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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • Substitution
  • A single character of: a, b or c
    [abc]
  • A character except: a, b or c
    [^abc]
  • A character in the range: a-z
    [a-z]
  • A character not in the range: a-z
    [^a-z]
  • A character in the range: a-z or A-Z
    [a-zA-Z]
  • Any single character
    .
  • Alternate - match either a or b
    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
  • Any non-whitespace character
    \S
  • Any digit
    \d
  • Any non-digit
    \D
  • Any word character
    \w
  • Any non-word character
    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
  • Capturing group
    (...)
  • Zero or one of a
    a?
  • Zero or more of a
    a*
  • One or more of a
    a+
  • Exactly 3 of a
    a{3}
  • 3 or more of a
    a{3,}
  • Between 3 and 6 of a
    a{3,6}
  • Start of string
    ^
  • End of string
    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
  • Non-word boundary
    \B

Regular Expression
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using System; using System.Text.RegularExpressions; public class Example { public static void Main() { string pattern = @".*сума:\s+(?<suma>\d{1,5}[.,]\d{1,2}).*\\n(?<issuerName>.*)(?<pan>[0-9X]{16}).*нал:\s(?<terminalId>[A-Z0-9]{8}).*авторизації:\s(?<approvalCode>\d{1,10}).*чек\sN:\s(?<chq>\d{1,10}).*rrn:\s(?<rrn>\d{1,15})"; string input = @"Xxxxxxx \n вул.Угорська,буд.12 \n м.Львiв \n ПП МЕРЕЖА-СЕРВIС ЛЬВIВ \nОПЛАТА\nСУМА: 62.98 ГРН\nПiдпис власника картки не потрiбен!\nVISA CREDIT 4472XXXXXXXX2021 \nAID: A0000000031010\nТЕРМIНАЛ: S11801ZY 16/09/2022 18:49:33\nКОД АВТОРИЗАЦІЇ: 799207 ЧЕК N: 43409\nRRN: 063597415491 \nEXTERNAL RRN: 225915128338\n(c) Ingenico Group TE7E v.142.102 27/10/\nP1\n"; RegexOptions options = RegexOptions.Multiline | RegexOptions.IgnoreCase; Match m = Regex.Match(input, pattern, options); Console.WriteLine("'{0}' found at index {1}", m.Value, m.Index); } }

Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for C#, please visit: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.text.regularexpressions.regex(v=vs.110).aspx