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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • 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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using System; using System.Text.RegularExpressions; public class Example { public static void Main() { string pattern = @"^(?!\s*$)\s*(?!\s)([^#\n\[=]+?)\s*?(?>#.*?$|(?>=\s*$|=\s*?(?:#?|("".*?""|[^\s].*?)\s*?)(?:\s*#.*?$)*?$)?$)"; string input = @"[mysqld] skip-grant-tables # k bind-address=127.0.0.1 port = 3307 # test basedir=C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\ datadir=C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\data\ default-storage-engine=INNODB sql-mode= "" STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,test NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION"" #test max_connections=1000 tmp_table_size=1G max_heap_table_size=1G join_buffer_size=1M query_cache_size =50M query_cache_limit=50M max_allowed_packet = 104857600 port = = fh thread_cache_size=8 #*** MyISAM Specific options myisam_max_sort_file_size=100G myisam_sort_buffer_size=35M key_buffer_size=25M read_buffer_size=64K read_rnd_buffer_size=256K sort_buffer_size=256K #*** INNODB Specific options *** innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit=0 innodb_log_buffer_size=50M innodb_buffer_pool_size=1000M innodb_log_file_size=300M innodb_thread_concurrency=8 innodb_flush_method=normal innodb_autoinc_lock_mode=0 test=0 "; RegexOptions options = RegexOptions.Multiline | RegexOptions.IgnoreCase; foreach (Match m in Regex.Matches(input, pattern, options)) { Console.WriteLine("'{0}' found at index {1}.", m.Value, m.Index); } } }

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