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

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use strict; my $str = '==========AUTOMOD INSTRUCTIONS=========== The above regex is used to mute users. The following regex is used to ban users (each newline is a different "mesage matches regex" trigger on a single rule (because of character limits) gg/(sextiktok|freecheats|goldtiktok|tiktoksex|eegirls|esexx|desexys|kissmee|bellanudes|essex|trashnudes|tiktok18|freetiktok|bestnudes|esexhentai|tiktokhomes|welcomensfw|dcleaks|onlynudes|websluts|fullnudes|leeknudeteen|xxnude|tiktoksnfw|xxxpussy) gg/(nudeteen|leaks4you|xxxhots|pent|sexshare|tiktokteens|ofporn|teenscp|xxxvids|wifey|nudeporn|teengirl|cpteens|sexyhot|sexyteen) gg/(Vm2RwraURb|WS6k2Yxe|kwJk8Ntz|faqADJpbkR|MscE4Gp2|HcqGy9c7yE|KKmUfYU92x|rryS5NyRhq|7DRYnTwFCS|G56FvssV) (?i)\\[steamcommunity\\.com\\/gift\\/\\d+\\]\\(<?https:\\/\\/.+>?\\) ==========ACTUAL TEST STRINGS=========== Hot Teen & Nsfw Leaks :underage: :peach: https://discord.gg/7DRYnTwFCS @everyone Onlyfans leaks + Teen content here 🍑 🍒 @everyone Free Onlyfans and Leaks here: discord.gg/dcleaks https://discord.gg/MscE4Gp2 FREE NSFW + 40€ GIVEAWAY + Leaks + PORN 🔞 Free 18+ Content + Free Teen Leaks @here @everyone: https://discord.gg/leeknudeteen Best server for leek nude +18 Free 18+ Content: :peach: @here @everyone 🔞 content Teen Content & OnlyFans Leaks 🍑🔞 Onlyfans leaks + Teen content here :heart: : https://discord.gg/sexshare @everyone BEST OnlyFans LEAKS & Teen Content 🍑 🔞 Onlyfans leaks + Teen content here :heart: : https://discord.gg/teenscp @everyone '; my $regex = qr/(?i)\d\d\+ boys only|wow only \d\d\+|only \d\d\+ (?:boys|allowed)|\d\d\+ only boys|boys only \d\d\+|(?:Onlyfans|teen|NSFW|nude).* l[3e][4a]ks*?|(?:underage|T[3e]{2}n|🔞|18\+) (?:nudes|content ?(?:discord|l[3e][4a]ks*?|here)*?|p[0o]*?rn|pr[0o]*?n)|l[3e]{2}[4a\*]*?k (?:Onlyfans|teen|NSFW|nude)/mp; if ( $str =~ /$regex/g ) { print "Whole match is ${^MATCH} and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[0] and \$+[0]\n"; # print "Capture Group 1 is $1 and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[1] and \$+[1]\n"; # print "Capture Group 2 is $2 ... and so on\n"; } # ${^POSTMATCH} and ${^PREMATCH} are also available with the use of '/p' # Named capture groups can be called via $+{name}

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 Perl, please visit: http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html