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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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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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/
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gm

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$re = '/(\d{2,4})-?(\w{3}|\d{2})-(\d{2,4})/m'; $str = 'Dear Customer, SBI MUTUAL FUND ISIP bill of Rs. 5000 has been presented at !ClClBank.com. It would be debited through autodebit on due date 20-Nov-19 ALERT:You\'ve spent Rs.1936.00 via Debit Card xx2127 at OM SAI MEDICINERS on 2020-01-03:13:02:10.AvI Bal Rs.66697.85.Not you?Call 18002586161 AvbI Bal in your A/C. No.XXXXXXXXXXX31 34 on EOD 30DEC-2019 is INR 34,072.58, Tot. avbl bal (including linked deposits and Limit) is INR 34,072.58 NEFT Transaction with reference number 21854417971DC for Rs. 8600.00 has been credited to the beneficiary account on 04-01-2020 at 09:35:46 Your A/c XXXXXXXXXXXX103 in Pune-Deccan Gymkhana credited INR 3326.00 on 03-01-2020 by TRF. AvI Bal is +20094.13 Ur transaction on HDFC Bank DEBIT/ATM Card ending 2127 for Rs. 860.00 has been credited/reversed by DUTTA BHANDAR on 2020-01-02:14:12:23 Dear Customer, SBI MUTUAL FUND ISIP bill of Rs. 5000 has been presented at !ClCiBank.com. It would be debited through autodebit on due date 20-Nov-19 Your A/c XXXXXXXXXXXX103 in Pune-Deccan Gymkhana debited INR 2000.00 on 24-12-2019 by TRF. AvI Bal is +5583.13 Acct XX852 debited with INR 4,499.00 on 02-Dec-19 & Acct XX248 credited. IMPS: 933612258069. Call 18002662 for dispute or SMS BLOCK 852 to 9215676766 ALERT:You\'ve spent Rs.860.00 via Debit Card xx2127 at DUTTA BHANDAR on 2020-01-02:14:15:34.AvI Bal Rs.68633.85.Not you?Call 18002586161 Txn of INR 301.86 done on Acct XX278 on 27-Nov-19.Info: IIN*Zomato .Avbl Bal:INR 6,14,402.34.Call 18002662 for pute or SMS BLOCK 278 to ‘Txn of INR 1,477.00 done on Acct XX340 on 03-Jan-20.Info: IPS*Oak groov.Avbl Bal:INR 24,296.14.Call 18002662 for dispute or SMS BLOCK 340 to 9215676766 Txn of INR 130.00 done on Acct XX278 on 25-Nov-19.Info: IIN*Zomato .Avbl Bal:INR 6,14,855.76.Call 18002662 for dispute or SMS BLOCK 278 to 9215676766 ALERT:You\'ve spent Rs.1000.00 via Debit Card xx2127 at OM SAI MEDICINERS on 2020-01-03:13:02:40.AvI Bal Rs.65697.85.Not you?Call 18002586161 ALERT: You\'ve spent Rs.110370.00 on CREDIT Card xx8248 at KEJALS FURNISHINGS on 2020-01-04:15:13:21. AvI bal - Rs. 213979.00, curr o/s Rs.150021.00.Not you? Call 18002586161 Acct XX340 debited with INR 4,622.83 on 01-Jan-20.Info: BIL*001884473.AvbI Bal:INR 25,773.14.Call 18002662 for dispute or SMS BLOCK 340 to 9215676766 Ur transaction on HDFC Bank CREDIT Card ending 8248 for Rs. 2.00 has been credited/reversed by AMAZON on 2020-01-06:05:25:42 Dear Customer, Payment of INR 4622.83 has been received on your ICICI Bank Credit Card Account 4xxx5004 on 01-JAN-20.Thank you Your Ac XX2148 is debited with INR10,000.00 NFS*CASH WDL*30-12-15. Avbl Bal INR1,87,552.27 To bank on phone with iMobile, click mobile.icicibank.com/dl Txn of INR 141.00 done on Acct XX340 on 31-Dec-19. Info: IIN*Amazon_ .AvbI Bal:INR 30,255.97.Call 18002662 for dispute or SMS BLOCK 340 to 9215676766 INR219.00 debited on Credit Card XX4005 on 26Nov-19.Info:APPLE.COM BILL.AvbI Lmt:INR8,643.51.Call 18002662 for dispute or SMS. BLOCK 4005 to 9215676766 Your a/c no. XXXXXXXX4876 is debited for Rs. 2000.00 on 02-01-20 and a/c XXXXXXX017 credited (IMPS Ref no 000216702189). Download YONO @ www.yonosbi.com ALERT: You\'ve spent Rs.1000.00 on CREDIT Card xx8248 at AMAZON on 2020-01-05:22:54:14 -AvI bal - Rs. 208004.00, curr o/s Rs.155996.00.Not you? Call 18002586161 Dear Customer, payment of Rs. 5000 towards SBI MUTUAL FUND ISIP is scheduled on 20-Nov-19. Pls maintain sufficient balance in Acct XX2148 ALERT: You\'ve spent Rs.3100.00 on CREDIT Card xx8248 at D.J.PETROLEUM on 2019-11-29:12:35:16. AvI bal - Rs. 271584.00, curr o/s Rs.8416.00.Not you? Call 18002586161 Dear Customer, bill of Rs. 738 towards BSNL CELL ONE PUNE is due on 21-Nov-19. To make a payment, click https://icici.in/ PR5PO7k or login to Internet Banking/ iMobile Dear Customer, Your a/c no. XXXXXXXX4435 is credited by Rs. 74,739.00 on 09Aug-2018 00:45:17 by a/c linked to mobile XXXXXO0O0000. (IMPS Ref no 822100339658). '; preg_match_all($re, $str, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER, 0); // Print the entire match result var_dump($matches);

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