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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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package main import ( "regexp" "fmt" ) func main() { var re = regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)process\s+(\w+|\"[^\"]+\"|'[^']+')\s*{((.|\n|\r)*)}`) var str = `nextflow.enable.dsl=2 // params.module_dir = '.' params.dbs_dir = '/mnt/OmicNAS/dd/alphafold/dbs' params.max_template_date = '2020-05-14' params.db_preset = 'reduced_dbs' params.model_preset = 'monomer' params.outdir = './' params.cachedir = '/mnt/OmicNAS/cache/alphafold' process ALPHAFOLD { conda "${moduleDir}/environment.yml" echo true maxForks 1 stageInMode 'copy' storeDir "${params.cachedir}" publishDir "${params.outdir}", mode: 'copy' input: path fasta output: path "*", emit: outputs script: """ python3 ${moduleDir}/docker/run_docker.py \ --fasta_paths=${fasta} \ --max_template_date=${params.max_template_date} \ --model_preset=${params.model_preset} \ --db_preset=${params.db_preset} \ --data_dir=${params.dbs_dir} \ --output_dir=\$PWD """ } ` for i, match := range re.FindAllString(str, -1) { fmt.Println(match, "found at index", i) } }

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 Golang, please visit: https://golang.org/pkg/regexp/