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  • 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

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gmx

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using System; using System.Text.RegularExpressions; public class Example { public static void Main() { string pattern = @"^ (?=[-+]?(?:0\B)*+(\d*?)((?:(?=\d+(?:\.\d+)?\ [-+]?(?:0\B)*+(\d*?)(\d(?(4)\4))(?:\.\d+)?\ [-+]?(?:0\B)*+(\d*?)(\d(?(6)\6))(?:\.\d+)?$)\d)++)\b) (?: (?=-\S*\ -\S*\ -|(?!.*-)) [-+]?(?:0\B)*+ (?= (?(?!\1\.?(?!(?!(?&a)))) (?=\S+\ \S+\ [-+]?0*\1\3\6(?:\.\d+)?$) | (?(?!.*+\3)\S+\ [-+]?(?:0\B)*) (?=\d*?(\2|\4)\b(.*?\ [-+]?(?:0\B)*)\S+$) (?(?=9*\7\b) (?:9(?=\d*?\8[1](\g{-1}?+0)))*? \7\8[1]\g{-1}?+\6\b | (?:(\d)(?=\d*\8(\g{-1}?+\g{-2})))*+ (?=\d(\d*\8\g{-2}?+)) (?=0\g{-1}1|1\g{-1}2|2\g{-1}3|3\g{-1}4|4\g{-1}5|5\g{-1}6|6\g{-1}7|7\g{-1}8|8\g{-1}9) \d (?:9(?=\d*\8\g{-2}?+\d(\g{-1}?+0)))*? \7\8\g{-3}?+\d\g{-1}?+\6\b ) ) ) \1 (?: (?=\.?(\d)\S*\ [-+]?(?:0\B)*+\3((\g{-2}?+\.?)\d)\S*\ [-+]?(?:0\B)*+\5((\g{-2}?+\.?)\d)) \.? (?(?=(?! \14\.? (?<a> (?: (?=\d\.?\d(?<b>\S*?\ [-+]?(?:0\B)*\3\15?+)((\g{-2}?+\.?)\d)) (?=\d(\S*?\g{-4}\g{-2})) (?=0\g{-1}9|1\g{-1}8|2\g{-1}7|3\g{-1}6|4\g{-1}5|5\g{-1}4|6\g{-1}3|7\g{-1}2|8\g{-1}1|9\g{-1}0) \d\.?(?=\S*?(\g{-5}\g{-4})) )*+ (?=\d(\g{-2}\.?|(?&b)\.?)) (?=[5-9]\g{-1}[5-9]|1\g{-1}9|2\g{-1}[89]|3\g{-1}[7-9]|4\g{-1}[6-9]|6\g{-1}4|7\g{-1}[34]|8\g{-1}[2-4]|9\g{-1}[1-4]) ){0} (?&a) )) (?=\d(\S*\ [-+]?(?:0\B)*\3\16)\d(\S*\ [-+]?(?:0\B)*\5\18)) (?= 1\g{-2}(?:1\g{-1}2|2\g{-1}3|3\g{-1}4|4\g{-1}5|5\g{-1}6|6\g{-1}7|7\g{-1}8|8\g{-1}9|9\g{-1}0) |2\g{-2}(?:1\g{-1}3|2\g{-1}4|3\g{-1}5|4\g{-1}6|5\g{-1}7|6\g{-1}8|7\g{-1}9|8\g{-1}0|9\g{-1}1) |3\g{-2}(?:1\g{-1}4|2\g{-1}5|3\g{-1}6|4\g{-1}7|5\g{-1}8|6\g{-1}9|7\g{-1}0|8\g{-1}1|9\g{-1}2) |4\g{-2}(?:1\g{-1}5|2\g{-1}6|3\g{-1}7|4\g{-1}8|5\g{-1}9|6\g{-1}0|7\g{-1}1|8\g{-1}2|9\g{-1}3) |5\g{-2}(?:1\g{-1}6|2\g{-1}7|3\g{-1}8|4\g{-1}9|5\g{-1}0|6\g{-1}1|7\g{-1}2|8\g{-1}3|9\g{-1}4) |6\g{-2}(?:1\g{-1}7|2\g{-1}8|3\g{-1}9|4\g{-1}0|5\g{-1}1|6\g{-1}2|7\g{-1}3|8\g{-1}4|9\g{-1}5) |7\g{-2}(?:1\g{-1}8|2\g{-1}9|3\g{-1}0|4\g{-1}1|5\g{-1}2|6\g{-1}3|7\g{-1}4|8\g{-1}5|9\g{-1}6) |8\g{-2}(?:1\g{-1}9|2\g{-1}0|3\g{-1}1|4\g{-1}2|5\g{-1}3|6\g{-1}4|7\g{-1}5|8\g{-1}6|9\g{-1}7) |9\g{-2}(?:1\g{-1}0|2\g{-1}1|3\g{-1}2|4\g{-1}3|5\g{-1}4|6\g{-1}5|7\g{-1}6|8\g{-1}7|9\g{-1}8) |0\g{-2}(\d)\g{-2}\g{-1} |(\d)\g{-4}0\g{-3}\g{-1} ) | (?=\d((?-5))\d((?-5))) (?= 1\g{-2}(?:0\g{-1}2|1\g{-1}3|2\g{-1}4|3\g{-1}5|4\g{-1}6|5\g{-1}7|6\g{-1}8|7\g{-1}9|8\g{-1}0|9\g{-1}1) |2\g{-2}(?:0\g{-1}3|1\g{-1}4|2\g{-1}5|3\g{-1}6|4\g{-1}7|5\g{-1}8|6\g{-1}9|7\g{-1}0|8\g{-1}1|9\g{-1}2) |3\g{-2}(?:0\g{-1}4|1\g{-1}5|2\g{-1}6|3\g{-1}7|4\g{-1}8|5\g{-1}9|6\g{-1}0|7\g{-1}1|8\g{-1}2|9\g{-1}3) |4\g{-2}(?:0\g{-1}5|1\g{-1}6|2\g{-1}7|3\g{-1}8|4\g{-1}9|5\g{-1}0|6\g{-1}1|7\g{-1}2|8\g{-1}3|9\g{-1}4) |5\g{-2}(?:0\g{-1}6|1\g{-1}7|2\g{-1}8|3\g{-1}9|4\g{-1}0|5\g{-1}1|6\g{-1}2|7\g{-1}3|8\g{-1}4|9\g{-1}5) |6\g{-2}(?:0\g{-1}7|1\g{-1}8|2\g{-1}9|3\g{-1}0|4\g{-1}1|5\g{-1}2|6\g{-1}3|7\g{-1}4|8\g{-1}5|9\g{-1}6) |7\g{-2}(?:0\g{-1}8|1\g{-1}9|2\g{-1}0|3\g{-1}1|4\g{-1}2|5\g{-1}3|6\g{-1}4|7\g{-1}5|8\g{-1}6|9\g{-1}7) |8\g{-2}(?:0\g{-1}9|1\g{-1}0|2\g{-1}1|3\g{-1}2|4\g{-1}3|5\g{-1}4|6\g{-1}5|7\g{-1}6|8\g{-1}7|9\g{-1}8) |9\g{-2}(?:0\g{-1}0|1\g{-1}1|2\g{-1}2|3\g{-1}3|4\g{-1}4|5\g{-1}5|6\g{-1}6|7\g{-1}7|8\g{-1}8|9\g{-1}9) |0\g{-2}(?:0\g{-1}1|1\g{-1}2|2\g{-1}3|3\g{-1}4|4\g{-1}5|5\g{-1}6|6\g{-1}7|7\g{-1}8|8\g{-1}9|9\g{-1}0) ) ) \d )++ (?: (?:\.0+)?0*\ [-+]?0*\3\15(?:\.0+)?0*\ [-+]?0*\5\17(?:\.0+)?0*$ | \ [-+]?0*\3\15(\.?\d*?)0*\ [-+]?0*\5\17\g{-1}(?:\.0+)?0*$ | (\.?\d*?)0*\ [-+]?0*\3\15\ [-+]?0*\5\17\g{-1}(?:\.0+)?0*$ | \.? (?: (?=\d\d((?&b))((\g{-2}?+\.?)\d)) (?=\d(\S*?\g{-4}\g{-2})) (?=0\g{-1}9|1\g{-1}8|2\g{-1}7|3\g{-1}6|4\g{-1}5|5\g{-1}4|6\g{-1}3|7\g{-1}2|8\g{-1}1|9\g{-1}0) \d (?=\S*?(\g{-5}(\g{-5}))) )*+ (?=\d(\g{-3}|(?&b)\.?)) (?=1\g{-1}9|2\g{-1}8|3\g{-1}7|4\g{-1}6|5\g{-1}5|6\g{-1}4|7\g{-1}3|8\g{-1}2|9\g{-1}1) \d0*\ [-+]?0*\3\15\g{-2}?+\.?\d0*\ [-+]?0*\5\17\.?0*$ ) | (?=-(?!.*-)|[^-]\S*\ -\S*\ -) [-+]?(?:0\B)*+ (?= (?(?!\1\.?(?!(?!(?&c)))) (?=\S+\ [-+]?0*\1\5\4\b) | (?| (?!.++\5) \S+\ [-+]?(?:0\B)*+(?=\S*(\ [-+]?(?:0\B)*+)()) (?(?=\S*\41[9]*\6\b) 1(?:0(?=\S*\41(\g{-1}?+9)))*? \4\b\S*\41\g{-1}?+\6\b | (?:(\d)(?=\S*\41(\g{-1}?+\g{-2})))*+ (?=\d(\S*\41\g{-2}?+))(?=1\g{-1}0|2\g{-1}1|3\g{-1}2|4\g{-1}3|5\g{-1}4|6\g{-1}5|7\g{-1}6|8\g{-1}7|9\g{-1}8) \d (?:0(?=\S*\41\g{-2}?+\d(\g{-1}?+9)))*? \4\b\S*\41\g{-3}?+\d\g{-1}?+\6\b ) | (?=.*+\5) (?=\d*?(\2)\b(\S*\ [-+]?(?:0\B)*+)) (?(?=9*\41\b) (?:9(?=\d*?\42[1](\g{-1}?+0)))*? \41\42[1]\g{-1}?+\4\b | (?:(\d)(?=\d*\42(\g{-1}?+\g{-2})))*+ (?=\d(\d*\42\g{-2}?+)) (?=0\g{-1}1|1\g{-1}2|2\g{-1}3|3\g{-1}4|4\g{-1}5|5\g{-1}6|6\g{-1}7|7\g{-1}8|8\g{-1}9) \d (?:9(?=\S*\42\g{-2}?+\d(\g{-1}?+0)))*? \41\42\g{-3}?+\d\g{-1}?+\4\b ) ) ) ) \1 (?: (?=\.?(\d)\S*\ [-+]?(?:0\B)*+\3((\g{-2}?+\.?)\d)\S*\ [-+]?(?:0\B)*+\5((\g{-2}?+\.?)\d)) \.? (?(?=(?! \48\.? (?<c> (?: (?=\d\.?\d(?<d>\S*?\ \S+\ [-+]?(?:0\B)*\5\51?+)((\g{-2}?+\.?)\d)) (?=\d(\S*?\g{-4}\g{-2})) (?=0\g{-1}9|1\g{-1}8|2\g{-1}7|3\g{-1}6|4\g{-1}5|5\g{-1}4|6\g{-1}3|7\g{-1}2|8\g{-1}1|9\g{-1}0) \d\.?(?=\S*?(\g{-5}\g{-4})) )*+ (?=\d(\g{-2}\.?|(?&d)\.?)) (?=[5-9]\g{-1}[5-9]|1\g{-1}9|2\g{-1}[89]|3\g{-1}[7-9]|4\g{-1}[6-9]|6\g{-1}4|7\g{-1}[34]|8\g{-1}[2-4]|9\g{-1}[1-4]) ){0} (?&c) )) (?=\d(\S*\ [-+]?(?:0\B)*\3\50)\d(\S*\ [-+]?(?:0\B)*\5\52)) (?= 1\g{-2}(?:2\g{-1}1|3\g{-1}2|4\g{-1}3|5\g{-1}4|6\g{-1}5|7\g{-1}6|8\g{-1}7|9\g{-1}8|0\g{-1}9) |2\g{-2}(?:3\g{-1}1|4\g{-1}2|5\g{-1}3|6\g{-1}4|7\g{-1}5|8\g{-1}6|9\g{-1}7|0\g{-1}8|1\g{-1}9) |3\g{-2}(?:4\g{-1}1|5\g{-1}2|6\g{-1}3|7\g{-1}4|8\g{-1}5|9\g{-1}6|0\g{-1}7|1\g{-1}8|2\g{-1}9) |4\g{-2}(?:5\g{-1}1|6\g{-1}2|7\g{-1}3|8\g{-1}4|9\g{-1}5|0\g{-1}6|1\g{-1}7|2\g{-1}8|3\g{-1}9) |5\g{-2}(?:6\g{-1}1|7\g{-1}2|8\g{-1}3|9\g{-1}4|0\g{-1}5|1\g{-1}6|2\g{-1}7|3\g{-1}8|4\g{-1}9) |6\g{-2}(?:7\g{-1}1|8\g{-1}2|9\g{-1}3|0\g{-1}4|1\g{-1}5|2\g{-1}6|3\g{-1}7|4\g{-1}8|5\g{-1}9) |7\g{-2}(?:8\g{-1}1|9\g{-1}2|0\g{-1}3|1\g{-1}4|2\g{-1}5|3\g{-1}6|4\g{-1}7|5\g{-1}8|6\g{-1}9) |8\g{-2}(?:9\g{-1}1|0\g{-1}2|1\g{-1}3|2\g{-1}4|3\g{-1}5|4\g{-1}6|5\g{-1}7|6\g{-1}8|7\g{-1}9) |9\g{-2}(?:0\g{-1}1|1\g{-1}2|2\g{-1}3|3\g{-1}4|4\g{-1}5|5\g{-1}6|6\g{-1}7|7\g{-1}8|8\g{-1}9) |0\g{-2}(\d)\g{-2}\g{-1} |(\d)\g{-4}\g{-1}\g{-3}0 ) | (?=\d((?-5))\d((?-5))) (?= 1\g{-2}(?:2\g{-1}0|3\g{-1}1|4\g{-1}2|5\g{-1}3|6\g{-1}4|7\g{-1}5|8\g{-1}6|9\g{-1}7|0\g{-1}8|1\g{-1}9) |2\g{-2}(?:3\g{-1}0|4\g{-1}1|5\g{-1}2|6\g{-1}3|7\g{-1}4|8\g{-1}5|9\g{-1}6|0\g{-1}7|1\g{-1}8|2\g{-1}9) |3\g{-2}(?:4\g{-1}0|5\g{-1}1|6\g{-1}2|7\g{-1}3|8\g{-1}4|9\g{-1}5|0\g{-1}6|1\g{-1}7|2\g{-1}8|3\g{-1}9) |4\g{-2}(?:5\g{-1}0|6\g{-1}1|7\g{-1}2|8\g{-1}3|9\g{-1}4|0\g{-1}5|1\g{-1}6|2\g{-1}7|3\g{-1}8|4\g{-1}9) |5\g{-2}(?:6\g{-1}0|7\g{-1}1|8\g{-1}2|9\g{-1}3|0\g{-1}4|1\g{-1}5|2\g{-1}6|3\g{-1}7|4\g{-1}8|5\g{-1}9) |6\g{-2}(?:7\g{-1}0|8\g{-1}1|9\g{-1}2|0\g{-1}3|1\g{-1}4|2\g{-1}5|3\g{-1}6|4\g{-1}7|5\g{-1}8|6\g{-1}9) |7\g{-2}(?:8\g{-1}0|9\g{-1}1|0\g{-1}2|1\g{-1}3|2\g{-1}4|3\g{-1}5|4\g{-1}6|5\g{-1}7|6\g{-1}8|7\g{-1}9) |8\g{-2}(?:9\g{-1}0|0\g{-1}1|1\g{-1}2|2\g{-1}3|3\g{-1}4|4\g{-1}5|5\g{-1}6|6\g{-1}7|7\g{-1}8|8\g{-1}9) |9\g{-2}(?:0\g{-1}0|1\g{-1}1|2\g{-1}2|3\g{-1}3|4\g{-1}4|5\g{-1}5|6\g{-1}6|7\g{-1}7|8\g{-1}8|9\g{-1}9) |0\g{-2}(?:1\g{-1}0|2\g{-1}1|3\g{-1}2|4\g{-1}3|5\g{-1}4|6\g{-1}5|7\g{-1}6|8\g{-1}7|9\g{-1}8|0\g{-1}9) ) ) \d )++ (?: (?:\.0+)?0*\ [-+]?0*\3\49(?:\.0+)?0*\ [-+]?0*\5\51(?:\.0+)?0*$ | \ [-+]?0*\3\49(\.?\d*?)0*\ [-+]?0*\5\51\g{-1}(?:\.0+)?0*$ | (\.?\d*?)0*\ [-+]?0*\3\49\g{-1}(?:\.0+)?0*\ [-+]?0*\5\51$ | \.? 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