:(?>(a))(?C1)bb|aa(?C2)b)/ aab\=callout_capture Callout 1: last capture = 1 1: a --->aab ^^ b Callout 2: last capture = 0 --->aab ^ ^ b 0: aab /(?:(?1)(?C1)x|ab(?C2))((a)){0}/ aab\=callout_capture Callout 1: last capture = 0 --->aab ^^ x Callout 1: last capture = 0 --->aab ^^ x Callout 2: last capture = 0 --->aab ^ ^ ) 0: ab /(?1)(?C1)((a)(?C2)){0}/ aab\=callout_capture Callout 2: last capture = 2 1: 2: a --->aab ^^ ){0} Callout 1: last capture = 0 --->aab ^^ ( 0: a /(?:(a)+(?C1)bb|aa(?C2)b)++/ aab\=callout_capture Callout 1: last capture = 1 1: a --->aab ^ ^ b Callout 1: last capture = 1 1: a --->aab ^^ b Callout 2: last capture = 0 --->aab ^ ^ b 0: aab aab\=callout_capture,ovector=1 Callout 1: last capture = 1 1: a --->aab ^ ^ b Callout 1: last capture = 1 1: a --->aab ^^ b Callout 2: last capture = 0 --->aab ^ ^ b 0: aab /(ab)x|ab/ ab\=ovector=0 0: ab ab\=ovector=1 0: ab /(?<=123)(*MARK:xx)abc/mark xxxx123a\=ph Partial match, mark=xx: a xxxx123a\=ps Partial match, mark=xx: a /123\Kabc/startchar xxxx123a\=ph Partial match: 123a xxxx123a\=ps Partial match: 123a /^(?(?=a)aa|bb)/auto_callout bb --->bb +0 ^ ^ +1 ^ (? +3 ^ (?= +6 ^ a +11 ^ b +12 ^^ b +13 ^ ^ ) +14 ^ ^ End of pattern 0: bb /(?C1)^(?C2)(?(?C99)(?=(?C3)a(?C4))(?C5)a(?C6)a(?C7)|(?C8)b(?C9)b(?C10))(?C11)/ bb --->bb 1 ^ ^ 2 ^ (? 99 ^ (?= 3 ^ a 8 ^ b 9 ^^ b 10 ^ ^ ) 11 ^ ^ End of pattern 0: bb # Perl seems to have a bug with this one. /aaaaa(*COMMIT)(*PRUNE)b|a+c/ aaaaaac 0: aaaac # Here are some that Perl treats differently because of the way it handles # backtracking verbs. /(?!a(*COMMIT)b)ac|ad/ ac 0: ac ad 0: ad /^(?!a(*THEN)b|ac)../ ad 0: ad \= Expect no match ac No match /^(?=a(*THEN)b|ac)/ ac 0: /\A.*?(?:a|b(*THEN)c)/ ba 0: ba /\A.*?(?:a|b(*THEN)c)++/ ba 0: ba /\A.*?(?:a|b(*THEN)c|d)/ ba 0: ba /(?:(a(*MARK:X)a+(*SKIP:X)b)){0}(?:(?1)|aac)/ aac 0: aac /\A.*?(a|b(*THEN)c)/ ba 0: ba 1: a /^(A(*THEN)B|A(*THEN)D)/ AD 0: AD 1: AD /(?!b(*THEN)a)bn|bnn/ bnn 0: bn /(?(?=b(*SKIP)a)bn|bnn)/ bnn 0: bnn /(?=b(*THEN)a|)bn|bnn/ bnn 0: bn # This test causes a segfault with Perl 5.18.0 /^(?=(a)){0}b(?1)/ backgammon 0: ba /(?|(?f)|(?b))/I,dupnames Capture group count = 1 Named capture groups: n 1 Options: dupnames Starting code units: b f Subject length lower bound = 1 /(?abc)(?z)\k()/IB,dupnames ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra CBra 1 abc Ket CBra 2 z Ket \k2 CBra 3 Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 3 Max back reference = 2 Named capture groups: a 1 a 2 Options: dupnames First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'z' Subject length lower bound = 5 /a*[bcd]/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra a*+ [b-d] Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /[bcd]*a/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [b-d]*+ a Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ # A complete set of tests for auto-possessification of character types, but # omitting \C because it might be disabled (it has its own tests). /\D+\D \D+\d \D+\S \D+\s \D+\W \D+\w \D+. \D+\R \D+\H \D+\h \D+\V \D+\v \D+\Z \D+\z \D+$/Bx ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \D+ \D \D++ \d \D+ \S \D+ \s \D+ \W \D+ \w \D+ Any \D+ \R \D+ \H \D+ \h \D+ \V \D+ \v \D+ \Z \D++ \z \D+ $ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\d+\D \d+\d \d+\S \d+\s \d+\W \d+\w \d+. \d+\R \d+\H \d+\h \d+\V \d+\v \d+\Z \d+\z \d+$/Bx ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \d++ \D \d+ \d \d+ \S \d++ \s \d++ \W \d+ \w \d+ Any \d++ \R \d+ \H \d++ \h \d+ \V \d++ \v \d++ \Z \d++ \z \d++ $ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\S+\D \S+\d \S+\S \S+\s \S+\W \S+\w \S+. \S+\R \S+\H \S+\h \S+\V \S+\v \S+\Z \S+\z \S+$/Bx ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \S+ \D \S+ \d \S+ \S \S++ \s \S+ \W \S+ \w \S+ Any \S++ \R \S+ \H \S++ \h \S+ \V \S++ \v \S++ \Z \S++ \z \S++ $ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\s+\D \s+\d \s+\S \s+\s \s+\W \s+\w \s+. \s+\R \s+\H \s+\h \s+\V \s+\v \s+\Z \s+\z \s+$/Bx ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \s+ \D \s++ \d \s++ \S \s+ \s \s+ \W \s++ \w \s+ Any \s+ \R \s+ \H \s+ \h \s+ \V \s+ \v \s+ \Z \s++ \z \s+ $ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\W+\D \W+\d \W+\S \W+\s \W+\W \W+\w \W+. \W+\R \W+\H \W+\h \W+\V \W+\v \W+\Z \W+\z \W+$/Bx ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \W+ \D \W++ \d \W+ \S \W+ \s \W+ \W \W++ \w \W+ Any \W+ \R \W+ \H \W+ \h \W+ \V \W+ \v \W+ \Z \W++ \z \W+ $ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\w+\D \w+\d \w+\S \w+\s \w+\W \w+\w \w+. \w+\R \w+\H \w+\h \w+\V \w+\v \w+\Z \w+\z \w+$/Bx ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \w+ \D \w+ \d \w+ \S \w++ \s \w++ \W \w+ \w \w+ Any \w++ \R \w+ \H \w++ \h \w+ \V \w++ \v \w++ \Z \w++ \z \w++ $ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\R+\D \R+\d \R+\S \R+\s \R+\W \R+\w \R+. \R+\R \R+\H \R+\h \R+\V \R+\v \R+\Z \R+\z \R+$/Bx ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \R+ \D \R++ \d \R+ \S \R++ \s \R+ \W \R++ \w \R++ Any \R+ \R \R+ \H \R++ \h \R+ \V \R+ \v \R+ \Z \R++ \z \R+ $ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\H+\D \H+\d \H+\S \H+\s \H+\W \H+\w \H+. \H+\R \H+\H \H+\h \H+\V \H+\v \H+\Z \H+\z \H+$/Bx ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \H+ \D \H+ \d \H+ \S \H+ \s \H+ \W \H+ \w \H+ Any \H+ \R \H+ \H \H++ \h \H+ \V \H+ \v \H+ \Z \H++ \z \H+ $ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\h+\D \h+\d \h+\S \h+\s \h+\W \h+\w \h+. \h+\R \h+\H \h+\h \h+\V \h+\v \h+\Z \h+\z \h+$/Bx ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \h+ \D \h++ \d \h++ \S \h+ \s \h+ \W \h++ \w \h+ Any \h++ \R \h++ \H \h+ \h \h+ \V \h++ \v \h+ \Z \h++ \z \h+ $ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\V+\D \V+\d \V+\S \V+\s \V+\W \V+\w \V+. \V+\R \V+\H \V+\h \V+\V \V+\v \V+\Z \V+\z \V+$/Bx ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \V+ \D \V+ \d \V+ \S \V+ \s \V+ \W \V+ \w \V+ Any \V++ \R \V+ \H \V+ \h \V+ \V \V++ \v \V+ \Z \V++ \z \V+ $ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\v+\D \v+\d \v+\S \v+\s \v+\W \v+\w \v+. \v+\R \v+\H \v+\h \v+\V \v+\v \v+\Z \v+\z \v+$/Bx ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \v+ \D \v++ \d \v++ \S \v+ \s \v+ \W \v++ \w \v+ Any \v+ \R \v+ \H \v++ \h \v++ \V \v+ \v \v+ \Z \v++ \z \v+ $ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ / a+\D a+\d a+\S a+\s a+\W a+\w a+. a+\R a+\H a+\h a+\V a+\v a+\Z a+\z a+$/Bx ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra a+ \D a++ \d a+ \S a++ \s a++ \W a+ \w a+ Any a++ \R a+ \H a++ \h a+ \V a++ \v a++ \Z a++ \z a++ $ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\n+\D \n+\d \n+\S \n+\s \n+\W \n+\w \n+. \n+\R \n+\H \n+\h \n+\V \n+\v \n+\Z \n+\z \n+$/Bx ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \x0a+ \D \x0a++ \d \x0a++ \S \x0a+ \s \x0a+ \W \x0a++ \w \x0a+ Any \x0a+ \R \x0a+ \H \x0a++ \h \x0a++ \V \x0a+ \v \x0a+ \Z \x0a++ \z \x0a+ $ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ / .+\D .+\d .+\S .+\s .+\W .+\w .+. .+\R .+\H .+\h .+\V .+\v .+\Z .+\z .+$/Bx ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Any+ \D Any+ \d Any+ \S Any+ \s Any+ \W Any+ \w Any+ Any Any++ \R Any+ \H Any+ \h Any+ \V Any+ \v Any+ \Z Any++ \z Any+ $ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ / .+\D .+\d .+\S .+\s .+\W .+\w .+. .+\R .+\H .+\h .+\V .+\v .+\Z .+\z .+$/Bsx ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra AllAny+ \D AllAny+ \d AllAny+ \S AllAny+ \s AllAny+ \W AllAny+ \w AllAny+ AllAny AllAny+ \R AllAny+ \H AllAny+ \h AllAny+ \V AllAny+ \v AllAny+ \Z AllAny++ \z AllAny+ $ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ / \D+$ \d+$ \S+$ \s+$ \W+$ \w+$ \R+$ \H+$ \h+$ \V+$ \v+$ a+$ \n+$ .+$ .+$/Bmx ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \D+ /m $ \d++ /m $ \S++ /m $ \s+ /m $ \W+ /m $ \w++ /m $ \R+ /m $ \H+ /m $ \h+ /m $ \V+ /m $ \v+ /m $ a+ /m $ \x0a+ /m $ Any+ /m $ Any+ /m $ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /(?=a+)a(a+)++a/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Assert a++ Ket a CBraPos 1 a+ KetRpos a Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /a+(bb|cc)a+(?:bb|cc)a+(?>bb|cc)a+(?:bb|cc)+a+(aa)a+(?:bb|aa)/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra a++ CBra 1 bb Alt cc Ket a++ Bra bb Alt cc Ket a++ Once bb Alt cc Ket a++ Bra bb Alt cc KetRmax a+ CBra 2 aa Ket a+ Bra bb Alt aa Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /a+(bb|cc)?#a+(?:bb|cc)??#a+(?:bb|cc)?+#a+(?:bb|cc)*#a+(bb|cc)?a#a+(?:aa)?/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra a++ Brazero CBra 1 bb Alt cc Ket # a++ Braminzero Bra bb Alt cc Ket # a++ Once Brazero Bra bb Alt cc Ket Ket # a++ Brazero Bra bb Alt cc KetRmax # a+ Brazero CBra 2 bb Alt cc Ket a# a+ Brazero Bra aa Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /a+(?:bb)?a#a+(?:|||)#a+(?:|b)a#a+(?:|||)?a/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra a+ Brazero Bra bb Ket a# a++ Bra Alt Alt Alt Ket # a+ Bra Alt b Ket a# a+ Brazero Bra Alt Alt Alt Ket a Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /[ab]*/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [ab]*+ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ aaaa 0: aaaa /[ab]*?/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [ab]*? Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ aaaa 0: /[ab]?/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [ab]?+ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ aaaa 0: a /[ab]??/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [ab]?? Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ aaaa 0: /[ab]+/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [ab]++ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ aaaa 0: aaaa /[ab]+?/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [ab]+? Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ aaaa 0: a /[ab]{2,3}/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [ab]{2,3}+ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ aaaa 0: aaa /[ab]{2,3}?/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [ab]{2,3}? Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ aaaa 0: aa /[ab]{2,}/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [ab]{2,}+ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ aaaa 0: aaaa /[ab]{2,}?/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [ab]{2,}? Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ aaaa 0: aa /\d+\s{0,5}=\s*\S?=\w{0,4}\W*/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \d++ \s{0,5}+ = \s*+ \S? = \w{0,4}+ \W*+ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /[a-d]{5,12}[e-z0-9]*#[^a-z]+[b-y]*a[2-7]?[^0-9a-z]+/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [a-d]{5,12}+ [0-9e-z]*+ # [\x00-`{-\xff] (neg)++ [b-y]*+ a [2-7]?+ [\x00-/:-`{-\xff] (neg)++ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /[a-z]*\s#[ \t]?\S#[a-c]*\S#[C-G]+?\d#[4-8]*\D#[4-9,]*\D#[!$]{0,5}\w#[M-Xf-l]+\W#[a-c,]?\W/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [a-z]*+ \s # [\x09 ]?+ \S # [a-c]* \S # [C-G]++ \d # [4-8]*+ \D # [,4-9]* \D # [!$]{0,5}+ \w # [M-Xf-l]++ \W # [,a-c]? \W Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /a+(aa|bb)*c#a*(bb|cc)*a#a?(bb|cc)*d#[a-f]*(g|hh)*f/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra a+ Brazero CBra 1 aa Alt bb KetRmax c# a* Brazero CBra 2 bb Alt cc KetRmax a# a?+ Brazero CBra 3 bb Alt cc KetRmax d# [a-f]* Brazero CBra 4 g Alt hh KetRmax f Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /[a-f]*(g|hh|i)*i#[a-x]{4,}(y{0,6})*y#[a-k]+(ll|mm)+n/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [a-f]*+ Brazero CBra 1 g Alt hh Alt i KetRmax i# [a-x]{4,} Brazero SCBra 2 y{0,6} KetRmax y# [a-k]++ CBra 3 ll Alt mm KetRmax n Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /[a-f]*(?>gg|hh)+#[a-f]*(?>gg|hh)?#[a-f]*(?>gg|hh)*a#[a-f]*(?>gg|hh)*h/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [a-f]*+ Once gg Alt hh KetRmax # [a-f]*+ Brazero Once gg Alt hh Ket # [a-f]* Brazero Once gg Alt hh KetRmax a# [a-f]*+ Brazero Once gg Alt hh KetRmax h Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /[a-c]*d/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [a-c]*+ d Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Starting code units: a b c d Last code unit = 'd' Subject length lower bound = 1 /[a-c]+d/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [a-c]++ d Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Starting code units: a b c Last code unit = 'd' Subject length lower bound = 2 /[a-c]?d/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [a-c]?+ d Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Starting code units: a b c d Last code unit = 'd' Subject length lower bound = 1 /[a-c]{4,6}d/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [a-c]{4,6}+ d Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Starting code units: a b c Last code unit = 'd' Subject length lower bound = 5 /[a-c]{0,6}d/IB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [a-c]{0,6}+ d Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Starting code units: a b c d Last code unit = 'd' Subject length lower bound = 1 # End of special auto-possessive tests /^A\o{1239}B/ Failed: error 164 at offset 8: non-octal character in \o{} (closing brace missing?) A\123B /^A\oB/ Failed: error 155 at offset 4: missing opening brace after \o /^A\x{zz}B/ Failed: error 167 at offset 5: non-hex character in \x{} (closing brace missing?) /^A\x{12Z/ Failed: error 167 at offset 7: non-hex character in \x{} (closing brace missing?) /^A\x{/ Failed: error 178 at offset 5: digits missing in \x{} or \o{} or \N{U+} /[ab]++/B,no_auto_possess ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [ab]++ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /[^ab]*+/B,no_auto_possess ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [\x00-`c-\xff] (neg)*+ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /a{4}+/B,no_auto_possess ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra a{4} Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /a{4}+/Bi,no_auto_possess ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra /i a{4} Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /[a-[:digit:]]+/ Failed: error 150 at offset 4: invalid range in character class /[A-[:digit:]]+/ Failed: error 150 at offset 4: invalid range in character class /[a-[.xxx.]]+/ Failed: error 150 at offset 4: invalid range in character class /[a-[=xxx=]]+/ Failed: error 150 at offset 4: invalid range in character class /[a-[!xxx!]]+/ Failed: error 108 at offset 3: range out of order in character class /[A-[!xxx!]]+/ A]]] 0: A]]] /[a-\d]+/ Failed: error 150 at offset 5: invalid range in character class /(?<0abc>xx)/ Failed: error 144 at offset 3: subpattern name must start with a non-digit /(?&1abc)xx(?<1abc>y)/ Failed: error 144 at offset 3: subpattern name must start with a non-digit /(?xx)/ Failed: error 142 at offset 5: syntax error in subpattern name (missing terminator?) /(?'0abc'xx)/ Failed: error 144 at offset 3: subpattern name must start with a non-digit /(?P<0abc>xx)/ Failed: error 144 at offset 4: subpattern name must start with a non-digit /\k<5ghj>/ Failed: error 144 at offset 3: subpattern name must start with a non-digit /\k'5ghj'/ Failed: error 144 at offset 3: subpattern name must start with a non-digit /\k{2fgh}/ Failed: error 144 at offset 3: subpattern name must start with a non-digit /(?P=8yuki)/ Failed: error 144 at offset 4: subpattern name must start with a non-digit /\g{4df}/ Failed: error 157 at offset 2: \g is not followed by a braced, angle-bracketed, or quoted name/number or by a plain number /(?&1abc)xx(?<1abc>y)/ Failed: error 144 at offset 3: subpattern name must start with a non-digit /(?P>1abc)xx(?<1abc>y)/ Failed: error 144 at offset 4: subpattern name must start with a non-digit /\g'3gh'/ Failed: error 157 at offset 2: \g is not followed by a braced, angle-bracketed, or quoted name/number or by a plain number /\g<5fg>/ Failed: error 157 at offset 2: \g is not followed by a braced, angle-bracketed, or quoted name/number or by a plain number /(?(<4gh>)abc)/ Failed: error 144 at offset 4: subpattern name must start with a non-digit /(?('4gh')abc)/ Failed: error 144 at offset 4: subpattern name must start with a non-digit /(?(4gh)abc)/ Failed: error 124 at offset 4: missing closing parenthesis for condition /(?(R&6yh)abc)/ Failed: error 144 at offset 5: subpattern name must start with a non-digit /(((a\2)|(a*)\g<-1>))*a?/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Brazero SCBra 1 Once CBra 2 CBra 3 a \2 Ket Alt CBra 4 a* Ket Recurse Ket Ket KetRmax a?+ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ # Test the ugly "start or end of word" compatibility syntax. /[[:<:]]red[[:>:]]/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \b Assert \w Ket red \b Assert back Reverse \w Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ little red riding hood 0: red a /red/ thing 0: red red is a colour 0: red put it all on red 0: red \= Expect no match no reduction No match Alfred Winifred No match /[a[:<:]] should give error/ Failed: error 130 at offset 4: unknown POSIX class name /(?=ab\K)/aftertext abcd\=startchar Start of matched string is beyond its end - displaying from end to start. 0: ab 0+ abcd /abcd/newline=lf,firstline \= Expect no match xx\nxabcd No match # Test stack guard external calls. /(((a)))/stackguard=1 Failed: error 133 at offset 7: parentheses are too deeply nested (stack check) /(((a)))/stackguard=2 Failed: error 133 at offset 7: parentheses are too deeply nested (stack check) /(((a)))/stackguard=3 /(((((a)))))/ # End stack guard tests /^\w+(?>\s*)(?<=\w)/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ \w+ Once \s*+ Ket Assert back Reverse \w Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /\othing/ Failed: error 155 at offset 2: missing opening brace after \o /\o{}/ Failed: error 178 at offset 3: digits missing in \x{} or \o{} or \N{U+} /\o{whatever}/ Failed: error 164 at offset 3: non-octal character in \o{} (closing brace missing?) /\xthing/ /\x{}/ Failed: error 178 at offset 3: digits missing in \x{} or \o{} or \N{U+} /\x{whatever}/ Failed: error 167 at offset 3: non-hex character in \x{} (closing brace missing?) /A\8B/ Failed: error 115 at offset 2: reference to non-existent subpattern /A\9B/ Failed: error 115 at offset 2: reference to non-existent subpattern # This one is here because Perl fails to match "12" for this pattern when the $ # is present. /^(?(?=abc)\w{3}:|\d\d)$/ abc: 0: abc: 12 0: 12 \= Expect no match 123 No match xyz No match # Perl gets this one wrong, giving "a" as the after text for ca and failing to # match for cd. /(?(?=ab)ab)/aftertext abxxx 0: ab 0+ xxx ca 0: 0+ ca cd 0: 0+ cd # This should test both paths for processing OP_RECURSE. /(?(R)a+|(?R)b)/ aaaabcde 0: aaaab aaaabcde\=ovector=100 0: aaaab /a*?b*?/ ab 0: /(*NOTEMPTY)a*?b*?/ ab 0: a ba 0: b cb 0: b /(*NOTEMPTY_ATSTART)a*?b*?/aftertext ab 0: a 0+ b cdab 0: 0+ dab /(?(VERSION>=10.0)yes|no)/I Capture group count = 0 Subject length lower bound = 2 yesno 0: yes /(?(VERSION>=10.04)yes|no)/ yesno 0: yes /(?(VERSION=8)yes){3}/BI,aftertext ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Cond Cond false yes Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 May match empty string Subject length lower bound = 0 yesno 0: 0+ yesno /(?(VERSION=8)yes|no){3}/I Capture group count = 0 Subject length lower bound = 6 yesnononoyes 0: nonono \= Expect no match yesno No match /(?:(?abc)|xyz)(?(VERSION)yes|no)/I Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 Named capture groups: VERSION 1 Starting code units: a x Subject length lower bound = 5 abcyes 0: abcyes 1: abc xyzno 0: xyzno \= Expect no match abcno No match xyzyes No match /(?(VERSION<10)yes|no)/ Failed: error 179 at offset 10: syntax error or number too big in (?(VERSION condition /(?(VERSION>10)yes|no)/ Failed: error 179 at offset 11: syntax error or number too big in (?(VERSION condition /(?(VERSION>=10.0.0)yes|no)/ Failed: error 179 at offset 16: syntax error or number too big in (?(VERSION condition /(?(VERSION=10.101)yes|no)/ Failed: error 179 at offset 16: syntax error or number too big in (?(VERSION condition /abcd/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'd' Subject length lower bound = 4 /abcd/I,no_start_optimize Capture group count = 0 Options: no_start_optimize /(|ab)*?d/I Capture group count = 1 Starting code units: a d Last code unit = 'd' Subject length lower bound = 1 abd 0: abd 1: ab xyd 0: d /(|ab)*?d/I,no_start_optimize Capture group count = 1 Options: no_start_optimize abd 0: abd 1: ab xyd 0: d /\k*(?aa)(?bb)/match_unset_backref,dupnames aabb 0: aabb 1: aa 2: bb /(((((a)))))/parens_nest_limit=2 Failed: error 119 at offset 3: parentheses are too deeply nested /abc/replace=XYZ 123123 0: 123123 123abc123 1: 123XYZ123 123abc123abc123 1: 123XYZ123abc123 123123\=zero_terminate 0: 123123 123abc123\=zero_terminate 1: 123XYZ123 123abc123abc123\=zero_terminate 1: 123XYZ123abc123 /abc/g,replace=XYZ 123abc123 1: 123XYZ123 123abc123abc123 2: 123XYZ123XYZ123 /abc/replace=X$$Z 123abc123 1: 123X$Z123 /abc/g,replace=X$$Z 123abc123abc123 2: 123X$Z123X$Z123 /a(b)c(d)e/replace=X$1Y${2}Z "abcde" 1: "XbYdZ" /a(b)c(d)e/replace=X$1Y${2}Z,global "abcde-abcde" 2: "XbYdZ-XbYdZ" /a(?b)c(?d)e/replace=X$ONE+${TWO}Z "abcde" 1: "Xb+dZ" /a(?b)c(?d)e/g,replace=X$ONE+${TWO}Z "abcde-abcde-" 2: "Xb+dZ-Xb+dZ-" /abc/replace=a$++ 123abc Failed: error -35 at offset 2 in replacement: invalid replacement string /abc/replace=a$bad 123abc Failed: error -49 at offset 5 in replacement: unknown substring /abc/replace=a${A234567890123456789_123456789012}z 123abc Failed: error -49 at offset 36 in replacement: unknown substring /abc/replace=a${A23456789012345678901234567890123}z 123abc Failed: error -35 at offset 35 in replacement: invalid replacement string /abc/replace=a${bcd 123abc Failed: error -58 at offset 6 in replacement: expected closing curly bracket in replacement string /abc/replace=a${b+d}z 123abc Failed: error -58 at offset 4 in replacement: expected closing curly bracket in replacement string /abc/replace=[10]XYZ 123abc123 1: 123XYZ123 /abc/replace=[9]XYZ 123abc123 Failed: error -48: no more memory /abc/replace=xyz 1abc2\=partial_hard Failed: error -34: bad option value /abc/replace=xyz 123abc456 1: 123xyz456 123abc456\=replace=pqr 1: 123pqr456 123abc456abc789 1: 123xyz456abc789 123abc456abc789\=g 2: 123xyz456xyz789 /(?<=abc)(|def)/g,replace=<$0> 123abcxyzabcdef789abcpqr 4: 123abc<>xyzabc<>789abc<>pqr /./replace=$0 a 1: a /(.)(.)/replace=$2+$1 abc 1: b+ac /(?.)(?.)/replace=$B+$A abc 1: b+ac /(.)(.)/g,replace=$2$1 abcdefgh 4: badcfehg /(*:pear)apple|(*:orange)lemon|(*:strawberry)blackberry/g,replace=${*MARK} apple lemon blackberry 3: pear orange strawberry apple strudel 1: pear strudel fruitless 0: fruitless /(*:pear)apple|(*:orange)lemon|(*:strawberry)blackberry/replace=${*MARK} sauce, apple lemon blackberry 1: pear sauce lemon blackberry /(*:pear)apple|(*:orange)lemon|(*:strawberry)blackberry/g,replace=<$*MARK> apple lemon blackberry 3: apple strudel 1: strudel fruitless 0: fruitless /(*:pear)apple/g,replace=${*MARKING} apple lemon blackberry Failed: error -35 at offset 11 in replacement: invalid replacement string /(*:pear)apple/g,replace=${*MARK-time apple lemon blackberry Failed: error -58 at offset 7 in replacement: expected closing curly bracket in replacement string /(*:pear)apple/g,replace=${*mark} apple lemon blackberry Failed: error -35 at offset 8 in replacement: invalid replacement string /(*:pear)apple|(*:orange)lemon|(*:strawberry)blackberry/g,replace=<$*MARKET> apple lemon blackberry Failed: error -35 at offset 9 in replacement: invalid replacement string /(*:pear)apple|(*:orange)lemon|(*:strawberry)blackberry/g,replace=[22]${*MARK} apple lemon blackberry Failed: error -48: no more memory apple lemon blackberry\=substitute_overflow_length Failed: error -48: no more memory: 23 code units are needed /(*:pear)apple|(*:orange)lemon|(*:strawberry)blackberry/g,replace=[23]${*MARK} apple lemon blackberry 3: pear orange strawberry /abc/ 123abc123\=replace=[9]XYZ Failed: error -48: no more memory 123abc123\=substitute_overflow_length,replace=[9]XYZ Failed: error -48: no more memory: 10 code units are needed 123abc123\=substitute_overflow_length,replace=[6]XYZ Failed: error -48: no more memory: 10 code units are needed 123abc123\=substitute_overflow_length,replace=[1]XYZ Failed: error -48: no more memory: 10 code units are needed 123abc123\=substitute_overflow_length,replace=[0]XYZ Failed: error -48: no more memory: 10 code units are needed /a(b)c/ 123abc123\=replace=[9]x$1z Failed: error -48: no more memory 123abc123\=substitute_overflow_length,replace=[9]x$1z Failed: error -48: no more memory: 10 code units are needed 123abc123\=substitute_overflow_length,replace=[6]x$1z Failed: error -48: no more memory: 10 code units are needed 123abc123\=substitute_overflow_length,replace=[1]x$1z Failed: error -48: no more memory: 10 code units are needed 123abc123\=substitute_overflow_length,replace=[0]x$1z Failed: error -48: no more memory: 10 code units are needed "((?=(?(?=(?(?=(?(?=()))))))))" a 0: 1: 2: "(?(?=)==)(((((((((?=)))))))))" \= Expect no match a No match /(a)(b)|(c)/ XcX\=ovector=2,get=1,get=2,get=3,get=4,getall Matched, but too many substrings 0: c 1: Get substring 1 failed (-55): requested value is not set Get substring 2 failed (-54): requested value is not available Get substring 3 failed (-54): requested value is not available Get substring 4 failed (-49): unknown substring 0L c 1L /x(?=ab\K)/ xab\=get=0 Start of matched string is beyond its end - displaying from end to start. 0: ab 0G (0) xab\=copy=0 Start of matched string is beyond its end - displaying from end to start. 0: ab 0C (0) xab\=getall Start of matched string is beyond its end - displaying from end to start. 0: ab 0L /(?a)|(?b)/dupnames a\=ovector=1,copy=A,get=A,get=2 Matched, but too many substrings 0: a Copy substring 'A' failed (-54): requested value is not available Get substring 2 failed (-54): requested value is not available Get substring 'A' failed (-54): requested value is not available a\=ovector=2,copy=A,get=A,get=2 0: a 1: a C a (1) A (non-unique) Get substring 2 failed (-54): requested value is not available G a (1) A (non-unique) b\=ovector=2,copy=A,get=A,get=2 Matched, but too many substrings 0: b 1: Copy substring 'A' failed (-55): requested value is not set Get substring 2 failed (-54): requested value is not available Get substring 'A' failed (-55): requested value is not set /a(b)c(d)/ abc\=ph,copy=0,copy=1,getall Partial match: abc 0C abc (3) Copy substring 1 failed (-2): partial match get substring list failed (-2): partial match /^abc/info Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 3 /^abc/info,no_dotstar_anchor Capture group count = 0 Compile options: no_dotstar_anchor Overall options: anchored no_dotstar_anchor First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 3 /.*\d/info,auto_callout Capture group count = 0 Options: auto_callout First code unit at start or follows newline Subject length lower bound = 1 \= Expect no match aaa --->aaa +0 ^ .* +2 ^ ^ \d +2 ^ ^ \d +2 ^^ \d +2 ^ \d No match /.*\d/info,no_dotstar_anchor,auto_callout Capture group count = 0 Options: auto_callout no_dotstar_anchor Subject length lower bound = 1 \= Expect no match aaa --->aaa +0 ^ .* +2 ^ ^ \d +2 ^ ^ \d +2 ^^ \d +2 ^ \d +0 ^ .* +2 ^ ^ \d +2 ^^ \d +2 ^ \d +0 ^ .* +2 ^^ \d +2 ^ \d No match /.*\d/dotall,info Capture group count = 0 Compile options: dotall Overall options: anchored dotall Subject length lower bound = 1 /.*\d/dotall,no_dotstar_anchor,info Capture group count = 0 Options: dotall no_dotstar_anchor Subject length lower bound = 1 /(*NO_DOTSTAR_ANCHOR)(?s).*\d/info Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: no_dotstar_anchor Subject length lower bound = 1 '^(?:(a)|b)(?(1)A|B)' aA123\=ovector=1 Matched, but too many substrings 0: aA aA123\=ovector=2 0: aA 1: a '^(?:(?a)|b)(?()A|B)' aA123\=ovector=1 Matched, but too many substrings 0: aA aA123\=ovector=2 0: aA 1: a '^(?)(?:(?a)|b)(?()A|B)'dupnames aA123\=ovector=1 Matched, but too many substrings 0: aA aA123\=ovector=2 Matched, but too many substrings 0: aA 1: aA123\=ovector=3 0: aA 1: 2: a '^(?:(?X)|)(?:(?a)|b)\k{AA}'dupnames aa123\=ovector=1 Matched, but too many substrings 0: aa aa123\=ovector=2 Matched, but too many substrings 0: aa 1: aa123\=ovector=3 0: aa 1: 2: a /(?(?J)(?1(111111)11|)1|1|)(?()1)/ /(?(?J)(?))(?-J)\k/ # Quantifiers are not allowed on condition assertions, but are otherwise # OK in conditions. /(?(?=0)?)+/ Failed: error 109 at offset 7: quantifier does not follow a repeatable item /(?(?=0)(?=00)?00765)/ 00765 0: 00765 /(?(?=0)(?=00)?00765|(?!3).56)/ 00765 0: 00765 456 0: 456 \= Expect no match 356 No match '^(a)*+(\w)' g 0: g 1: 2: g g\=ovector=1 Matched, but too many substrings 0: g '^(?:a)*+(\w)' g 0: g 1: g g\=ovector=1 Matched, but too many substrings 0: g # These two pattern showeds up compile-time bugs "((?2){0,1999}())?" /((?+1)(\1))/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Once CBra 1 Recurse CBra 2 \1 Ket Ket Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ # Callouts with string arguments /a(?C"/ Failed: error 181 at offset 4: missing terminating delimiter for callout with string argument /a(?C"a/ Failed: error 181 at offset 4: missing terminating delimiter for callout with string argument /a(?C"a"/ Failed: error 139 at offset 7: closing parenthesis for (?C expected /a(?C"a"bcde(?C"b")xyz/ Failed: error 139 at offset 7: closing parenthesis for (?C expected /a(?C"a)b""c")/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra a CalloutStr "a)b"c" 5 13 0 Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /ab(?C" any text with spaces ")cde/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ab CalloutStr " any text with spaces " 6 30 1 cde Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ abcde Callout (6): " any text with spaces " --->abcde ^ ^ c 0: abcde 12abcde Callout (6): " any text with spaces " --->12abcde ^ ^ c 0: abcde /^a(b)c(?C1)def/ abcdef --->abcdef 1 ^ ^ d 0: abcdef 1: b /^a(b)c(?C"AB")def/ abcdef Callout (10): "AB" --->abcdef ^ ^ d 0: abcdef 1: b /^a(b)c(?C1)def/ abcdef\=callout_capture Callout 1: last capture = 1 1: b --->abcdef ^ ^ d 0: abcdef 1: b /^a(b)c(?C{AB})def/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ a CBra 1 b Ket c CalloutStr {AB} 10 14 1 def Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ abcdef\=callout_capture Callout (10): {AB} last capture = 1 1: b --->abcdef ^ ^ d 0: abcdef 1: b /(?C`a``b`)(?C'a''b')(?C"a""b")(?C^a^^b^)(?C%a%%b%)(?C#a##b#)(?C$a$$b$)(?C{a}}b})/B,callout_info ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra CalloutStr `a`b` 4 10 0 CalloutStr 'a'b' 14 20 0 CalloutStr "a"b" 24 30 0 CalloutStr ^a^b^ 34 40 0 CalloutStr %a%b% 44 50 0 CalloutStr #a#b# 54 60 0 CalloutStr $a$b$ 64 70 0 CalloutStr {a}b} 74 80 0 Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Callout `a`b` ( Callout 'a'b' ( Callout "a"b" ( Callout ^a^b^ ( Callout %a%b% ( Callout #a#b# ( Callout $a$b$ ( Callout {a}b} /(?:a(?C`code`)){3}/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Bra a CalloutStr `code` 8 14 4 Ket Bra a CalloutStr `code` 8 14 4 Ket Bra a CalloutStr `code` 8 14 4 Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /^(?(?C25)(?=abc)abcd|xyz)/B,callout_info ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ Cond Callout 25 9 3 Assert abc Ket abcd Alt xyz Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Callout 25 (?= abcdefg --->abcdefg 25 ^ (?= 0: abcd xyz123 --->xyz123 25 ^ (?= 0: xyz /^(?(?C$abc$)(?=abc)abcd|xyz)/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ Cond CalloutStr $abc$ 7 12 3 Assert abc Ket abcd Alt xyz Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ abcdefg Callout (7): $abc$ --->abcdefg ^ (?= 0: abcd xyz123 Callout (7): $abc$ --->xyz123 ^ (?= 0: xyz /^ab(?C'first')cd(?C"second")ef/ abcdefg Callout (7): 'first' --->abcdefg ^ ^ c Callout (20): "second" --->abcdefg ^ ^ e 0: abcdef /(?:a(?C`code`)){3}X/ aaaXY Callout (8): `code` --->aaaXY ^^ ){3} Callout (8): `code` --->aaaXY ^ ^ ){3} Callout (8): `code` --->aaaXY ^ ^ ){3} 0: aaaX # Binary zero in callout string # a ( ? C ' x z ' ) b / 61 28 3f 43 27 78 00 7a 27 29 62/hex,callout_info Callout 'x\x00z' b abcdefgh Callout (5): 'x\x00z' --->abcdefgh ^^ b 0: ab /(?(?!)^)/ /(?(?!)a|b)/ bbb 0: b \= Expect no match aaa No match # JIT gives a different error message for the infinite recursion "(*NO_JIT)((?2)+)((?1)){" abcd{ Failed: error -52: nested recursion at the same subject position # Perl fails to diagnose the absence of an assertion "(?(?.*!.*)?)" Failed: error 128 at offset 2: assertion expected after (?( or (?(?C) "X((?2)()*+){2}+"B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra X Once CBra 1 Recurse Braposzero SCBraPos 2 KetRpos Ket CBra 1 Recurse Braposzero SCBraPos 2 KetRpos Ket Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ "X((?2)()*+){2}"B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra X CBra 1 Recurse Braposzero SCBraPos 2 KetRpos Ket CBra 1 Recurse Braposzero SCBraPos 2 KetRpos Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /(?<=\bABQ(3(?-7)))/ Failed: error 115 at offset 15: reference to non-existent subpattern /(?<=\bABQ(3(?+7)))/ Failed: error 115 at offset 15: reference to non-existent subpattern ";(?<=()((?3))((?2)))" Failed: error 125 at offset 1: lookbehind assertion is not fixed length # Perl loops on this (PCRE2 used to!) /(?<=\Ka)/g,aftertext aaaaa 0: a 0+ aaaa 0: a 0+ aaa 0: a 0+ aa 0: a 0+ a 0: a 0+ /(?<=\Ka)/altglobal,aftertext aaaaa 0: a 0+ aaaa 0: a 0+ aaa 0: a 0+ aa 0: a 0+ a 0: a 0+ /((?2){73}(?2))((?1))/info Capture group count = 2 May match empty string Subject length lower bound = 0 /abc/ \= Expect no match \[9x!xxx(]{9999} No match /(abc)*/ \[abc]{5} 0: abcabcabcabcabc 1: abc /^/gm \n\n\n 0: 0: 0: /^/gm,alt_circumflex \n\n\n 0: 0: 0: 0: /((((((((x))))))))\81/ Failed: error 115 at offset 19: reference to non-existent subpattern xx1 /((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((x))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))\80/ xx Matched, but too many substrings 0: xx 1: x 2: x 3: x 4: x 5: x 6: x 7: x 8: x 9: x 10: x 11: x 12: x 13: x 14: x /\80/ Failed: error 115 at offset 2: reference to non-existent subpattern /A\8B\9C/ Failed: error 115 at offset 2: reference to non-existent subpattern A8B9C /(?x:((?'a')) # comment (with parentheses) and | vertical (?-x:#not a comment (?'b')) # this is a comment () (?'c')) # not a comment (?'d')/info Capture group count = 5 Named capture groups: a 2 b 3 c 4 d 5 First code unit = '#' Last code unit = ' ' Subject length lower bound = 32 /(?|(?'a')(2)(?'b')|(?'a')(?'a')(3))/I,dupnames Capture group count = 3 Named capture groups: a 1 a 2 b 3 Options: dupnames Starting code units: 2 3 Subject length lower bound = 1 A23B 0: 2 1: 2: 2 3: B32A 0: 3 1: 2: 3: 3 # These are some patterns that used to cause buffer overflows or other errors # while compiling. /.((?2)(?R)|\1|$)()/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Any Once CBra 1 Recurse Recurse Alt \1 Alt $ Ket Ket CBra 2 Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /.((?3)(?R)()(?2)|\1|$)()/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Any Once CBra 1 Recurse Recurse CBra 2 Ket Recurse Alt \1 Alt $ Ket Ket CBra 3 Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /(\9*+(?2);\3++()2|)++{/ Failed: error 115 at offset 2: reference to non-existent subpattern /\V\x85\9*+((?2)\3++()2)*:2/ Failed: error 115 at offset 7: reference to non-existent subpattern /(((?(R)){0,2}) (?'x'((?'R')((?'R')))))/dupnames /(((?(X)){0,2}) (?'x'((?'X')((?'X')))))/dupnames /(((?(R)){0,2}) (?'x'((?'X')((?'R')))))/ "(?J)(?'d'(?'d'\g{d}))" "(?=!((?2)(?))({8(?<=(?1){29}8bbbb\x16\xd\xc6^($(\xa9H4){4}h}?1)B))\x15')" Failed: error 125 at offset 16: lookbehind assertion is not fixed length /A(?'')Z/ Failed: error 162 at offset 4: subpattern name expected "(?J:(?|(?'R')(\k'R')|((?'R'))))" /(?<=|(\,\$(?73591620449005828816)\xa8.{7}){6}\x09)/ Failed: error 161 at offset 17: subpattern number is too big /^(?:(?(1)x|)+)+$()/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ SBra SCond 1 Cond ref x Alt KetRmax KetRmax $ CBra 1 Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /[[:>:]](?<)/ Failed: error 162 at offset 10: subpattern name expected /((?x)(*:0))#(?'/ Failed: error 162 at offset 15: subpattern name expected /(?C$[$)(?<]/ Failed: error 162 at offset 10: subpattern name expected /(?C$)$)(?<]/ Failed: error 162 at offset 10: subpattern name expected /(?(R))*+/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Braposzero SBraPos SCond Cond recurse any Ket KetRpos Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ abcd 0: /((?x)(?#))#(?'/ Failed: error 162 at offset 14: subpattern name expected /((?x)(?#))#(?'abc')/I Capture group count = 2 Named capture groups: abc 2 First code unit = '#' Subject length lower bound = 1 /[[:\\](?<[::]/ Failed: error 162 at offset 9: subpattern name expected /[[:\\](?'abc')[a:]/I Capture group count = 1 Named capture groups: abc 1 Starting code units: : [ \ Subject length lower bound = 2 "[[[.\xe8Nq\xffq\xff\xe0\x2|||::Nq\xffq\xff\xe0\x6\x2|||::[[[:[::::::[[[[[::::::::[:[[[:[:::[[[[[[[[[[[[:::::::::::::::::[[.\xe8Nq\xffq\xff\xe0\x2|||::Nq\xffq\xff\xe0\x6\x2|||::[[[:[::::::[[[[[::::::::[:[[[:[:::[[[[[[[[[[[[[[:::E[[[:[:[[:[:::[[:::E[[[:[:[[:'[:::::E[[[:[::::::[[[:[[[[[[[::E[[[:[::::::[[[:[[[[[[[[:[[::[::::[[:::::::[[:[[[[[[[:[[::[:[[:[~" Failed: error 106 at offset 353: missing terminating ] for character class /()(?(R)0)*+/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra CBra 1 Ket Braposzero SBraPos SCond Cond recurse any 0 Ket KetRpos Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /(?R-:(?${1:+\Q$1:{}$$\E+\U$1}< a 1: >$1:{}$$+A< /X(b)Y/substitute_extended XbY\=replace=x${1:+$1\U$1}y 1: xbBY XbY\=replace=\Ux${1:+$1$1}y 1: XBBY /a/substitute_extended,replace=${*MARK:+a:b} a Failed: error -58 at offset 7 in replacement: expected closing curly bracket in replacement string /(abcd)/replace=${1:+xy\kz},substitute_extended abcd Failed: error -57 at offset 8 in replacement: bad escape sequence in replacement string /(abcd)/ abcd\=replace=${1:+xy\kz},substitute_extended Failed: error -57 at offset 8 in replacement: bad escape sequence in replacement string /abcd/substitute_extended,replace=>$1< abcd Failed: error -49 at offset 3 in replacement: unknown substring /abcd/substitute_extended,replace=>xxx${xyz}<<< abcd Failed: error -49 at offset 10 in replacement: unknown substring /(?J)(?:(?a)|(?b))/replace=<$A> [a] 1: [] [b] 1: [] \= Expect error (a)\=ovector=1 Failed: error -54 at offset 3 in replacement: requested value is not available /(a)|(b)/replace=<$1> \= Expect error b Failed: error -55 at offset 3 in replacement: requested value is not set /(aa)(BB)/substitute_extended,replace=\U$1\L$2\E$1..\U$1\l$2$1 aaBB 1: AAbbaa..AAbBaa /^(o(\1{72}{\"{\\{00000059079}\d*){74}}){19}/I Capture group count = 2 Max back reference = 1 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'o' Last code unit = '}' Subject length lower bound = 65535 /((p(?'K/ Failed: error 142 at offset 7: syntax error in subpattern name (missing terminator?) /((p(?'K/no_auto_capture Failed: error 142 at offset 7: syntax error in subpattern name (missing terminator?) /abc/replace=A$3123456789Z abc Failed: error -49 at offset 3 in replacement: unknown substring /(?a[bc]d +0 ^ ( +1 ^ )\Q\E* +7 ^ ] +8 ^^ End of pattern 0: ] 1: /\x8a+f|;T?(*:;.'?`(\xeap ){![^()!y*''C*(?';]{1;(\x08)/B,alt_verbnames,dupnames,extended ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra \x{8a}++ f Alt ; T? *MARK ;.'?`(\x{ea}p {! [\x00- "-&+-:<->@-BD-xz-\xff] (neg) {1; CBra 1 \x08 Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ # Tests for NULL characters in comments and verb "names" and callouts # /A#B\x00C\x0aZ/ /41 23 42 00 43 0a 5a/Bx,hex ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra AZ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ # /A+#B\x00C\x0a+/ /41 2b 23 42 00 43 0a 2b/Bx,hex ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra A++ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ # /A(*:B\x00W#X\00Y\x0aC)Z/ /41 28 2a 3a 42 00 57 23 58 00 59 0a 43 29 5a/Bx,hex,alt_verbnames ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra A *MARK B\x{0}WC Z Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ # /A(*:B\x00W#X\00Y\x0aC)Z/ /41 28 2a 3a 42 00 57 23 58 00 59 0a 43 29 5a/Bx,hex ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra A *MARK B\x{0}W#X\x{0}Y\x{a}C Z Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ # /A(?C{X\x00Y})B/ /41 28 3f 43 7b 58 00 59 7d 29 42/B,hex ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra A CalloutStr {X\x{0}Y} 5 10 1 B Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ # /A(?#X\x00Y)B/ /41 28 3f 23 7b 00 7d 29 42/B,hex ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra AB Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ # Tests for leading comment in extended patterns / (?-x):?/extended / (?-x):?/extended /0b 28 3f 2d 78 29 3a/hex,extended /#comment (?-x):?/extended /(8(*:6^\x09x\xa6l\)6!|\xd0:[^:|)\x09d\Z\d{85*m(?'(?<1!)*\W[*\xff]!!h\w]*\xbe;/alt_bsux,alt_verbnames,allow_empty_class,dollar_endonly,extended,multiline,never_utf,no_dotstar_anchor,no_start_optimize Failed: error 162 at offset 49: subpattern name expected /a|(b)c/replace=>$1<,substitute_unset_empty cat 1: c>b$1< Failed: error -55 at offset 3 in replacement: requested value is not set cat\=replace=>$1<,substitute_unset_empty 1: c>$1<,substitute_unset_empty 1: x>b${2:-xx}< Failed: error -49 at offset 9 in replacement: unknown substring cat\=replace=>${2:-xx}<,substitute_unknown_unset 1: c>xx${X:-xx}<,substitute_unknown_unset 1: c>xx$X<,substitute_unset_empty cat 1: c>b$Y<,substitute_unset_empty cat Failed: error -49 at offset 3 in replacement: unknown substring cat\=substitute_unknown_unset 1: c>$2<,substitute_unset_empty cat Failed: error -49 at offset 3 in replacement: unknown substring cat\=substitute_unknown_unset 1: c>9010 0 ^ 0 0 ^ 0 0: 1: 0 \= Expect no match abc --->abc 0 ^ 0 0 ^ 0 0 ^ 0 No match /aaa/ \[abc]{10000000000000000000000000000} ** Repeat count too large \[a]{3} 0: aaa /\[AB]{6000000000000000000000}/expand ** Pattern repeat count too large # Hex uses pattern length, not zero-terminated. This tests for overrunning # the given length of a pattern. /'(*U'/hex Failed: error 160 at offset 3: (*VERB) not recognized or malformed /'(*'/hex Failed: error 109 at offset 1: quantifier does not follow a repeatable item /'('/hex Failed: error 114 at offset 1: missing closing parenthesis //hex # These tests are here because Perl never allows a back reference in a # lookbehind. PCRE2 supports some limited cases. /([ab])...(?<=\1)z/ a11az 0: a11az 1: a b11bz 0: b11bz 1: b \= Expect no match b11az No match /(?|([ab]))...(?<=\1)z/ Failed: error 125 at offset 13: lookbehind assertion is not fixed length /([ab])(\1)...(?<=\2)z/ aa11az 0: aa11az 1: a 2: a /(a\2)(b\1)(?<=\2)/ Failed: error 125 at offset 10: lookbehind assertion is not fixed length /(?[ab])...(?<=\k'A')z/ a11az 0: a11az 1: a b11bz 0: b11bz 1: b \= Expect no match b11az No match /(?[ab])...(?<=\k'A')(?)z/dupnames Failed: error 125 at offset 13: lookbehind assertion is not fixed length # Perl does not support \g+n /((\g+1X)?([ab]))+/ aaXbbXa 0: aaXbbXa 1: bXa 2: bX 3: a /ab(?C1)c/auto_callout abc --->abc +0 ^ a +1 ^^ b 1 ^ ^ c +8 ^ ^ End of pattern 0: abc /'ab(?C1)c'/hex,auto_callout abc --->abc +0 ^ a +1 ^^ b 1 ^ ^ c +8 ^ ^ End of pattern 0: abc # Perl accepts these, but gives a warning. We can't warn, so give an error. /[a-[:digit:]]+/ Failed: error 150 at offset 4: invalid range in character class a-a9-a /[A-[:digit:]]+/ Failed: error 150 at offset 4: invalid range in character class A-A9-A /[a-\d]+/ Failed: error 150 at offset 5: invalid range in character class a-a9-a /(?abc)(?(R)xyz)/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra CBra 1 abc Ket Cond Cond recurse any xyz Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /(?abc)(?(R)xyz)/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra CBra 1 abc Ket Cond 1 Cond ref xyz Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /(?=.*[A-Z])/I Capture group count = 0 May match empty string Subject length lower bound = 0 /()(?<=(?0))/ Failed: error 125 at offset 2: lookbehind assertion is not fixed length /(?*?\g'0/use_length Failed: error 157 at offset 6: \g is not followed by a braced, angle-bracketed, or quoted name/number or by a plain number /.>*?\g'0/ Failed: error 157 at offset 6: \g is not followed by a braced, angle-bracketed, or quoted name/number or by a plain number /{„Í„ÍÍ„Í{'{22{2{{2{'{22{{22{2{'{22{2{{2{{222{{2{'{22{2{22{2{'{22{2{{2{'{22{2{22{2{'{'{22{2{22{2{'{22{2{{2{'{22{2{22{2{'{222{2Ä„Í„ÍÍ„Í{'{22{2{{2{'{22{{11{2{'{22{2{{2{{'{22{2{{2{'{22{{22{1{'{22{2{{2{{222{{2{'{22{2{22{2{'{/auto_callout // \=get=i00000000000000000000000000000000 ** Group name in 'get' is too long \=get=i2345678901234567890123456789012,get=i1245678901234567890123456789012 ** Too many characters in named 'get' modifiers "(?(?C))" Failed: error 128 at offset 6: assertion expected after (?( or (?(?C) /(?(?(?(?(?(?))))))/ Failed: error 128 at offset 2: assertion expected after (?( or (?(?C) /(?<=(?1))((?s))/anchored /(*:ab)*/ Failed: error 109 at offset 6: quantifier does not follow a repeatable item %(*:(:(svvvvvvvvvv:]*[ Z!*;[]*[^[]*!^[+.+{{2,7}' _\\\\\\\\\\\\\)?.:.. *w////\\\Q\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\T\\\\\+/?/////'+\\\EEE?/////'+/*+/[^K]?]//(w)%never_backslash_c,alt_verbnames,auto_callout /./newline=crlf \=ph No match /(\x0e00\000000\xc)/replace=\P,substitute_extended \x0e00\000000\xc Failed: error -57 at offset 2 in replacement: bad escape sequence in replacement string //replace=0 \=offset=7 Failed: error -33: bad offset value /(?<=\G.)/g,replace=+ abc 3: a+b+c+ ".+\QX\E+"B,no_auto_possess ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Any+ X+ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ ".+\QX\E+"B,auto_callout,no_auto_possess ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Callout 255 0 4 Any+ Callout 255 4 4 X+ Callout 255 8 0 Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ # This one is here because Perl gives an 'unmatched )' error which goes away # if one of the \) sequences is removed - which is weird. PCRE finds it too # complicated to find a minimum matching length. "()X|((((((((()))))))((((())))))\2())((((((\2\2)))\2)(\22((((\2\2)2))\2)))(2\ZZZ)+:)Z^|91ZiZZnter(ZZ |91Z(ZZ ZZ(\r2Z( or#(\Z2(Z\Z(\2\2)2))\2Z)Z(\22Z((\Z2(Z\Z(\2\2)2))\2Z+:)Z|91Z(ZZ ZZ(\r2Z( or#(\Z2(Z\Z((Z*(\2(Z\':))\0)i|||||||||||||||loZ\2\2)2))\2Z)Z(\22Z((\Z2(Z\Z(\2\2)2))\2Z)))int \)\0nte!rnal errpr\2\\21r(2\ZZZ)+:)Z!|91Z(ZZ ZZ(\r2Z( or#(\Z2(Z\Z(\2\2)2))\2Z)Z(\22Z((\Z2(Z\Z(\2\2)2))\2Z)))int \)\0(2\ZZZ)+:)Z^|91ZiZZnter(ZZ |91Z(ZZ ZZ(\r2Z( or#(\Z2(Z\Z(\2\2)2))\2Z)Z(\22Z((\Z2(Z\Z(\2\2)2))\2Z)))int \)\0(2\ZZZ)+:)Z^)))int \)\0(2\ZZZ)+:)Z^|91ZiZZnter(ZZernZal ZZ(\r2Z( or#(\Z2(Z\Z(\2\2)2))\2Z)Z(\22Z((\Z2(Z\Z(\2\2)2))\2Z)))int \))\ZZ(\r2Z( or#(\Z2(Z\Z(\2\2)2))\2Z)Z(\22Z((\Z2(Z\Z(\2\2)))\2))))((((((\2\2))))))"I Capture group count = 108 Max back reference = 22 Contains explicit CR or LF match Subject length lower bound = 1 # This checks that new code for handling groups that may match an empty string # works on a very large number of alternatives. This pattern used to provoke a # complaint that it was too complicated. /(?:\[A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|]{200}Z)/expand # This one used to compile rubbish instead of a compile error, and then # behave unpredictably at match time. /.+(?(?C'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'))?!XXXX.=X/ Failed: error 128 at offset 63: assertion expected after (?( or (?(?C) .+(?(?C'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'))?!XXXX.=X /[:[:alnum:]-[[a:lnum:]+/ Failed: error 150 at offset 11: invalid range in character class /((?(?C'')\QX\E(?!((?(?C'')(?!X=X));=)r*X=X));=)/ Failed: error 128 at offset 11: assertion expected after (?( or (?(?C) /((?(?C'')\Q\E(?!((?(?C'')(?!X=X));=)r*X=X));=)/ /abcd/auto_callout abcd\=callout_error=255:2 --->abcd +0 ^ a +1 ^^ b Failed: error -37: callout error code /()(\g+65534)/ Failed: error 161 at offset 11: subpattern number is too big /()(\g+65533)/ Failed: error 115 at offset 10: reference to non-existent subpattern /Á\x00\x00\x00š(\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\2*\x00k\d+\x00‎\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\2*\x00\x00\1*.){36}int^\x00\x00ÿÿ\x00š(\1{50779}?)J\w2/I Capture group count = 2 Max back reference = 2 First code unit = \xc1 Last code unit = '2' Subject length lower bound = 65535 /(a)(b)\2\1\1\1\1/I Capture group count = 2 Max back reference = 2 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 7 /(?a)(?b)\g{b}\g{a}\g{a}\g{a}\g{a}(?xx)(?zz)/I,dupnames Capture group count = 4 Max back reference = 4 Named capture groups: a 1 a 3 b 2 b 4 Options: dupnames First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'z' Subject length lower bound = 11 // \=ovector=7777777777 ** Invalid value in 'ovector=7777777777' # This is here because Perl matches, even though a COMMIT is encountered # outside of the recursion. /(?1)(A(*COMMIT)|B)D/ BAXBAD No match "(?1){2}(a)"B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Recurse Recurse CBra 1 a Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ "(?1){2,4}(a)"B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Recurse Recurse Brazero Bra Bra Recurse Ket Brazero Bra Recurse Ket Ket CBra 1 a Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ # This test differs from Perl for the first subject. Perl ends up with # $1 set to 'B'; PCRE2 has it unset (which I think is right). /^(?: (?:A| (?:B|B(*ACCEPT)) (?<=(.)) D) (Z) )+$/x AZB 0: AZB 1: 2: Z AZBDZ 0: AZBDZ 1: B 2: Z # The first of these, when run by Perl, gives the mark 'aa', which is wrong. '(?>a(*:aa))b|ac' mark ac 0: ac '(?:a(*:aa))b|ac' mark ac 0: ac /(R?){65}/ (R?){65} 0: 1: /\[(a)]{60}/expand aaaa No match /(?abcdabcd ^^ ( Callout 1: last capture = 1 1: abcd 2: b 3: c --->abcdabcd ^ ^ ( 0: abcdabcd 1: abcd 2: b 3: c # Perl matches this one, but PCRE does not because (*ACCEPT) clears out any # pending backtracks in the recursion. /^ (?(DEFINE) (..(*ACCEPT)|...) ) (?1)$/x \= Expect no match abc No match # Perl gives no match for this one /(a(*MARK:m)(*ACCEPT)){0}(?1)/mark abc 0: a MK: m /abc/endanchored xyzabc 0: abc \= Expect no match xyzabcdef No match \= Expect error xyzabc\=ph Failed: error -34: bad option value /abc/ xyzabc\=endanchored 0: abc \= Expect no match xyzabcdef\=endanchored No match \= Expect error xyzabc\=ps,endanchored Failed: error -34: bad option value /abc(*ACCEPT)d/endanchored xyzabc 0: abc \= Expect no match xyzabcdef No match /abc|bcd/endanchored xyzabcd 0: bcd \= Expect no match xyzabcdef No match /a(*ACCEPT)x|aa/endanchored aaa 0: a # Check auto-anchoring when there is a group that is never obeyed at # the start of a branch. /(?(DEFINE)(a))^bc/I Capture group count = 1 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 2 /(a){0}.*bc/sI Capture group count = 1 Compile options: dotall Overall options: anchored dotall Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 2 # This should be anchored, as the condition is always false and there is # no alternative branch. /(?(VERSION>=999)yes)^bc/I Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Subject length lower bound = 2 # This should not be anchored. /(?(VERSION>=999)yes|no)^bc/I Capture group count = 0 Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 4 /(*LIMIT_HEAP=0)xxx/I Capture group count = 0 Heap limit = 0 First code unit = 'x' Last code unit = 'x' Subject length lower bound = 3 /\d{0,3}(*:abc)(?C1)xxx/callout_info Callout 1 x # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # These are a whole pile of tests that touch lines of code that are not # used by any other tests (at least when these were created). /^a+?x/i,no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match aaa No match /^[^a]{3,}?x/i,no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match bbb No match cc No match /^X\S/no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match X No match /^X\W/no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match X No match /^X\H/no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match X No match /^X\h/no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match X No match /^X\V/no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match X No match /^X\v/no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match X No match /^X\h/no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match XY No match /^X\V/no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match X\n No match /^X\v/no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match XX No match /^X.+?/s,no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match X No match /^X\R+?/no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match XX No match /^X\H+?/no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match X No match /^X\h+?/no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match X No match /^X\V+?/no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match X No match X\n No match /^X\D+?/no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match X No match X9 No match /^X\S+?/no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match X No match X\n No match /^X\W+?/no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match X No match XX No match /^X.+?Z/no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match XY\n No match /(*CRLF)^X.+?Z/no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match XY\r\=ps Partial match: XY\x0d /^X\R+?Z/no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match X\nX No match X\n\r\n No match X\n\rY No match X\n\nY No match X\n\x{0c}Y No match /(*BSR_ANYCRLF)^X\R+?Z/no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match X\nX No match X\n\r\n No match X\n\rY No match X\n\nY No match X\n\x{0c}Y No match /^X\H+?Z/no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match XY\t No match XYY No match /^X\h+?Z/no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match X\t\t No match X\tY No match /^X\V+?Z/no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match XY\n No match XYY No match /^X\v+?Z/no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match X\n\n No match X\nY No match /^X\D+?Z/no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match XY9 No match XYY No match /^X\d+?Z/no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match X99 No match X9Y No match /^X\S+?Z/no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match XY\n No match XYY No match /^X\s+?Z/no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match X\n\n No match X\nY No match /^X\W+?Z/no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match X.A No match X++ No match /^X\w+?Z/no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match Xa. No match Xaa No match /^X.{1,3}Z/s,no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match Xa.bd No match /^X\h+Z/no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match X\t\t No match X\tY No match /^X\V+Z/no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match XY\n No match XYY No match /^(X(*THEN)Y|AB){0}(?1)/ ABX 0: AB \= Expect no match XAB No match /^(?!A(?C1)B)C/ ABC\=callout_error=1,no_jit No match /^(?!A(?C1)B)C/no_start_optimize ABC\=callout_error=1 --->ABC 1 ^^ B Failed: error -37: callout error code /^(?(?!A(?C1)B)C)/ ABC\=callout_error=1 --->ABC 1 ^^ B Failed: error -37: callout error code # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- /[a b c]/BxxI ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [a-c] Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Options: extended_more Starting code units: a b c Subject length lower bound = 1 /[a b c]/BxxxI ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [a-c] Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Options: extended extended_more Starting code units: a b c Subject length lower bound = 1 /[a b c]/B,extended_more ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [a-c] Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /[ a b c ]/B,extended_more ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [a-c] Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /[a b](?xx: [ 12 ] (?-xx:[ 34 ]) )y z/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [ ab] Bra [12] Bra [ 34] Ket Ket y z Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ # Unsetting /x also unsets /xx /[a b](?xx: [ 12 ] (?-x:[ 34 ]) )y z/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [ ab] Bra [12] Bra [ 34] Ket Ket y z Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /(a)(?-n:(b))(c)/nB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Bra a Ket Bra CBra 1 b Ket Ket Bra c Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # These test the dangerous PCRE2_EXTRA_BAD_ESCAPE_IS_LITERAL option. /\j\x{z}\o{82}\L\uabcd\u\U\g{\g/B,\bad_escape_is_literal ** Unrecognized modifier '\' in '\bad_escape_is_literal' /\N{\c/IB,bad_escape_is_literal ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra N{c Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ Capture group count = 0 Extra options: bad_escape_is_literal First code unit = 'N' Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 3 /[\j\x{z}\o\gAb\g]/B,bad_escape_is_literal ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra [Abgjoxz{}] Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /[Q-\N]/B,bad_escape_is_literal Failed: error 150 at offset 5: invalid range in character class /[\s-_]/bad_escape_is_literal Failed: error 150 at offset 3: invalid range in character class /[_-\s]/bad_escape_is_literal Failed: error 150 at offset 5: invalid range in character class /[\B\R\X]/B Failed: error 107 at offset 2: escape sequence is invalid in character class /[\B\R\X]/B,bad_escape_is_literal Failed: error 107 at offset 2: escape sequence is invalid in character class /[A-\BP-\RV-\X]/B Failed: error 107 at offset 4: escape sequence is invalid in character class /[A-\BP-\RV-\X]/B,bad_escape_is_literal Failed: error 107 at offset 4: escape sequence is invalid in character class # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- /a\b(c/literal a\\b(c 0: a\b(c /a\b(c/literal,caseless a\\b(c 0: a\b(c a\\B(c 0: a\B(c /a\b(c/literal,firstline XYYa\\b(c 0: a\b(c \= Expect no match X\na\\b(c No match /a\b?c/literal,use_offset_limit XXXXa\\b?c\=offset_limit=4 0: a\b?c \= Expect no match XXXXa\\b?c\=offset_limit=3 No match /a\b(c/literal,anchored,endanchored a\\b(c 0: a\b(c \= Expect no match Xa\\b(c No match a\\b(cX No match Xa\\b(cX No match //literal,extended Failed: error 192 at offset 0: invalid option bits with PCRE2_LITERAL /a\b(c/literal,auto_callout,no_start_optimize XXXXa\\b(c --->XXXXa\b(c +0 ^ a +0 ^ a +0 ^ a +0 ^ a +0 ^ a +1 ^^ \ +2 ^ ^ b +3 ^ ^ ( +4 ^ ^ c +5 ^ ^ End of pattern 0: a\b(c /a\b(c/literal,auto_callout XXXXa\\b(c --->XXXXa\b(c +0 ^ a +1 ^^ \ +2 ^ ^ b +3 ^ ^ ( +4 ^ ^ c +5 ^ ^ End of pattern 0: a\b(c /(*CR)abc/literal (*CR)abc 0: (*CR)abc /cat|dog/I,match_word Capture group count = 0 Max lookbehind = 1 Extra options: match_word Starting code units: c d Subject length lower bound = 3 the cat sat 0: cat \= Expect no match caterpillar No match snowcat No match syndicate No match /(cat)|dog/I,match_line,literal Capture group count = 0 Compile options: literal Overall options: anchored literal Extra options: match_line First code unit = '(' Subject length lower bound = 9 (cat)|dog 0: (cat)|dog \= Expect no match the cat sat No match caterpillar No match snowcat No match syndicate No match /a whole line/match_line,multiline Rhubarb \na whole line\n custard 0: a whole line \= Expect no match Not a whole line No match # Perl gets this wrong, failing to capture 'b' in group 1. /^(b+|a){1,2}?bc/ bbc 0: bbc 1: b # And again here, for the "babc" subject string. /^(b*|ba){1,2}?bc/ babc 0: babc 1: ba bbabc 0: bbabc 1: ba bababc 0: bababc 1: ba \= Expect no match bababbc No match babababc No match /[[:digit:]-a]/ Failed: error 150 at offset 10: invalid range in character class /[[:digit:]-[:print:]]/ Failed: error 150 at offset 10: invalid range in character class /[\d-a]/ Failed: error 150 at offset 3: invalid range in character class /[\H-z]/ Failed: error 150 at offset 3: invalid range in character class /[\d-[:print:]]/ Failed: error 150 at offset 3: invalid range in character class # Perl gets the second of these wrong, giving no match. "(?<=(a))\1?b"I Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 Max lookbehind = 1 Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 1 ab 0: b 1: a aaab 0: ab 1: a "(?=(a))\1?b"I Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 2 ab 0: ab 1: a aaab 0: ab 1: a # JIT does not support callout_extra /(*NO_JIT)(a+)b/auto_callout,no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match aac\=callout_extra New match attempt --->aac +9 ^ ( +10 ^ a+ +12 ^ ^ ) +13 ^ ^ b Backtrack --->aac +12 ^^ ) +13 ^^ b Backtrack No other matching paths New match attempt --->aac +9 ^ ( +10 ^ a+ +12 ^^ ) +13 ^^ b Backtrack No other matching paths New match attempt --->aac +9 ^ ( +10 ^ a+ Backtrack No other matching paths New match attempt --->aac +9 ^ ( +10 ^ a+ No match /(*NO_JIT)a+(?C'XXX')b/no_start_optimize,no_auto_possess \= Expect no match aac\=callout_extra New match attempt Callout (15): 'XXX' --->aac ^ ^ b Backtrack Callout (15): 'XXX' --->aac ^^ b Backtrack No other matching paths New match attempt Callout (15): 'XXX' --->aac ^^ b No match /\n/firstline xyz\nabc 0: \x0a /\nabc/firstline xyz\nabc 0: \x0aabc /\x{0a}abc/firstline,newline=crlf \= Expect no match xyz\r\nabc No match /[abc]/firstline \= Expect no match \na No match # These tests are matched in test 1 as they are Perl compatible. Here we are # looking at what does and does not get auto-possessified. /(?(DEFINE)(?a?))^(?&optional_a)a$/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Cond Cond false CBra 1 a? Ket Ket ^ Recurse a $ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /(?(DEFINE)(?a?)X)^(?&optional_a)a$/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Cond Cond false CBra 1 a? Ket X Ket ^ Recurse a $ Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /^(a?)b(?1)a/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ CBra 1 a? Ket b Recurse a Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /^(a?)+b(?1)a/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ SCBra 1 a? KetRmax b Recurse a Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /^(a?)++b(?1)a/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ SCBraPos 1 a? KetRpos b Recurse a Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /^(a?)+b/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra ^ SCBra 1 a? KetRmax b Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /(?=a+)a(a+)++b/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Assert a++ Ket a CBraPos 1 a++ KetRpos b Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /(?<=(?=.){4,5}x)/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Assert back Reverse Assert Any Ket x Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ # Perl behaves differently with these when optimization is turned off /a(*PRUNE:X)bc|qq/mark,no_start_optimize \= Expect no match axy No match, mark = X /a(*THEN:X)bc|qq/mark,no_start_optimize \= Expect no match axy No match, mark = X /(?^x-i)AB/ Failed: error 194 at offset 4: invalid hyphen in option setting /(?^-i)AB/ Failed: error 194 at offset 3: invalid hyphen in option setting /(?x-i-i)/ Failed: error 194 at offset 5: invalid hyphen in option setting /(?(?=^))b/I Capture group count = 0 Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 1 abc 0: b /(?(?=^)|)b/I Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 1 abc 0: b /(?(?=^)|^)b/I Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 1 bbc 0: b \= Expect no match abc No match /(?(1)^|^())/I Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 May match empty string Compile options: Overall options: anchored Subject length lower bound = 0 /(?(1)^())b/I Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 1 /(?(1)^())+b/I,aftertext Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 1 abc 0: b 0+ c /(?(1)^()|^)+b/I,aftertext Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 1 bbc 0: b 0+ bc \= Expect no match abc No match /(?(1)^()|^)*b/I,aftertext Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 First code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 1 bbc 0: b 0+ bc abc 0: b 0+ c xbc 0: b 0+ c /(?(1)^())+b/I,aftertext Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 1 abc 0: b 0+ c /(?(1)^a()|^a)+b/I,aftertext Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 2 abc 0: ab 0+ c \= Expect no match bbc No match /(?(1)^|^(a))+b/I,aftertext Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 Compile options: Overall options: anchored Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 1 abc 0: ab 0+ c 1: a \= Expect no match bbc No match /(?(1)^a()|^a)*b/I,aftertext Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 Last code unit = 'b' Subject length lower bound = 1 abc 0: ab 0+ c bbc 0: b 0+ bc xbc 0: b 0+ c /a(b)c|xyz/g,allvector,replace=<$0> abcdefabcpqr\=ovector=4 2: defpqr 0: 6 9 1: 7 8 2: 3: abxyz\=ovector=4 1: ab 0: 2 5 1: 2: 3: abcdefxyz\=ovector=4 2: def 0: 6 9 1: 2: 3: /a(b)c|xyz/allvector abcdef\=ovector=4 0: abc 1: b 2: 3: abxyz\=ovector=4 0: xyz 1: 2: 3: /a(b)c|xyz/g,replace=<$0>,substitute_callout abcdefabcpqr 1(2) Old 0 3 "abc" New 0 5 "" 2(2) Old 6 9 "abc" New 8 13 "" 2: defpqr abxyzpqrabcxyz 1(1) Old 2 5 "xyz" New 2 7 "" 2(2) Old 8 11 "abc" New 10 15 "" 3(1) Old 11 14 "xyz" New 15 20 "" 3: abpqr 12abc34xyz99abc55\=substitute_stop=2 1(2) Old 2 5 "abc" New 2 7 "" 2(1) Old 7 10 "xyz" New 9 14 " STOPPED" 2: 1234xyz99abc55 12abc34xyz99abc55\=substitute_skip=1 1(2) Old 2 5 "abc" New 2 7 " SKIPPED" 2(1) Old 7 10 "xyz" New 7 12 "" 3(2) Old 12 15 "abc" New 14 19 "" 3: 12abc349955 12abc34xyz99abc55\=substitute_skip=2 1(2) Old 2 5 "abc" New 2 7 "" 2(1) Old 7 10 "xyz" New 9 14 " SKIPPED" 3(2) Old 12 15 "abc" New 14 19 "" 3: 1234xyz9955 /a(b)c|xyz/g,replace=<$0> abcdefabcpqr 2: defpqr abxyzpqrabcxyz 3: abpqr 12abc34xyz\=substitute_stop=2 1(2) Old 2 5 "abc" New 2 7 "" 2(1) Old 7 10 "xyz" New 9 14 " STOPPED" 2: 1234xyz 12abc34xyz\=substitute_skip=1 1(2) Old 2 5 "abc" New 2 7 " SKIPPED" 2(1) Old 7 10 "xyz" New 7 12 "" 2: 12abc34 /a(b)c|xyz/replace=<$0> abcdefabcpqr 1: defabcpqr 12abc34xyz\=substitute_skip=1 1(2) Old 2 5 "abc" New 2 7 " SKIPPED" 1: 12abc34xyz 12abc34xyz\=substitute_stop=1 1(2) Old 2 5 "abc" New 2 7 " STOPPED" 1: 12abc34xyz /abc\rdef/ abc\ndef No match /abc\rdef\x{0d}xyz/escaped_cr_is_lf abc\ndef\rxyz 0: abc\x0adef\x0dxyz \= Expect no match abc\ndef\nxyz No match /(?(*ACCEPT)xxx)/ Failed: error 128 at offset 2: assertion expected after (?( or (?(?C) /(?(*atomic:xx)xxx)/ Failed: error 128 at offset 10: assertion expected after (?( or (?(?C) /(?(*script_run:xxx)zzz)/ Failed: error 128 at offset 14: assertion expected after (?( or (?(?C) /foobar/ the foobar thing\=copy_matched_subject 0: foobar the foobar thing\=copy_matched_subject,zero_terminate 0: foobar /foobar/g the foobar thing foobar again\=copy_matched_subject 0: foobar 0: foobar /(*:XX)^abc/I Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 3 /(*COMMIT:XX)^abc/I Capture group count = 0 Compile options: Overall options: anchored First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 3 /(*ACCEPT:XX)^abc/I Capture group count = 0 May match empty string Subject length lower bound = 0 /abc/replace=xyz abc\=null_context 1: xyz /abc/replace=xyz,substitute_callout abc 1(1) Old 0 3 "abc" New 0 3 "xyz" 1: xyz \= Expect error message abc\=null_context ** Replacement callouts are not supported with null_context. /\[()]{65535}()/expand Failed: error 197 at offset 131071: too many capturing groups (maximum 65535) /\[()]{65535}(?)/expand Failed: error 197 at offset 131075: too many capturing groups (maximum 65535) /a(?:(*ACCEPT))??bc/ abc 0: abc axy 0: a /a(*ACCEPT)??bc/ abc 0: abc axy 0: a /a(*ACCEPT:XX)??bc/mark abc 0: abc axy 0: a MK: XX /(*:\)?/ Failed: error 109 at offset 5: quantifier does not follow a repeatable item /(*:\Q \E){5}/alt_verbnames Failed: error 109 at offset 11: quantifier does not follow a repeatable item /(?=abc)/I Capture group count = 0 May match empty string First code unit = 'a' Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 2 /(?|(X)|(XY))\1abc/I Capture group count = 1 Max back reference = 1 First code unit = 'X' Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 4 /(?|(a)|(bcde))(c)\2/I Capture group count = 2 Max back reference = 2 Starting code units: a b Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 3 /(?|(a)|(bcde))(c)\1/I Capture group count = 2 Max back reference = 1 Starting code units: a b Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 2 /(?|(?'A'a)|(?'A'bcde))(?'B'c)\k'B'(?'A')/I,dupnames Capture group count = 3 Max back reference = 2 Named capture groups: A 1 A 3 B 2 Options: dupnames Starting code units: a b Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 3 /(?|(?'A'a)|(?'A'bcde))(?'B'c)\k'A'(?'A')/I,dupnames Capture group count = 3 Max back reference = 3 Named capture groups: A 1 A 3 B 2 Options: dupnames Starting code units: a b Last code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 2 /((a|)+)+Z/I Capture group count = 2 Starting code units: Z a Last code unit = 'Z' Subject length lower bound = 1 /((?=a))[abcd]/I Capture group count = 1 First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 1 /A(?:(*ACCEPT))?B/info Capture group count = 0 First code unit = 'A' Subject length lower bound = 1 /(A(*ACCEPT)??B)C/ ABC 0: ABC 1: AB AXY 0: A 1: A /(?<=(?<=a)b)c.*/I Capture group count = 0 Max lookbehind = 2 First code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 1 abc\=ph Partial match: c \= Expect no match xbc\=ph No match /(?<=ab)c.*/I Capture group count = 0 Max lookbehind = 2 First code unit = 'c' Subject length lower bound = 1 abc\=ph Partial match: c \= Expect no match xbc\=ph No match /(?<=a(?<=a|a)c)/I Capture group count = 0 Max lookbehind = 2 May match empty string Subject length lower bound = 0 /(?<=a(?<=a|ba)c)/I Capture group count = 0 Max lookbehind = 3 May match empty string Subject length lower bound = 0 /(?<=(?<=a)b)(?.*?\b\1\b){3}/ word1 word3 word1 word2 word3 word2 word2 word1 word3 word4 No match /\A(*napla:.*\b(\w++))(?>.*?\b\1\b){3}/ word1 word3 word1 word2 word3 word2 word2 word1 word3 word4 0: word1 word3 word1 word2 word3 word2 word2 word1 word3 1: word3 /(*plb:(.)..|(.)...)(\1|\2)/ abcdb\=offset=4 0: b 1: b 2: 3: b abcda\=offset=4 No match /(*naplb:(.)..|(.)...)(\1|\2)/ abcdb\=offset=4 0: b 1: b 2: 3: b abcda\=offset=4 0: a 1: 2: a 3: a /(*non_atomic_positive_lookahead:ab)/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Non-atomic assert ab Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /(*non_atomic_positive_lookbehind:ab)/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Non-atomic assert back Reverse ab Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /(*pla:ab+)/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Assert a b++ Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /(*napla:ab+)/B ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bra Non-atomic assert a b+ Ket Ket End ------------------------------------------------------------------ /(*napla:)+/ /(*naplb:)+/ /(*napla:^x|^y)/I Capture group count = 0 May match empty string Compile options: Overall options: anchored Starting code units: x y Subject length lower bound = 1 /(*napla:abc|abd)/I Capture group count = 0 May match empty string First code unit = 'a' Subject length lower bound = 1 /(*napla:a|(.)(*ACCEPT)zz)\1../ abcd 0: abc 1: a /(*napla:a(*ACCEPT)zz|(.))\1../ abcd 0: bcd 1: b /(*napla:a|(*COMMIT)(.))\1\1/ aabc 0: aa 1: a \= Expect no match abbc No match /(*napla:a|(.))\1\1/ aabc 0: aa 1: a abbc 0: bb 1: b # ---- # Expect error (recursion => not fixed length) /(\2)((?=(?<=\1)))/ Failed: error 125 at offset 8: lookbehind assertion is not fixed length /c*+(?<=[bc])/ abc\=ph Partial match: c ab\=ph Partial match: abc\=ps 0: c ab\=ps 0: /c++(?<=[bc])/ abc\=ph Partial match: c ab\=ph Partial match: /(?<=(?=.(?<=x)))/ abx 0: ab\=ph Partial match: bxyz 0: xyz 0: /\z/ abc\=ph Partial match: abc\=ps 0: /\Z/ abc\=ph Partial match: abc\=ps 0: abc\n\=ph Partial match: \x0a abc\n\=ps 0: /(?![ab]).*/ ab\=ph Partial match: /c*+/ ab\=ph,offset=2 Partial match: # End of testinput2 Error -70: PCRE2_ERROR_BADDATA (unknown error number) Error -62: bad serialized data Error -2: partial match Error -1: no match Error 0: PCRE2_ERROR_BADDATA (unknown error number) Error 100: no error Error 101: \ at end of pattern Error 191: PCRE2_EXTRA_ALLOW_SURROGATE_ESCAPES is not allowed in UTF-16 mode Error 200: PCRE2_ERROR_BADDATA (unknown error number)