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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

Regular Expression
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/
/
gm

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using System; using System.Text.RegularExpressions; public class Example { public static void Main() { string pattern = @"https:\/\/vod-progressive(.*?)\/\d+\.mp4"; string input = @"<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang=""en""> <head> <meta charset=""utf-8""> <meta name=""viewport"" content=""width=device-width,initial-scale=1,user-scalable=yes""> <meta name=""robots"" content=""noindex""> <title>Wagtail Walkthrough from Kalob Taulien on Vimeo</title> <style> body, html, .player, .fallback { overflow: hidden; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0; padding: 0; background-color: transparent; } .player.loading { opacity: 0; } </style> <script> !function(){if('PerformanceLongTaskTiming' in window){var g=window.__tti={e:[]}; g.o=new PerformanceObserver(function(l){g.e=g.e.concat(l.getEntries())}); g.o.observe({entryTypes:['longtask']})}}(); </script> <!--[if IE]><script>var cacheBuster = '?' + Math.round((Math.random() * 1000) + new Date().getTime());</script><![endif]--> </head> <body> <div 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placeholder = document.querySelector('.vp-placeholder'); var placeholderThumb = document.querySelector('.vp-placeholder-thumb'); var videoWidth = parseInt('2560'); var videoHeight = parseInt('1440'); var thumb = new Image(); thumb.onload = function() { var videoAspectRatio = videoWidth / videoHeight; var imageAspectRatio = this.width / this.height; if (imageAspectRatio <= 0.95 * videoAspectRatio || imageAspectRatio >= 1.05 * videoAspectRatio) { var rect = placeholder.getBoundingClientRect(); var placeholderWidth = rect.right - rect.left; var placeholderHeight = rect.bottom - rect.top; var viewportWidth = window.innerWidth / placeholderWidth * 100; var viewportHeight = window.innerHeight / placeholderHeight * 100; placeholderThumb.style.height = 'calc(' + this.height + ' / ' + this.width + ' * ' + viewportWidth + 'vw)'; placeholderThumb.style.maxWidth = 'calc(' + this.width + ' / ' + this.height + ' * ' + viewportHeight + 'vh)'; } placeholder.style.visibility = 'visible'; }; thumb.src = 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'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'; }()); var windowsPhone = /MSIE 9/.test(navigator.userAgent) && /Windows Phone/.test(navigator.userAgent); var IE10 = /IE 10/.test(navigator.userAgent); var usePlayer = fullscreenSupport || IE10 || windowsPhone; var firstScript = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; var script = document.createElement('script'); var jsDone = false; var playerObject = false; if (!inlineSvgSupport) { usePlayer = false; } if (!usePlayer) { var placeholder = document.querySelector('.vp-placeholder'); if (placeholder && placeholder.parentNode) { placeholder.parentNode.removeChild(placeholder); } } if (usePlayer) { player.className = 'player loading'; var startTime = new Date().getTime(); script.src = config.request.urls.js; firstScript.parentNode.insertBefore(script, firstScript); script['onreadystatechange' in script ? 'onreadystatechange' : 'onload'] = function() { if (!jsDone && (!this.readyState || this.readyState === 'loaded' || this.readyState === 'complete')) { jsDone = true; playerObject = new VimeoPlayer(player, config, cssDone || { link: link, startTime: startTime }); } }; var cssDone = false; var link = document.createElement('link'); link.rel = 'stylesheet'; link.href = config.request.urls.css + (typeof cacheBuster === 'undefined' ? 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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