This should work in most regex dialects. Notes: The pattern will match everything up to the first semicolon, but excluding the semicolon. Also, the pattern will match the whole line if there is …

Normally the dot matches any character except newlines. So if .* isn't working, set the "dot matches newlines, too" option (or use (?s).*). If you're using JavaScript, which doesn't have a …

Oct 15, 2009 · May I know what ?= means in a regular expression? For example, what is its significance in this expression: (?=.*\\d).

Jul 5, 2009 · How do I use regular expressions in ANSI C? man regex.h does not provide that much help.

Repetition in regex by default is greedy: they try to match as many reps as possible, and when this doesn't work and they have to backtrack, they try to match one fewer rep at a time, until a …

Aug 7, 2008 · Regex Syntax Summary How Regexes Work JavaScript Regular Expressions Footnote †: The statement above that . matches any character is a simplification for …

In regex in general, ^ is negation only at the beginning of a character class. Unless CMake is doing something really funky (to the point where calling their pattern matching language …

Oct 1, 2012 · In Regex, . refers to any character, be it a number, an aplhabet character, or any other special character. * means zero or more times.

Jun 1, 2017 · Specifically when does ^ mean "match start" and when does it mean "not the following" in regular expressions? From the Wikipedia article and other references, I've …

Javascript RegExp () allows you to specify a multi-line mode (m) which changes the behavior of ^ and $. ^ represents the start of the current line in multi-line mode, otherwise the start of the …