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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
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  • 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

/
/
gm

Test String

Code Generator

Generated Code

using System; using System.Text.RegularExpressions; public class Example { public static void Main() { string pattern = @"(?P<AUC>AUC)|(?P<Cmax>C<sub>max<\/sub>)|(?P<Tmax>T<sub>max<\/sub>)|(?P<dose>\d+\s*[a-zA-Zμ]*g(?!(?:[^\s\.]|\.\S)))|(?P<dose_normalized>\d+\s*[a-zA-Zμ]*g\/[a-zA-Zμ]*g(?!(?:[^\s\.]|\.\S)))"; string input = @"The median T<sub>max</sub> of asciminib following oral administration is 2.5 hours.[L38995] At a dose of 80mg once daily, the steady-state C<sub>max</sub> and AUC<sub>tau</sub> were 1781 ng/mL and 15112 ng.h/mL, respectively. At a dose of 40mg twice daily, the steady-state C<sub>max</sub> and AUC<sub>tau</sub> were 793 ng/mL and 5262 ng.h/mL, respectively. At a dose of 200mg twice daily (for treatment of T315I mutants), the steady-state C<sub>max</sub> and AUC<sub>tau</sub> were 5642 ng/mL and 37547 ng.h/mL, respectively.[L38995] As compared to the fasted state, the co-administration of asciminib with a high-fat meal decreased the AUC and C<sub>max</sub> by 62% and 68%, respectively, and its co-administration with a low-fat meal decreased the AUC and C<sub>max</sub> by 30% and 35%, respectively.[L38995]"; RegexOptions options = RegexOptions.Multiline; foreach (Match m in Regex.Matches(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