weight: -1
authors:
- github: rizqyhi
+ - github: izzergh
+ - github: kolapsys
- github: samtrion
updated: 2019-11-14
description: |
Basic cheatsheets for regular expression
---
-##
-
+## RegExp
{: .-three-column}
### Character classes
### Anchors
-| Pattern | Description |
-| ------- | ---------------- |
-| `^abc` | Start with `abc` |
-| `abc$` | End with `abc` |
+| Pattern | Description |
+| ------- | ----------------------- |
+| `\G` | Start of match |
+| `^` | Start of string |
+| `$` | End of string |
+| `\A` | Start of string |
+| `\Z` | End of string |
+| `\z` | Absolute end of string |
+| `\b` | A word boundry |
+| `\B` | Non-word boundry |
+| `^abc` | Start with `abc` |
+| `abc$` | End with `abc` |
### Escaped characters
### Groups
-| Pattern | Description |
-| ------- | ------------- |
-| `(abc)` | Capture group |
+| Pattern | Description |
+| --------- | ------------------------------ |
+| `(abc)` | Capture group |
+| `(a|b)` | Match `a` or `b` |
+| `(?:abc)` | Match `abc`, but don't capture |
+
### Quantifiers
| `a{3,}` | Match 3 or more |
| `a{1,3}` | Match between 1 and 3 |
+### Lookahead & Lookbehind
+
+| Pattern | Description |
+| --- | --- |
+| `a(?=b)` | Match `a` in `baby` but not in `bay` |
+| `a(?!b)` | Match `a` in `Stan` but not in `Stab` |
+| --- | --- |
+| `(?<=a)b` | Match `b` in `crabs` but not in `cribs` |
+| `(?<!a)b` | Match `b` in `fib` but not in `fab` |