path: root/lib/stdlib/test/re_SUITE_data/testoutput1

/the quick brown fox/
    the quick brown fox
 0: the quick brown fox
    The quick brown FOX
No match
    What do you know about the quick brown fox?
 0: the quick brown fox
    What do you know about THE QUICK BROWN FOX?
No match

/The quick brown fox/i
    the quick brown fox
 0: the quick brown fox
    The quick brown FOX
 0: The quick brown FOX
    What do you know about the quick brown fox?
 0: the quick brown fox
    What do you know about THE QUICK BROWN FOX?
 0: THE QUICK BROWN FOX

/abcd\t\n\r\f\a\e\071\x3b\$\\\?caxyz/
    abcd\t\n\r\f\a\e9;\$\\?caxyz
 0: abcd\x09\x0a\x0d\x0c\x07\x1b9;$\?caxyz

/a*abc?xyz+pqr{3}ab{2,}xy{4,5}pq{0,6}AB{0,}zz/
    abxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
 0: abxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
    abxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
 0: abxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
    aabxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
 0: aabxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
    aaabxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
 0: aaabxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
    aaaabxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
 0: aaaabxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
    abcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
 0: abcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
    aabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
 0: aabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
    aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypAzz
 0: aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypAzz
    aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
 0: aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
    aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqqAzz
 0: aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqqAzz
    aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqqqAzz
 0: aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqqqAzz
    aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqqqqAzz
 0: aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqqqqAzz
    aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqqqqqAzz
 0: aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqqqqqAzz
    aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqqqqqqAzz
 0: aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqqqqqqAzz
    aaaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
 0: aaaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
    abxyzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
 0: abxyzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
    aabxyzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
 0: aabxyzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
    aaabxyzzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
 0: aaabxyzzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
    aaaabxyzzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
 0: aaaabxyzzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
    abcxyzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
 0: abcxyzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
    aabcxyzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
 0: aabcxyzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
    aaabcxyzzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
 0: aaabcxyzzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
    aaaabcxyzzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
 0: aaaabcxyzzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
    aaaabcxyzzzzpqrrrabbbxyyyypqAzz
 0: aaaabcxyzzzzpqrrrabbbxyyyypqAzz
    aaaabcxyzzzzpqrrrabbbxyyyyypqAzz
 0: aaaabcxyzzzzpqrrrabbbxyyyyypqAzz
    aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypABzz
 0: aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypABzz
    aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypABBzz
 0: aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypABBzz
    >>>aaabxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
 0: aaabxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
    >aaaabxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
 0: aaaabxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
    >>>>abcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
 0: abcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
    *** Failers
No match
    abxyzpqrrabbxyyyypqAzz
No match
    abxyzpqrrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
No match
    abxyzpqrrrabxyyyypqAzz
No match
    aaaabcxyzzzzpqrrrabbbxyyyyyypqAzz
No match
    aaaabcxyzzzzpqrrrabbbxyyypqAzz
No match
    aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqqqqqqqAzz
No match

/^(abc){1,2}zz/
    abczz
 0: abczz
 1: abc
    abcabczz
 0: abcabczz
 1: abc
    *** Failers
No match
    zz
No match
    abcabcabczz
No match
    >>abczz
No match

/^(b+?|a){1,2}?c/
    bc
 0: bc
 1: b
    bbc
 0: bbc
 1: b
    bbbc
 0: bbbc
 1: bb
    bac
 0: bac
 1: a
    bbac
 0: bbac
 1: a
    aac
 0: aac
 1: a
    abbbbbbbbbbbc
 0: abbbbbbbbbbbc
 1: bbbbbbbbbbb
    bbbbbbbbbbbac
 0: bbbbbbbbbbbac
 1: a
    *** Failers
No match
    aaac
No match
    abbbbbbbbbbbac
No match

/^(b+|a){1,2}c/
    bc
 0: bc
 1: b
    bbc
 0: bbc
 1: bb
    bbbc
 0: bbbc
 1: bbb
    bac
 0: bac
 1: a
    bbac
 0: bbac
 1: a
    aac
 0: aac
 1: a
    abbbbbbbbbbbc
 0: abbbbbbbbbbbc
 1: bbbbbbbbbbb
    bbbbbbbbbbbac
 0: bbbbbbbbbbbac
 1: a
    *** Failers
No match
    aaac
No match
    abbbbbbbbbbbac
No match

/^(b+|a){1,2}?bc/
    bbc
 0: bbc
 1: b

/^(b*|ba){1,2}?bc/
    babc
 0: babc
 1: ba
    bbabc
 0: bbabc
 1: ba
    bababc
 0: bababc
 1: ba
    *** Failers
No match
    bababbc
No match
    babababc
No match

/^(ba|b*){1,2}?bc/
    babc
 0: babc
 1: ba
    bbabc
 0: bbabc
 1: ba
    bababc
 0: bababc
 1: ba
    *** Failers
No match
    bababbc
No match
    babababc
No match

/^\ca\cA\c[\c{\c:/
    \x01\x01\e;z
 0: \x01\x01\x1b;z

/^[ab\]cde]/
    athing
 0: a
    bthing
 0: b
    ]thing
 0: ]
    cthing
 0: c
    dthing
 0: d
    ething
 0: e
    *** Failers
No match
    fthing
No match
    [thing
No match
    \\thing
No match

/^[]cde]/
    ]thing
 0: ]
    cthing
 0: c
    dthing
 0: d
    ething
 0: e
    *** Failers
No match
    athing
No match
    fthing
No match

/^[^ab\]cde]/
    fthing
 0: f
    [thing
 0: [
    \\thing
 0: \
    *** Failers
 0: *
    athing
No match
    bthing
No match
    ]thing
No match
    cthing
No match
    dthing
No match
    ething
No match

/^[^]cde]/
    athing
 0: a
    fthing
 0: f
    *** Failers
 0: *
    ]thing
No match
    cthing
No match
    dthing
No match
    ething
No match

/^\�/
    �
 0: \x81

/^�/
    �
 0: \xff

/^[0-9]+$/
    0
 0: 0
    1
 0: 1
    2
 0: 2
    3
 0: 3
    4
 0: 4
    5
 0: 5
    6
 0: 6
    7
 0: 7
    8
 0: 8
    9
 0: 9
    10
 0: 10
    100
 0: 100
    *** Failers
No match
    abc
No match

/^.*nter/
    enter
 0: enter
    inter
 0: inter
    uponter
 0: uponter

/^xxx[0-9]+$/
    xxx0
 0: xxx0
    xxx1234
 0: xxx1234
    *** Failers
No match
    xxx
No match

/^.+[0-9][0-9][0-9]$/
    x123
 0: x123
    xx123
 0: xx123
    123456
 0: 123456
    *** Failers
No match
    123
No match
    x1234
 0: x1234

/^.+?[0-9][0-9][0-9]$/
    x123
 0: x123
    xx123
 0: xx123
    123456
 0: 123456
    *** Failers
No match
    123
No match
    x1234
 0: x1234

/^([^!]+)!(.+)=apquxz\.ixr\.zzz\.ac\.uk$/
    abc!pqr=apquxz.ixr.zzz.ac.uk
 0: abc!pqr=apquxz.ixr.zzz.ac.uk
 1: abc
 2: pqr
    *** Failers
No match
    !pqr=apquxz.ixr.zzz.ac.uk
No match
    abc!=apquxz.ixr.zzz.ac.uk
No match
    abc!pqr=apquxz:ixr.zzz.ac.uk
No match
    abc!pqr=apquxz.ixr.zzz.ac.ukk
No match

/:/
    Well, we need a colon: somewhere
 0: :
    *** Fail if we don't
No match

/([\da-f:]+)$/i
    0abc
 0: 0abc
 1: 0abc
    abc
 0: abc
 1: abc
    fed
 0: fed
 1: fed
    E
 0: E
 1: E
    ::
 0: ::
 1: ::
    5f03:12C0::932e
 0: 5f03:12C0::932e
 1: 5f03:12C0::932e
    fed def
 0: def
 1: def
    Any old stuff
 0: ff
 1: ff
    *** Failers
No match
    0zzz
No match
    gzzz
No match
    fed\x20
No match
    Any old rubbish
No match

/^.*\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})$/
    .1.2.3
 0: .1.2.3
 1: 1
 2: 2
 3: 3
    A.12.123.0
 0: A.12.123.0
 1: 12
 2: 123
 3: 0
    *** Failers
No match
    .1.2.3333
No match
    1.2.3
No match
    1234.2.3
No match

/^(\d+)\s+IN\s+SOA\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s*\(\s*$/
    1 IN SOA non-sp1 non-sp2(
 0: 1 IN SOA non-sp1 non-sp2(
 1: 1
 2: non-sp1
 3: non-sp2
    1    IN    SOA    non-sp1    non-sp2   (
 0: 1    IN    SOA    non-sp1    non-sp2   (
 1: 1
 2: non-sp1
 3: non-sp2
    *** Failers
No match
    1IN SOA non-sp1 non-sp2(
No match

/^[a-zA-Z\d][a-zA-Z\d\-]*(\.[a-zA-Z\d][a-zA-z\d\-]*)*\.$/
    a.
 0: a.
    Z.
 0: Z.
    2.
 0: 2.
    ab-c.pq-r.
 0: ab-c.pq-r.
 1: .pq-r
    sxk.zzz.ac.uk.
 0: sxk.zzz.ac.uk.
 1: .uk
    x-.y-.
 0: x-.y-.
 1: .y-
    *** Failers
No match
    -abc.peq.
No match

/^\*\.[a-z]([a-z\-\d]*[a-z\d]+)?(\.[a-z]([a-z\-\d]*[a-z\d]+)?)*$/
    *.a
 0: *.a
    *.b0-a
 0: *.b0-a
 1: 0-a
    *.c3-b.c
 0: *.c3-b.c
 1: 3-b
 2: .c
    *.c-a.b-c
 0: *.c-a.b-c
 1: -a
 2: .b-c
 3: -c
    *** Failers
No match
    *.0
No match
    *.a-
No match
    *.a-b.c-
No match
    *.c-a.0-c
No match

/^(?=ab(de))(abd)(e)/
    abde
 0: abde
 1: de
 2: abd
 3: e

/^(?!(ab)de|x)(abd)(f)/
    abdf
 0: abdf
 1: <unset>
 2: abd
 3: f

/^(?=(ab(cd)))(ab)/
    abcd
 0: ab
 1: abcd
 2: cd
 3: ab

/^[\da-f](\.[\da-f])*$/i
    a.b.c.d
 0: a.b.c.d
 1: .d
    A.B.C.D
 0: A.B.C.D
 1: .D
    a.b.c.1.2.3.C
 0: a.b.c.1.2.3.C
 1: .C

/^\".*\"\s*(;.*)?$/
    \"1234\"
 0: "1234"
    \"abcd\" ;
 0: "abcd" ;
 1: ;
    \"\" ; rhubarb
 0: "" ; rhubarb
 1: ; rhubarb
    *** Failers
No match
    \"1234\" : things
No match

/^$/
    \
 0: 
    *** Failers
No match

/   ^    a   (?# begins with a)  b\sc (?# then b c) $ (?# then end)/x
    ab c
 0: ab c
    *** Failers
No match
    abc
No match
    ab cde
No match

/(?x)   ^    a   (?# begins with a)  b\sc (?# then b c) $ (?# then end)/
    ab c
 0: ab c
    *** Failers
No match
    abc
No match
    ab cde
No match

/^   a\ b[c ]d       $/x
    a bcd
 0: a bcd
    a b d
 0: a b d
    *** Failers
No match
    abcd
No match
    ab d
No match

/^(a(b(c)))(d(e(f)))(h(i(j)))(k(l(m)))$/
    abcdefhijklm
 0: abcdefhijklm
 1: abc
 2: bc
 3: c
 4: def
 5: ef
 6: f
 7: hij
 8: ij
 9: j
10: klm
11: lm
12: m

/^(?:a(b(c)))(?:d(e(f)))(?:h(i(j)))(?:k(l(m)))$/
    abcdefhijklm
 0: abcdefhijklm
 1: bc
 2: c
 3: ef
 4: f
 5: ij
 6: j
 7: lm
 8: m

/^[\w][\W][\s][\S][\d][\D][\b][\n][\c]][\022]/
    a+ Z0+\x08\n\x1d\x12
 0: a+ Z0+\x08\x0a\x1d\x12

/^[.^$|()*+?{,}]+/
    .^\$(*+)|{?,?}
 0: .^$(*+)|{?,?}

/^a*\w/
    z
 0: z
    az
 0: az
    aaaz
 0: aaaz
    a
 0: a
    aa
 0: aa
    aaaa
 0: aaaa
    a+
 0: a
    aa+
 0: aa

/^a*?\w/
    z
 0: z
    az
 0: a
    aaaz
 0: a
    a
 0: a
    aa
 0: a
    aaaa
 0: a
    a+
 0: a
    aa+
 0: a

/^a+\w/
    az
 0: az
    aaaz
 0: aaaz
    aa
 0: aa
    aaaa
 0: aaaa
    aa+
 0: aa

/^a+?\w/
    az
 0: az
    aaaz
 0: aa
    aa
 0: aa
    aaaa
 0: aa
    aa+
 0: aa

/^\d{8}\w{2,}/
    1234567890
 0: 1234567890
    12345678ab
 0: 12345678ab
    12345678__
 0: 12345678__
    *** Failers
No match
    1234567
No match

/^[aeiou\d]{4,5}$/
    uoie
 0: uoie
    1234
 0: 1234
    12345
 0: 12345
    aaaaa
 0: aaaaa
    *** Failers
No match
    123456
No match

/^[aeiou\d]{4,5}?/
    uoie
 0: uoie
    1234
 0: 1234
    12345
 0: 1234
    aaaaa
 0: aaaa
    123456
 0: 1234

/\A(abc|def)=(\1){2,3}\Z/
    abc=abcabc
 0: abc=abcabc
 1: abc
 2: abc
    def=defdefdef
 0: def=defdefdef
 1: def
 2: def
    *** Failers
No match
    abc=defdef
No match

/^(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)(j)(k)\11*(\3\4)\1(?#)2$/
    abcdefghijkcda2
 0: abcdefghijkcda2
 1: a
 2: b
 3: c
 4: d
 5: e
 6: f
 7: g
 8: h
 9: i
10: j
11: k
12: cd
    abcdefghijkkkkcda2
 0: abcdefghijkkkkcda2
 1: a
 2: b
 3: c
 4: d
 5: e
 6: f
 7: g
 8: h
 9: i
10: j
11: k
12: cd

/(cat(a(ract|tonic)|erpillar)) \1()2(3)/
    cataract cataract23
 0: cataract cataract23
 1: cataract
 2: aract
 3: ract
 4: 
 5: 3
    catatonic catatonic23
 0: catatonic catatonic23
 1: catatonic
 2: atonic
 3: tonic
 4: 
 5: 3
    caterpillar caterpillar23
 0: caterpillar caterpillar23
 1: caterpillar
 2: erpillar
 3: <unset>
 4: 
 5: 3


/^From +([^ ]+) +[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z] +[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z] +[0-9]?[0-9] +[0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9]/
    From abcd  Mon Sep 01 12:33:02 1997
 0: From abcd  Mon Sep 01 12:33
 1: abcd

/^From\s+\S+\s+([a-zA-Z]{3}\s+){2}\d{1,2}\s+\d\d:\d\d/
    From abcd  Mon Sep 01 12:33:02 1997
 0: From abcd  Mon Sep 01 12:33
 1: Sep 
    From abcd  Mon Sep  1 12:33:02 1997
 0: From abcd  Mon Sep  1 12:33
 1: Sep  
    *** Failers
No match
    From abcd  Sep 01 12:33:02 1997
No match

/^12.34/s
    12\n34
 0: 12\x0a34
    12\r34
 0: 12\x0d34

/\w+(?=\t)/
    the quick brown\t fox
 0: brown

/foo(?!bar)(.*)/
    foobar is foolish see?
 0: foolish see?
 1: lish see?

/(?:(?!foo)...|^.{0,2})bar(.*)/
    foobar crowbar etc
 0: rowbar etc
 1:  etc
    barrel
 0: barrel
 1: rel
    2barrel
 0: 2barrel
 1: rel
    A barrel
 0: A barrel
 1: rel

/^(\D*)(?=\d)(?!123)/
    abc456
 0: abc
 1: abc
    *** Failers
No match
    abc123
No match

/^1234(?# test newlines
  inside)/
    1234
 0: 1234

/^1234 #comment in extended re
  /x
    1234
 0: 1234

/#rhubarb
  abcd/x
    abcd
 0: abcd

/^abcd#rhubarb/x
    abcd
 0: abcd

/^(a)\1{2,3}(.)/
    aaab
 0: aaab
 1: a
 2: b
    aaaab
 0: aaaab
 1: a
 2: b
    aaaaab
 0: aaaaa
 1: a
 2: a
    aaaaaab
 0: aaaaa
 1: a
 2: a

/(?!^)abc/
    the abc
 0: abc
    *** Failers
No match
    abc
No match

/(?=^)abc/
    abc
 0: abc
    *** Failers
No match
    the abc
No match

/^[ab]{1,3}(ab*|b)/
    aabbbbb
 0: aabb
 1: b

/^[ab]{1,3}?(ab*|b)/
    aabbbbb
 0: aabbbbb
 1: abbbbb

/^[ab]{1,3}?(ab*?|b)/
    aabbbbb
 0: aa
 1: a

/^[ab]{1,3}(ab*?|b)/
    aabbbbb
 0: aabb
 1: b

/  (?: [\040\t] |  \(
(?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |  \( (?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )* \)  )*
\)  )*                          # optional leading comment
(?:    (?:
[^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]+    # some number of atom characters...
(?![^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]) # ..not followed by something that could be part of an atom
|
" (?:                      # opening quote...
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015"]                #   Anything except backslash and quote
|                     #    or
\\ [^\x80-\xff]           #   Escaped something (something != CR)
)* "  # closing quote
)                    # initial word
(?:  (?: [\040\t] |  \(
(?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |  \( (?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )* \)  )*
\)  )*  \.  (?: [\040\t] |  \(
(?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |  \( (?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )* \)  )*
\)  )*   (?:
[^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]+    # some number of atom characters...
(?![^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]) # ..not followed by something that could be part of an atom
|
" (?:                      # opening quote...
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015"]                #   Anything except backslash and quote
|                     #    or
\\ [^\x80-\xff]           #   Escaped something (something != CR)
)* "  # closing quote
)  )* # further okay, if led by a period
(?: [\040\t] |  \(
(?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |  \( (?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )* \)  )*
\)  )*  @  (?: [\040\t] |  \(
(?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |  \( (?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )* \)  )*
\)  )*    (?:
[^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]+    # some number of atom characters...
(?![^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]) # ..not followed by something that could be part of an atom
|   \[                         # [
(?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015\[\]] |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )*    #    stuff
\]                        #           ]
)                           # initial subdomain
(?:                                  #
(?: [\040\t] |  \(
(?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |  \( (?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )* \)  )*
\)  )*  \.                        # if led by a period...
(?: [\040\t] |  \(
(?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |  \( (?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )* \)  )*
\)  )*   (?:
[^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]+    # some number of atom characters...
(?![^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]) # ..not followed by something that could be part of an atom
|   \[                         # [
(?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015\[\]] |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )*    #    stuff
\]                        #           ]
)                     #   ...further okay
)*
# address
|                     #  or
(?:
[^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]+    # some number of atom characters...
(?![^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]) # ..not followed by something that could be part of an atom
|
" (?:                      # opening quote...
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015"]                #   Anything except backslash and quote
|                     #    or
\\ [^\x80-\xff]           #   Escaped something (something != CR)
)* "  # closing quote
)             # one word, optionally followed by....
(?:
[^()<>@,;:".\\\[\]\x80-\xff\000-\010\012-\037]  |  # atom and space parts, or...
\(
(?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |  \( (?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )* \)  )*
\)       |  # comments, or...

" (?:                      # opening quote...
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015"]                #   Anything except backslash and quote
|                     #    or
\\ [^\x80-\xff]           #   Escaped something (something != CR)
)* "  # closing quote
# quoted strings
)*
<  (?: [\040\t] |  \(
(?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |  \( (?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )* \)  )*
\)  )*                     # leading <
(?:  @  (?: [\040\t] |  \(
(?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |  \( (?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )* \)  )*
\)  )*    (?:
[^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]+    # some number of atom characters...
(?![^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]) # ..not followed by something that could be part of an atom
|   \[                         # [
(?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015\[\]] |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )*    #    stuff
\]                        #           ]
)                           # initial subdomain
(?:                                  #
(?: [\040\t] |  \(
(?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |  \( (?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )* \)  )*
\)  )*  \.                        # if led by a period...
(?: [\040\t] |  \(
(?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |  \( (?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )* \)  )*
\)  )*   (?:
[^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]+    # some number of atom characters...
(?![^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]) # ..not followed by something that could be part of an atom
|   \[                         # [
(?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015\[\]] |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )*    #    stuff
\]                        #           ]
)                     #   ...further okay
)*

(?:  (?: [\040\t] |  \(
(?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |  \( (?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )* \)  )*
\)  )*  ,  (?: [\040\t] |  \(
(?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |  \( (?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )* \)  )*
\)  )*  @  (?: [\040\t] |  \(
(?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |  \( (?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )* \)  )*
\)  )*    (?:
[^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]+    # some number of atom characters...
(?![^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]) # ..not followed by something that could be part of an atom
|   \[                         # [
(?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015\[\]] |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )*    #    stuff
\]                        #           ]
)                           # initial subdomain
(?:                                  #
(?: [\040\t] |  \(
(?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |  \( (?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )* \)  )*
\)  )*  \.                        # if led by a period...
(?: [\040\t] |  \(
(?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |  \( (?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )* \)  )*
\)  )*   (?:
[^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]+    # some number of atom characters...
(?![^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]) # ..not followed by something that could be part of an atom
|   \[                         # [
(?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015\[\]] |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )*    #    stuff
\]                        #           ]
)                     #   ...further okay
)*
)* # further okay, if led by comma
:                                # closing colon
(?: [\040\t] |  \(
(?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |  \( (?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )* \)  )*
\)  )*  )? #       optional route
(?:
[^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]+    # some number of atom characters...
(?![^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]) # ..not followed by something that could be part of an atom
|
" (?:                      # opening quote...
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015"]                #   Anything except backslash and quote
|                     #    or
\\ [^\x80-\xff]           #   Escaped something (something != CR)
)* "  # closing quote
)                    # initial word
(?:  (?: [\040\t] |  \(
(?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |  \( (?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )* \)  )*
\)  )*  \.  (?: [\040\t] |  \(
(?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |  \( (?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )* \)  )*
\)  )*   (?:
[^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]+    # some number of atom characters...
(?![^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]) # ..not followed by something that could be part of an atom
|
" (?:                      # opening quote...
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015"]                #   Anything except backslash and quote
|                     #    or
\\ [^\x80-\xff]           #   Escaped something (something != CR)
)* "  # closing quote
)  )* # further okay, if led by a period
(?: [\040\t] |  \(
(?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |  \( (?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )* \)  )*
\)  )*  @  (?: [\040\t] |  \(
(?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |  \( (?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )* \)  )*
\)  )*    (?:
[^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]+    # some number of atom characters...
(?![^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]) # ..not followed by something that could be part of an atom
|   \[                         # [
(?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015\[\]] |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )*    #    stuff
\]                        #           ]
)                           # initial subdomain
(?:                                  #
(?: [\040\t] |  \(
(?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |  \( (?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )* \)  )*
\)  )*  \.                        # if led by a period...
(?: [\040\t] |  \(
(?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |  \( (?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )* \)  )*
\)  )*   (?:
[^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]+    # some number of atom characters...
(?![^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]) # ..not followed by something that could be part of an atom
|   \[                         # [
(?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015\[\]] |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )*    #    stuff
\]                        #           ]
)                     #   ...further okay
)*
#       address spec
(?: [\040\t] |  \(
(?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |  \( (?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )* \)  )*
\)  )*  > #                  trailing >
# name and address
)  (?: [\040\t] |  \(
(?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |  \( (?:  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()]  |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )* \)  )*
\)  )*                       # optional trailing comment
/x
    Alan Other <user\@dom.ain>
 0: Alan Other <[email protected]>
    <user\@dom.ain>
 0: [email protected]
    user\@dom.ain
 0: [email protected]
    \"A. Other\" <user.1234\@dom.ain> (a comment)
 0: "A. Other" <[email protected]> (a comment)
    A. Other <user.1234\@dom.ain> (a comment)
 0:  Other <[email protected]> (a comment)
    \"/s=user/ou=host/o=place/prmd=uu.yy/admd= /c=gb/\"\@x400-re.lay
 0: "/s=user/ou=host/o=place/prmd=uu.yy/admd= /c=gb/"@x400-re.lay
    A missing angle <user\@some.where
 0: [email protected]
    *** Failers
No match
    The quick brown fox
No match

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\(                              #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                             #     normal*
(?:                                 #       (
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |
\(                            #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                            #     normal*
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]   [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * )*        #     (special normal*)*
\)                           #                       )
)    #         special
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                         #         normal*
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[\040\t]* )*    # If comment found, allow more spaces.
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(?:
[^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]+    # some number of atom characters...
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# Atom
|                       #  or
"                                     # "
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015"] *                            #   normal
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015"] * )*        #   ( special normal* )*
"                                     #        "
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(?:
\(                              #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                             #     normal*
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(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |
\(                            #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                            #     normal*
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]   [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * )*        #     (special normal*)*
\)                           #                       )
)    #         special
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                         #         normal*
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[\040\t]* )*    # If comment found, allow more spaces.
(?:
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[\040\t]*                    # Nab whitespace.
(?:
\(                              #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                             #     normal*
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\(                            #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                            #     normal*
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]   [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * )*        #     (special normal*)*
\)                           #                       )
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[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                         #         normal*
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[\040\t]* )*    # If comment found, allow more spaces.
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# Atom
|                       #  or
"                                     # "
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015"] *                            #   normal
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015"] * )*        #   ( special normal* )*
"                                     #        "
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(?:
\(                              #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                             #     normal*
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(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |
\(                            #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                            #     normal*
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]   [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * )*        #     (special normal*)*
\)                           #                       )
)    #         special
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                         #         normal*
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[\040\t]* )*    # If comment found, allow more spaces.
# additional words
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@
[\040\t]*                    # Nab whitespace.
(?:
\(                              #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                             #     normal*
(?:                                 #       (
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |
\(                            #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                            #     normal*
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]   [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * )*        #     (special normal*)*
\)                           #                       )
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[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                         #         normal*
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[^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]+    # some number of atom characters...
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|
\[                            # [
(?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015\[\]] |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )*     #    stuff
\]                           #           ]
)
[\040\t]*                    # Nab whitespace.
(?:
\(                              #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                             #     normal*
(?:                                 #       (
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |
\(                            #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                            #     normal*
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]   [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * )*        #     (special normal*)*
\)                           #                       )
)    #         special
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                         #         normal*
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\)                             #                )
[\040\t]* )*    # If comment found, allow more spaces.
# optional trailing comments
(?:
\.
[\040\t]*                    # Nab whitespace.
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\(                              #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                             #     normal*
(?:                                 #       (
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |
\(                            #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                            #     normal*
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]   [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * )*        #     (special normal*)*
\)                           #                       )
)    #         special
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                         #         normal*
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(?:
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|
\[                            # [
(?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015\[\]] |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )*     #    stuff
\]                           #           ]
)
[\040\t]*                    # Nab whitespace.
(?:
\(                              #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                             #     normal*
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\(                            #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                            #     normal*
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]   [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * )*        #     (special normal*)*
\)                           #                       )
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[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                         #         normal*
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[\040\t]* )*    # If comment found, allow more spaces.
# optional trailing comments
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# address
|                             #  or
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# Atom
|                       #  or
"                                     # "
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015"] *                            #   normal
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"                                     #        "
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(?:
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\(                              #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                             #     normal*
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\(                            #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                            #     normal*
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]   [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * )*        #     (special normal*)*
\)                           #                       )
)    #         special
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                         #         normal*
)*                                  #            )*
\)                             #                )
|
"                                     # "
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015"] *                            #   normal
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015"] * )*        #   ( special normal* )*
"                                     #        "
) # "special" comment or quoted string
[^()<>@,;:".\\\[\]\x80-\xff\000-\010\012-\037] *            #  more "normal"
)*
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\(                              #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                             #     normal*
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[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                            #     normal*
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]   [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * )*        #     (special normal*)*
\)                           #                       )
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[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                         #         normal*
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\(                              #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                             #     normal*
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\(                            #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                            #     normal*
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\)                           #                       )
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[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                         #         normal*
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|
\[                            # [
(?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015\[\]] |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )*     #    stuff
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[\040\t]*                    # Nab whitespace.
(?:
\(                              #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                             #     normal*
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\(                            #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                            #     normal*
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\)                           #                       )
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[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                         #         normal*
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[\040\t]* )*    # If comment found, allow more spaces.
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\(                            #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                            #     normal*
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\)                           #                       )
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|
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\(                              #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                             #     normal*
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[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                            #     normal*
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|
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\)                           #                       )
)    #         special
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                         #         normal*
)*                                  #            )*
\)                             #                )
[\040\t]* )*    # If comment found, allow more spaces.
# optional trailing comments
(?:
\.
[\040\t]*                    # Nab whitespace.
(?:
\(                              #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                             #     normal*
(?:                                 #       (
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |
\(                            #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                            #     normal*
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]   [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * )*        #     (special normal*)*
\)                           #                       )
)    #         special
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                         #         normal*
)*                                  #            )*
\)                             #                )
[\040\t]* )*    # If comment found, allow more spaces.
(?:
[^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]+    # some number of atom characters...
(?![^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]) # ..not followed by something that could be part of an atom
|
\[                            # [
(?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015\[\]] |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )*     #    stuff
\]                           #           ]
)
[\040\t]*                    # Nab whitespace.
(?:
\(                              #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                             #     normal*
(?:                                 #       (
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |
\(                            #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                            #     normal*
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]   [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * )*        #     (special normal*)*
\)                           #                       )
)    #         special
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                         #         normal*
)*                                  #            )*
\)                             #                )
[\040\t]* )*    # If comment found, allow more spaces.
# optional trailing comments
)*
)*  # additional domains
:
[\040\t]*                    # Nab whitespace.
(?:
\(                              #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                             #     normal*
(?:                                 #       (
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |
\(                            #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                            #     normal*
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]   [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * )*        #     (special normal*)*
\)                           #                       )
)    #         special
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                         #         normal*
)*                                  #            )*
\)                             #                )
[\040\t]* )*    # If comment found, allow more spaces.
# optional trailing comments
)?     #       optional route
(?:
[^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]+    # some number of atom characters...
(?![^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]) # ..not followed by something that could be part of an atom
# Atom
|                       #  or
"                                     # "
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015"] *                            #   normal
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015"] * )*        #   ( special normal* )*
"                                     #        "
# Quoted string
)
[\040\t]*                    # Nab whitespace.
(?:
\(                              #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                             #     normal*
(?:                                 #       (
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |
\(                            #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                            #     normal*
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]   [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * )*        #     (special normal*)*
\)                           #                       )
)    #         special
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                         #         normal*
)*                                  #            )*
\)                             #                )
[\040\t]* )*    # If comment found, allow more spaces.
(?:
\.
[\040\t]*                    # Nab whitespace.
(?:
\(                              #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                             #     normal*
(?:                                 #       (
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |
\(                            #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                            #     normal*
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]   [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * )*        #     (special normal*)*
\)                           #                       )
)    #         special
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                         #         normal*
)*                                  #            )*
\)                             #                )
[\040\t]* )*    # If comment found, allow more spaces.
(?:
[^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]+    # some number of atom characters...
(?![^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]) # ..not followed by something that could be part of an atom
# Atom
|                       #  or
"                                     # "
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015"] *                            #   normal
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015"] * )*        #   ( special normal* )*
"                                     #        "
# Quoted string
)
[\040\t]*                    # Nab whitespace.
(?:
\(                              #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                             #     normal*
(?:                                 #       (
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |
\(                            #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                            #     normal*
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]   [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * )*        #     (special normal*)*
\)                           #                       )
)    #         special
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                         #         normal*
)*                                  #            )*
\)                             #                )
[\040\t]* )*    # If comment found, allow more spaces.
# additional words
)*
@
[\040\t]*                    # Nab whitespace.
(?:
\(                              #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                             #     normal*
(?:                                 #       (
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |
\(                            #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                            #     normal*
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]   [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * )*        #     (special normal*)*
\)                           #                       )
)    #         special
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                         #         normal*
)*                                  #            )*
\)                             #                )
[\040\t]* )*    # If comment found, allow more spaces.
(?:
[^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]+    # some number of atom characters...
(?![^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]) # ..not followed by something that could be part of an atom
|
\[                            # [
(?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015\[\]] |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )*     #    stuff
\]                           #           ]
)
[\040\t]*                    # Nab whitespace.
(?:
\(                              #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                             #     normal*
(?:                                 #       (
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |
\(                            #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                            #     normal*
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]   [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * )*        #     (special normal*)*
\)                           #                       )
)    #         special
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                         #         normal*
)*                                  #            )*
\)                             #                )
[\040\t]* )*    # If comment found, allow more spaces.
# optional trailing comments
(?:
\.
[\040\t]*                    # Nab whitespace.
(?:
\(                              #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                             #     normal*
(?:                                 #       (
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |
\(                            #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                            #     normal*
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]   [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * )*        #     (special normal*)*
\)                           #                       )
)    #         special
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                         #         normal*
)*                                  #            )*
\)                             #                )
[\040\t]* )*    # If comment found, allow more spaces.
(?:
[^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]+    # some number of atom characters...
(?![^(\040)<>@,;:".\\\[\]\000-\037\x80-\xff]) # ..not followed by something that could be part of an atom
|
\[                            # [
(?: [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015\[\]] |  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  )*     #    stuff
\]                           #           ]
)
[\040\t]*                    # Nab whitespace.
(?:
\(                              #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                             #     normal*
(?:                                 #       (
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]  |
\(                            #  (
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                            #     normal*
(?:  \\ [^\x80-\xff]   [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] * )*        #     (special normal*)*
\)                           #                       )
)    #         special
[^\\\x80-\xff\n\015()] *                         #         normal*
)*                                  #            )*
\)                             #                )
[\040\t]* )*    # If comment found, allow more spaces.
# optional trailing comments
)*
#       address spec
>                    #                 >
# name and address
)
/x
    Alan Other <user\@dom.ain>
 0: Alan Other <[email protected]>
    <user\@dom.ain>
 0: [email protected]
    user\@dom.ain
 0: [email protected]
    \"A. Other\" <user.1234\@dom.ain> (a comment)
 0: "A. Other" <[email protected]>
    A. Other <user.1234\@dom.ain> (a comment)
 0:  Other <[email protected]>
    \"/s=user/ou=host/o=place/prmd=uu.yy/admd= /c=gb/\"\@x400-re.lay
 0: "/s=user/ou=host/o=place/prmd=uu.yy/admd= /c=gb/"@x400-re.lay
    A missing angle <user\@some.where
 0: [email protected]
    *** Failers
No match
    The quick brown fox
No match

/abc\0def\00pqr\000xyz\0000AB/
    abc\0def\00pqr\000xyz\0000AB
 0: abc\x00def\x00pqr\x00xyz\x000AB
    abc456 abc\0def\00pqr\000xyz\0000ABCDE
 0: abc\x00def\x00pqr\x00xyz\x000AB

/abc\x0def\x00pqr\x000xyz\x0000AB/
    abc\x0def\x00pqr\x000xyz\x0000AB
 0: abc\x0def\x00pqr\x000xyz\x0000AB
    abc456 abc\x0def\x00pqr\x000xyz\x0000ABCDE
 0: abc\x0def\x00pqr\x000xyz\x0000AB

/^[\000-\037]/
    \0A
 0: \x00
    \01B
 0: \x01
    \037C
 0: \x1f

/\0*/
    \0\0\0\0
 0: \x00\x00\x00\x00

/A\x0{2,3}Z/
    The A\x0\x0Z
 0: A\x00\x00Z
    An A\0\x0\0Z
 0: A\x00\x00\x00Z
    *** Failers
No match
    A\0Z
No match
    A\0\x0\0\x0Z
No match

/^(cow|)\1(bell)/
    cowcowbell
 0: cowcowbell
 1: cow
 2: bell
    bell
 0: bell
 1: 
 2: bell
    *** Failers
No match
    cowbell
No match

/^\s/
    \040abc
 0:  
    \x0cabc
 0: \x0c
    \nabc
 0: \x0a
    \rabc
 0: \x0d
    \tabc
 0: \x09
    *** Failers
No match
    abc
No match

/^a	b
      c/x
    abc
 0: abc

/^(a|)\1*b/
    ab
 0: ab
 1: a
    aaaab
 0: aaaab
 1: a
    b
 0: b
 1: 
    *** Failers
No match
    acb
No match

/^(a|)\1+b/
    aab
 0: aab
 1: a
    aaaab
 0: aaaab
 1: a
    b
 0: b
 1: 
    *** Failers
No match
    ab
No match

/^(a|)\1?b/
    ab
 0: ab
 1: a
    aab
 0: aab
 1: a
    b
 0: b
 1: 
    *** Failers
No match
    acb
No match

/^(a|)\1{2}b/
    aaab
 0: aaab
 1: a
    b
 0: b
 1: 
    *** Failers
No match
    ab
No match
    aab
No match
    aaaab
No match

/^(a|)\1{2,3}b/
    aaab
 0: aaab
 1: a
    aaaab
 0: aaaab
 1: a
    b
 0: b
 1: 
    *** Failers
No match
    ab
No match
    aab
No match
    aaaaab
No match

/ab{1,3}bc/
    abbbbc
 0: abbbbc
    abbbc
 0: abbbc
    abbc
 0: abbc
    *** Failers
No match
    abc
No match
    abbbbbc
No match

/([^.]*)\.([^:]*):[T ]+(.*)/
    track1.title:TBlah blah blah
 0: track1.title:TBlah blah blah
 1: track1
 2: title
 3: Blah blah blah

/([^.]*)\.([^:]*):[T ]+(.*)/i
    track1.title:TBlah blah blah
 0: track1.title:TBlah blah blah
 1: track1
 2: title
 3: Blah blah blah

/([^.]*)\.([^:]*):[t ]+(.*)/i
    track1.title:TBlah blah blah
 0: track1.title:TBlah blah blah
 1: track1
 2: title
 3: Blah blah blah

/^[W-c]+$/
    WXY_^abc
 0: WXY_^abc
    *** Failers
No match
    wxy
No match

/^[W-c]+$/i
    WXY_^abc
 0: WXY_^abc
    wxy_^ABC
 0: wxy_^ABC

/^[\x3f-\x5F]+$/i
    WXY_^abc
 0: WXY_^abc
    wxy_^ABC
 0: wxy_^ABC

/^abc$/m
    abc
 0: abc
    qqq\nabc
 0: abc
    abc\nzzz
 0: abc
    qqq\nabc\nzzz
 0: abc

/^abc$/
    abc
 0: abc
    *** Failers
No match
    qqq\nabc
No match
    abc\nzzz
No match
    qqq\nabc\nzzz
No match

/\Aabc\Z/m
    abc
 0: abc
    abc\n 
 0: abc
    *** Failers
No match
    qqq\nabc
No match
    abc\nzzz
No match
    qqq\nabc\nzzz
No match
    
/\A(.)*\Z/s
    abc\ndef
 0: abc\x0adef
 1: f

/\A(.)*\Z/m
    *** Failers
 0: *** Failers
 1: s
    abc\ndef
No match

/(?:b)|(?::+)/
    b::c
 0: b
    c::b
 0: ::

/[-az]+/
    az-
 0: az-
    *** Failers
 0: a
    b
No match

/[az-]+/
    za-
 0: za-
    *** Failers
 0: a
    b
No match

/[a\-z]+/
    a-z
 0: a-z
    *** Failers
 0: a
    b
No match

/[a-z]+/
    abcdxyz
 0: abcdxyz

/[\d-]+/
    12-34
 0: 12-34
    *** Failers
No match
    aaa
No match

/[\d-z]+/
    12-34z
 0: 12-34z
    *** Failers
No match
    aaa
No match

/\x5c/
    \\
 0: \

/\x20Z/
    the Zoo
 0:  Z
    *** Failers
No match
    Zulu
No match

/(abc)\1/i
    abcabc
 0: abcabc
 1: abc
    ABCabc
 0: ABCabc
 1: ABC
    abcABC
 0: abcABC
 1: abc

/ab{3cd/
    ab{3cd
 0: ab{3cd

/ab{3,cd/
    ab{3,cd
 0: ab{3,cd

/ab{3,4a}cd/
    ab{3,4a}cd
 0: ab{3,4a}cd

/{4,5a}bc/
    {4,5a}bc
 0: {4,5a}bc

/abc$/
    abc
 0: abc
    abc\n
 0: abc
    *** Failers
No match
    abc\ndef
No match

/(abc)\123/
    abc\x53
 0: abcS
 1: abc

/(abc)\223/
    abc\x93
 0: abc\x93
 1: abc

/(abc)\323/
    abc\xd3
 0: abc\xd3
 1: abc

/(abc)\100/
    abc\x40
 0: abc@
 1: abc
    abc\100
 0: abc@
 1: abc

/(abc)\1000/
    abc\x400
 0: abc@0
 1: abc
    abc\x40\x30
 0: abc@0
 1: abc
    abc\1000
 0: abc@0
 1: abc
    abc\100\x30
 0: abc@0
 1: abc
    abc\100\060
 0: abc@0
 1: abc
    abc\100\60
 0: abc@0
 1: abc

/abc\81/
    abc\081
 0: abc\x0081
    abc\0\x38\x31
 0: abc\x0081

/abc\91/
    abc\091
 0: abc\x0091
    abc\0\x39\x31
 0: abc\x0091

/(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)(j)(k)(l)\12\123/
    abcdefghijkllS
 0: abcdefghijkllS
 1: a
 2: b
 3: c
 4: d
 5: e
 6: f
 7: g
 8: h
 9: i
10: j
11: k
12: l

/(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)(j)(k)\12\123/
    abcdefghijk\12S
 0: abcdefghijk\x0aS
 1: a
 2: b
 3: c
 4: d
 5: e
 6: f
 7: g
 8: h
 9: i
10: j
11: k

/ab\idef/
    abidef
 0: abidef

/a{0}bc/
    bc
 0: bc

/(a|(bc)){0,0}?xyz/
    xyz
 0: xyz

/abc[\10]de/
    abc\010de
 0: abc\x08de

/abc[\1]de/
    abc\1de
 0: abc\x01de

/(abc)[\1]de/
    abc\1de
 0: abc\x01de
 1: abc

/(?s)a.b/
    a\nb
 0: a\x0ab

/^([^a])([^\b])([^c]*)([^d]{3,4})/
    baNOTccccd
 0: baNOTcccc
 1: b
 2: a
 3: NOT
 4: cccc
    baNOTcccd
 0: baNOTccc
 1: b
 2: a
 3: NOT
 4: ccc
    baNOTccd
 0: baNOTcc
 1: b
 2: a
 3: NO
 4: Tcc
    bacccd
 0: baccc
 1: b
 2: a
 3: 
 4: ccc
    *** Failers
 0: *** Failers
 1: *
 2: *
 3: * Fail
 4: ers
    anything
No match
    b\bc   
No match
    baccd
No match

/[^a]/
    Abc
 0: A
  
/[^a]/i
    Abc 
 0: b

/[^a]+/
    AAAaAbc
 0: AAA
  
/[^a]+/i
    AAAaAbc 
 0: bc

/[^a]+/
    bbb\nccc
 0: bbb\x0accc
   
/[^k]$/
    abc
 0: c
    *** Failers
 0: s
    abk
No match
   
/[^k]{2,3}$/
    abc
 0: abc
    kbc
 0: bc
    kabc
 0: abc
    *** Failers
 0: ers
    abk
No match
    akb
No match
    akk 
No match

/^\d{8,}\@.+[^k]$/
    12345678\@a.b.c.d
 0: [email protected]
    123456789\@x.y.z
 0: [email protected]
    *** Failers
No match
    12345678\@x.y.uk
No match
    1234567\@a.b.c.d       
No match

/(a)\1{8,}/
    aaaaaaaaa
 0: aaaaaaaaa
 1: a
    aaaaaaaaaa
 0: aaaaaaaaaa
 1: a
    *** Failers
No match
    aaaaaaa   
No match

/[^a]/
    aaaabcd
 0: b
    aaAabcd 
 0: A

/[^a]/i
    aaaabcd
 0: b
    aaAabcd 
 0: b

/[^az]/
    aaaabcd
 0: b
    aaAabcd 
 0: A

/[^az]/i
    aaaabcd
 0: b
    aaAabcd 
 0: b

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/(\.\d\d((?=0)|\d(?=\d)))/
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 2: 
    1.875000282
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    1.235 
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/a(?)b/
    ab 
 0: ab
 
/\b(foo)\s+(\w+)/i
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 1: foo
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/foo(.*)bar/
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 2: 
    
/(.*)(\d+)/
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/(.*?)(\d*)/
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 1: 
 2: 

/(.*?)(\d+)/
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/(.*)(\d+)$/
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/(.*?)(\d+)$/
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/(.*)\b(\d+)$/
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/(.*\D)(\d+)$/
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/^(\D*)(?=\d)(?!123)/
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No match
    
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No match
    Wall
No match
    Zebra
No match
    42
No match
    [abcd] 
No match
    ]abcd[
No match
       
/^[W-\]46]/
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    Xylophone  
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No match
    -46]789
No match
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/\d\d\/\d\d\/\d\d\d\d/
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  word cat dog elephant mussel cow horse canary baboon snake shark otherword
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  word cat dog elephant mussel cow horse canary baboon snake shark
No match

/word (?:[a-zA-Z0-9]+ ){0,300}otherword/
  word cat dog elephant mussel cow horse canary baboon snake shark the quick brown fox and the lazy dog and several other words getting close to thirty by now I hope
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/^(a){1,1}/
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No match
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 1: a
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 0: a
 1: a

/^(a){1,2}/
    bcd
No match
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 1: a
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 1: a

/^(a){1,3}/
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No match
    abc
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 1: a
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 1: a
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/^(a){1,}/
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/.*\.gif/
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/(.*X|^B)/
    abcde\n1234Xyz
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 1: 1234X
    BarFoo 
 0: B
 1: B
    *** Failers
No match
    abcde\nBar  
No match

/(.*X|^B)/m
    abcde\n1234Xyz
 0: 1234X
 1: 1234X
    BarFoo 
 0: B
 1: B
    abcde\nBar  
 0: B
 1: B

/(.*X|^B)/s
    abcde\n1234Xyz
 0: abcde\x0a1234X
 1: abcde\x0a1234X
    BarFoo 
 0: B
 1: B
    *** Failers
No match
    abcde\nBar  
No match

/(.*X|^B)/ms
    abcde\n1234Xyz
 0: abcde\x0a1234X
 1: abcde\x0a1234X
    BarFoo 
 0: B
 1: B
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 1: B

/(?s)(.*X|^B)/
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 0: abcde\x0a1234X
 1: abcde\x0a1234X
    BarFoo 
 0: B
 1: B
    *** Failers 
No match
    abcde\nBar  
No match

/(?s:.*X|^B)/
    abcde\n1234Xyz
 0: abcde\x0a1234X
    BarFoo 
 0: B
    *** Failers 
No match
    abcde\nBar  
No match

/^.*B/
    **** Failers
No match
    abc\nB
No match
     
/(?s)^.*B/
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 0: abc\x0aB

/(?m)^.*B/
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 0: B
     
/(?ms)^.*B/
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/(?ms)^B/
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/(?s)B$/
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/^\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d/
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/^[\d][\d][\d][\d][\d][\d][\d][\d][\d][\d][\d][\d]/
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 0: 123456654321
  
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/^[a-c]{12}/
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/^(a|b|c){12}/
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 0: abcabcabcabc
 1: c

/^[abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxy0123456789]/
    n
 0: n
    *** Failers 
No match
    z 
No match

/abcde{0,0}/
    abcd
 0: abcd
    *** Failers
No match
    abce  
No match

/ab[cd]{0,0}e/
    abe
 0: abe
    *** Failers
No match
    abcde 
No match
    
/ab(c){0,0}d/
    abd
 0: abd
    *** Failers
No match
    abcd   
No match

/a(b*)/
    a
 0: a
 1: 
    ab
 0: ab
 1: b
    abbbb
 0: abbbb
 1: bbbb
    *** Failers
 0: a
 1: 
    bbbbb    
No match
    
/ab\d{0}e/
    abe
 0: abe
    *** Failers
No match
    ab1e   
No match
    
/"([^\\"]+|\\.)*"/
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 1: quick
    \"the \\\"quick\\\" brown fox\"
 0: "the \"quick\" brown fox"
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/.*?/g+
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 0+ bc
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 0+ c
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 0: c
 0+ 
 0: 
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/\b/g+
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/\b/+g
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//g
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/a[^a]b/
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    a\nb
 0: a\x0ab
    
/a.b/
    acb
 0: acb
    *** Failers 
No match
    a\nb   
No match
    
/a[^a]b/s
    acb
 0: acb
    a\nb  
 0: a\x0ab
    
/a.b/s
    acb
 0: acb
    a\nb  
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/^(b+?|a){1,2}?c/
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 1: a
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 1: a
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 1: a
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 0: bbbbac
 1: a
    bbbbbac 
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 1: a
    
/(?!\A)x/m
    x\nb\n
No match
    a\bx\n  
 0: x
    
/\x0{ab}/
    \0{ab} 
 0: \x00{ab}

/(A|B)*?CD/
    CD 
 0: CD
    
/(A|B)*CD/
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 0: CD

/(AB)*?\1/
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 0: ABAB
 1: AB

/(AB)*\1/
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 0: ABABAB
 1: AB
    
/(?<!bar)foo/
    foo
 0: foo
    catfood
 0: foo
    arfootle
 0: foo
    rfoosh
 0: foo
    *** Failers
No match
    barfoo
No match
    towbarfoo
No match

/\w{3}(?<!bar)foo/
    catfood
 0: catfoo
    *** Failers
No match
    foo
No match
    barfoo
No match
    towbarfoo
No match

/(?<=(foo)a)bar/
    fooabar
 0: bar
 1: foo
    *** Failers
No match
    bar
No match
    foobbar
No match
      
/\Aabc\z/m
    abc
 0: abc
    *** Failers
No match
    abc\n   
No match
    qqq\nabc
No match
    abc\nzzz
No match
    qqq\nabc\nzzz
No match

"(?>.*/)foo"
    /this/is/a/very/long/line/in/deed/with/very/many/slashes/in/it/you/see/
No match

"(?>.*/)foo"
    /this/is/a/very/long/line/in/deed/with/very/many/slashes/in/and/foo
 0: /this/is/a/very/long/line/in/deed/with/very/many/slashes/in/and/foo

/(?>(\.\d\d[1-9]?))\d+/
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 0: .230003938
 1: .23
    1.875000282
 0: .875000282
 1: .875
    *** Failers 
No match
    1.235 
No match

/^((?>\w+)|(?>\s+))*$/
    now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party
 0: now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party
 1: party
    *** Failers
No match
    this is not a line with only words and spaces!
No match
    
/(\d+)(\w)/
    12345a
 0: 12345a
 1: 12345
 2: a
    12345+ 
 0: 12345
 1: 1234
 2: 5

/((?>\d+))(\w)/
    12345a
 0: 12345a
 1: 12345
 2: a
    *** Failers
No match
    12345+ 
No match

/(?>a+)b/
    aaab
 0: aaab

/((?>a+)b)/
    aaab
 0: aaab
 1: aaab

/(?>(a+))b/
    aaab
 0: aaab
 1: aaa

/(?>b)+/
    aaabbbccc
 0: bbb

/(?>a+|b+|c+)*c/
    aaabbbbccccd
 0: aaabbbbc

/((?>[^()]+)|\([^()]*\))+/
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 1: x
    
/\(((?>[^()]+)|\([^()]+\))+\)/ 
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 0: (abc)
 1: abc
    (abc(def)xyz)
 0: (abc(def)xyz)
 1: xyz
    *** Failers
No match
    ((()aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa   
No match

/a(?-i)b/i
    ab
 0: ab
    Ab
 0: Ab
    *** Failers 
No match
    aB
No match
    AB
No match
        
/(a (?x)b c)d e/
    a bcd e
 0: a bcd e
 1: a bc
    *** Failers
No match
    a b cd e
No match
    abcd e   
No match
    a bcde 
No match
 
/(a b(?x)c d (?-x)e f)/
    a bcde f
 0: a bcde f
 1: a bcde f
    *** Failers
No match
    abcdef  
No match

/(a(?i)b)c/
    abc
 0: abc
 1: ab
    aBc
 0: aBc
 1: aB
    *** Failers
No match
    abC
No match
    aBC  
No match
    Abc
No match
    ABc
No match
    ABC
No match
    AbC
No match
    
/a(?i:b)c/
    abc
 0: abc
    aBc
 0: aBc
    *** Failers 
No match
    ABC
No match
    abC
No match
    aBC
No match
    
/a(?i:b)*c/
    aBc
 0: aBc
    aBBc
 0: aBBc
    *** Failers 
No match
    aBC
No match
    aBBC
No match
    
/a(?=b(?i)c)\w\wd/
    abcd
 0: abcd
    abCd
 0: abCd
    *** Failers
No match
    aBCd
No match
    abcD     
No match
    
/(?s-i:more.*than).*million/i
    more than million
 0: more than million
    more than MILLION
 0: more than MILLION
    more \n than Million 
 0: more \x0a than Million
    *** Failers
No match
    MORE THAN MILLION    
No match
    more \n than \n million 
No match

/(?:(?s-i)more.*than).*million/i
    more than million
 0: more than million
    more than MILLION
 0: more than MILLION
    more \n than Million 
 0: more \x0a than Million
    *** Failers
No match
    MORE THAN MILLION    
No match
    more \n than \n million 
No match
    
/(?>a(?i)b+)+c/ 
    abc
 0: abc
    aBbc
 0: aBbc
    aBBc 
 0: aBBc
    *** Failers
No match
    Abc
No match
    abAb    
No match
    abbC 
No match
    
/(?=a(?i)b)\w\wc/
    abc
 0: abc
    aBc
 0: aBc
    *** Failers
No match
    Ab 
No match
    abC
No match
    aBC     
No match
    
/(?<=a(?i)b)(\w\w)c/
    abxxc
 0: xxc
 1: xx
    aBxxc
 0: xxc
 1: xx
    *** Failers
No match
    Abxxc
No match
    ABxxc
No match
    abxxC      
No match

/(?:(a)|b)(?(1)A|B)/
    aA
 0: aA
 1: a
    bB
 0: bB
    *** Failers
No match
    aB
No match
    bA    
No match

/^(a)?(?(1)a|b)+$/
    aa
 0: aa
 1: a
    b
 0: b
    bb  
 0: bb
    *** Failers
No match
    ab   
No match

/^(?(?=abc)\w{3}:|\d\d)$/
    abc:
 0: abc:
    12
 0: 12
    *** Failers
No match
    123
No match
    xyz    
No match

/^(?(?!abc)\d\d|\w{3}:)$/
    abc:
 0: abc:
    12
 0: 12
    *** Failers
No match
    123
No match
    xyz    
No match
    
/(?(?<=foo)bar|cat)/
    foobar
 0: bar
    cat
 0: cat
    fcat
 0: cat
    focat   
 0: cat
    *** Failers
No match
    foocat  
No match

/(?(?<!foo)cat|bar)/
    foobar
 0: bar
    cat
 0: cat
    fcat
 0: cat
    focat   
 0: cat
    *** Failers
No match
    foocat  
No match

/( \( )? [^()]+ (?(1) \) |) /x
    abcd
 0: abcd
    (abcd)
 0: (abcd)
 1: (
    the quick (abcd) fox
 0: the quick 
    (abcd   
 0: abcd

/( \( )? [^()]+ (?(1) \) ) /x
    abcd
 0: abcd
    (abcd)
 0: (abcd)
 1: (
    the quick (abcd) fox
 0: the quick 
    (abcd   
 0: abcd

/^(?(2)a|(1)(2))+$/
    12
 0: 12
 1: 1
 2: 2
    12a
 0: 12a
 1: 1
 2: 2
    12aa
 0: 12aa
 1: 1
 2: 2
    *** Failers
No match
    1234    
No match

/((?i)blah)\s+\1/
    blah blah
 0: blah blah
 1: blah
    BLAH BLAH
 0: BLAH BLAH
 1: BLAH
    Blah Blah
 0: Blah Blah
 1: Blah
    blaH blaH
 0: blaH blaH
 1: blaH
    *** Failers
No match
    blah BLAH
No match
    Blah blah      
No match
    blaH blah 
No match

/((?i)blah)\s+(?i:\1)/
    blah blah
 0: blah blah
 1: blah
    BLAH BLAH
 0: BLAH BLAH
 1: BLAH
    Blah Blah
 0: Blah Blah
 1: Blah
    blaH blaH
 0: blaH blaH
 1: blaH
    blah BLAH
 0: blah BLAH
 1: blah
    Blah blah      
 0: Blah blah
 1: Blah
    blaH blah 
 0: blaH blah
 1: blaH

/(?>a*)*/
    a
 0: a
    aa
 0: aa
    aaaa
 0: aaaa
    
/(abc|)+/
    abc
 0: abc
 1: 
    abcabc
 0: abcabc
 1: 
    abcabcabc
 0: abcabcabc
 1: 
    xyz      
 0: 
 1: 

/([a]*)*/
    a
 0: a
 1: 
    aaaaa 
 0: aaaaa
 1: 
 
/([ab]*)*/
    a
 0: a
 1: 
    b
 0: b
 1: 
    ababab
 0: ababab
 1: 
    aaaabcde
 0: aaaab
 1: 
    bbbb    
 0: bbbb
 1: 
 
/([^a]*)*/
    b
 0: b
 1: 
    bbbb
 0: bbbb
 1: 
    aaa   
 0: 
 1: 
 
/([^ab]*)*/
    cccc
 0: cccc
 1: 
    abab  
 0: 
 1: 
 
/([a]*?)*/
    a
 0: 
 1: 
    aaaa 
 0: 
 1: 
 
/([ab]*?)*/
    a
 0: 
 1: 
    b
 0: 
 1: 
    abab
 0: 
 1: 
    baba   
 0: 
 1: 
 
/([^a]*?)*/
    b
 0: 
 1: 
    bbbb
 0: 
 1: 
    aaa   
 0: 
 1: 
 
/([^ab]*?)*/
    c
 0: 
 1: 
    cccc
 0: 
 1: 
    baba   
 0: 
 1: 
 
/(?>a*)*/
    a
 0: a
    aaabcde 
 0: aaa
 
/((?>a*))*/
    aaaaa
 0: aaaaa
 1: 
    aabbaa 
 0: aa
 1: 
 
/((?>a*?))*/
    aaaaa
 0: 
 1: 
    aabbaa 
 0: 
 1: 

/(?(?=[^a-z]+[a-z])  \d{2}-[a-z]{3}-\d{2}  |  \d{2}-\d{2}-\d{2} ) /x
    12-sep-98
 0: 12-sep-98
    12-09-98
 0: 12-09-98
    *** Failers
No match
    sep-12-98
No match
        
/(?<=(foo))bar\1/
    foobarfoo
 0: barfoo
 1: foo
    foobarfootling 
 0: barfoo
 1: foo
    *** Failers
No match
    foobar
No match
    barfoo   
No match

/(?i:saturday|sunday)/
    saturday
 0: saturday
    sunday
 0: sunday
    Saturday
 0: Saturday
    Sunday
 0: Sunday
    SATURDAY
 0: SATURDAY
    SUNDAY
 0: SUNDAY
    SunDay
 0: SunDay
    
/(a(?i)bc|BB)x/
    abcx
 0: abcx
 1: abc
    aBCx
 0: aBCx
 1: aBC
    bbx
 0: bbx
 1: bb
    BBx
 0: BBx
 1: BB
    *** Failers
No match
    abcX
No match
    aBCX
No match
    bbX
No match
    BBX               
No match

/^([ab](?i)[cd]|[ef])/
    ac
 0: ac
 1: ac
    aC
 0: aC
 1: aC
    bD
 0: bD
 1: bD
    elephant
 0: e
 1: e
    Europe 
 0: E
 1: E
    frog
 0: f
 1: f
    France
 0: F
 1: F
    *** Failers
No match
    Africa     
No match

/^(ab|a(?i)[b-c](?m-i)d|x(?i)y|z)/
    ab
 0: ab
 1: ab
    aBd
 0: aBd
 1: aBd
    xy
 0: xy
 1: xy
    xY
 0: xY
 1: xY
    zebra
 0: z
 1: z
    Zambesi
 0: Z
 1: Z
    *** Failers
No match
    aCD  
No match
    XY  
No match

/(?<=foo\n)^bar/m
    foo\nbar
 0: bar
    *** Failers
No match
    bar
No match
    baz\nbar   
No match

/(?<=(?<!foo)bar)baz/
    barbaz
 0: baz
    barbarbaz 
 0: baz
    koobarbaz 
 0: baz
    *** Failers
No match
    baz
No match
    foobarbaz 
No match

/The case of aaaaaa is missed out below because I think Perl 5.005_02 gets/
/it wrong; it sets $1 to aaa rather than aa. Compare the following test,/
No match
/where it does set $1 to aa when matching aaaaaa./
No match

/^(a\1?){4}$/
    a
No match
    aa
No match
    aaa
No match
    aaaa
 0: aaaa
 1: a
    aaaaa
 0: aaaaa
 1: a
    aaaaaaa
 0: aaaaaaa
 1: a
    aaaaaaaa
No match
    aaaaaaaaa
No match
    aaaaaaaaaa
 0: aaaaaaaaaa
 1: aaaa
    aaaaaaaaaaa
No match
    aaaaaaaaaaaa
No match
    aaaaaaaaaaaaa
No match
    aaaaaaaaaaaaaa
No match
    aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
No match
    aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa               
No match

/^(a\1?)(a\1?)(a\2?)(a\3?)$/
    a
No match
    aa
No match
    aaa
No match
    aaaa
 0: aaaa
 1: a
 2: a
 3: a
 4: a
    aaaaa
 0: aaaaa
 1: a
 2: aa
 3: a
 4: a
    aaaaaa
 0: aaaaaa
 1: a
 2: aa
 3: a
 4: aa
    aaaaaaa
 0: aaaaaaa
 1: a
 2: aa
 3: aaa
 4: a
    aaaaaaaa
No match
    aaaaaaaaa
No match
    aaaaaaaaaa
 0: aaaaaaaaaa
 1: a
 2: aa
 3: aaa
 4: aaaa
    aaaaaaaaaaa
No match
    aaaaaaaaaaaa
No match
    aaaaaaaaaaaaa
No match
    aaaaaaaaaaaaaa
No match
    aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
No match
    aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa               
No match

/The following tests are taken from the Perl 5.005 test suite; some of them/
/are compatible with 5.004, but I'd rather not have to sort them out./
No match

/abc/
    abc
 0: abc
    xabcy
 0: abc
    ababc
 0: abc
    *** Failers
No match
    xbc
No match
    axc
No match
    abx
No match

/ab*c/
    abc
 0: abc

/ab*bc/
    abc
 0: abc
    abbc
 0: abbc
    abbbbc
 0: abbbbc

/.{1}/
    abbbbc
 0: a

/.{3,4}/
    abbbbc
 0: abbb

/ab{0,}bc/
    abbbbc
 0: abbbbc

/ab+bc/
    abbc
 0: abbc
    *** Failers
No match
    abc
No match
    abq
No match

/ab{1,}bc/

/ab+bc/
    abbbbc
 0: abbbbc

/ab{1,}bc/
    abbbbc
 0: abbbbc

/ab{1,3}bc/
    abbbbc
 0: abbbbc

/ab{3,4}bc/
    abbbbc
 0: abbbbc

/ab{4,5}bc/
    *** Failers
No match
    abq
No match
    abbbbc
No match

/ab?bc/
    abbc
 0: abbc
    abc
 0: abc

/ab{0,1}bc/
    abc
 0: abc

/ab?bc/

/ab?c/
    abc
 0: abc

/ab{0,1}c/
    abc
 0: abc

/^abc$/
    abc
 0: abc
    *** Failers
No match
    abbbbc
No match
    abcc
No match

/^abc/
    abcc
 0: abc

/^abc$/

/abc$/
    aabc
 0: abc
    *** Failers
No match
    aabc
 0: abc
    aabcd
No match

/^/
    abc
 0: 

/$/
    abc
 0: 

/a.c/
    abc
 0: abc
    axc
 0: axc

/a.*c/
    axyzc
 0: axyzc

/a[bc]d/
    abd
 0: abd
    *** Failers
No match
    axyzd
No match
    abc
No match

/a[b-d]e/
    ace
 0: ace

/a[b-d]/
    aac
 0: ac

/a[-b]/
    a-
 0: a-

/a[b-]/
    a-
 0: a-

/a]/
    a]
 0: a]

/a[]]b/
    a]b
 0: a]b

/a[^bc]d/
    aed
 0: aed
    *** Failers
No match
    abd
No match
    abd
No match

/a[^-b]c/
    adc
 0: adc

/a[^]b]c/
    adc
 0: adc
    *** Failers
No match
    a-c
 0: a-c
    a]c
No match

/\ba\b/
    a-
 0: a
    -a
 0: a
    -a-
 0: a

/\by\b/
    *** Failers
No match
    xy
No match
    yz
No match
    xyz
No match

/\Ba\B/
    *** Failers
 0: a
    a-
No match
    -a
No match
    -a-
No match

/\By\b/
    xy
 0: y

/\by\B/
    yz
 0: y

/\By\B/
    xyz
 0: y

/\w/
    a
 0: a

/\W/
    -
 0: -
    *** Failers
 0: *
    -
 0: -
    a
No match

/a\sb/
    a b
 0: a b

/a\Sb/
    a-b
 0: a-b
    *** Failers
No match
    a-b
 0: a-b
    a b
No match

/\d/
    1
 0: 1

/\D/
    -
 0: -
    *** Failers
 0: *
    -
 0: -
    1
No match

/[\w]/
    a
 0: a

/[\W]/
    -
 0: -
    *** Failers
 0: *
    -
 0: -
    a
No match

/a[\s]b/
    a b
 0: a b

/a[\S]b/
    a-b
 0: a-b
    *** Failers
No match
    a-b
 0: a-b
    a b
No match

/[\d]/
    1
 0: 1

/[\D]/
    -
 0: -
    *** Failers
 0: *
    -
 0: -
    1
No match

/ab|cd/
    abc
 0: ab
    abcd
 0: ab

/()ef/
    def
 0: ef
 1: 

/$b/

/a\(b/
    a(b
 0: a(b

/a\(*b/
    ab
 0: ab
    a((b
 0: a((b

/a\\b/
    a\b
No match

/((a))/
    abc
 0: a
 1: a
 2: a

/(a)b(c)/
    abc
 0: abc
 1: a
 2: c

/a+b+c/
    aabbabc
 0: abc

/a{1,}b{1,}c/
    aabbabc
 0: abc

/a.+?c/
    abcabc
 0: abc

/(a+|b)*/
    ab
 0: ab
 1: b

/(a+|b){0,}/
    ab
 0: ab
 1: b

/(a+|b)+/
    ab
 0: ab
 1: b

/(a+|b){1,}/
    ab
 0: ab
 1: b

/(a+|b)?/
    ab
 0: a
 1: a

/(a+|b){0,1}/
    ab
 0: a
 1: a

/[^ab]*/
    cde
 0: cde

/abc/
    *** Failers
No match
    b
No match
    

/a*/
    

/([abc])*d/
    abbbcd
 0: abbbcd
 1: c

/([abc])*bcd/
    abcd
 0: abcd
 1: a

/a|b|c|d|e/
    e
 0: e

/(a|b|c|d|e)f/
    ef
 0: ef
 1: e

/abcd*efg/
    abcdefg
 0: abcdefg

/ab*/
    xabyabbbz
 0: ab
    xayabbbz
 0: a

/(ab|cd)e/
    abcde
 0: cde
 1: cd

/[abhgefdc]ij/
    hij
 0: hij

/^(ab|cd)e/

/(abc|)ef/
    abcdef
 0: ef
 1: 

/(a|b)c*d/
    abcd
 0: bcd
 1: b

/(ab|ab*)bc/
    abc
 0: abc
 1: a

/a([bc]*)c*/
    abc
 0: abc
 1: bc

/a([bc]*)(c*d)/
    abcd
 0: abcd
 1: bc
 2: d

/a([bc]+)(c*d)/
    abcd
 0: abcd
 1: bc
 2: d

/a([bc]*)(c+d)/
    abcd
 0: abcd
 1: b
 2: cd

/a[bcd]*dcdcde/
    adcdcde
 0: adcdcde

/a[bcd]+dcdcde/
    *** Failers
No match
    abcde
No match
    adcdcde
No match

/(ab|a)b*c/
    abc
 0: abc
 1: ab

/((a)(b)c)(d)/
    abcd
 0: abcd
 1: abc
 2: a
 3: b
 4: d

/[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*/
    alpha
 0: alpha

/^a(bc+|b[eh])g|.h$/
    abh
 0: bh

/(bc+d$|ef*g.|h?i(j|k))/
    effgz
 0: effgz
 1: effgz
    ij
 0: ij
 1: ij
 2: j
    reffgz
 0: effgz
 1: effgz
    *** Failers
No match
    effg
No match
    bcdd
No match

/((((((((((a))))))))))/
    a
 0: a
 1: a
 2: a
 3: a
 4: a
 5: a
 6: a
 7: a
 8: a
 9: a
10: a

/((((((((((a))))))))))\10/
    aa
 0: aa
 1: a
 2: a
 3: a
 4: a
 5: a
 6: a
 7: a
 8: a
 9: a
10: a

/(((((((((a)))))))))/
    a
 0: a
 1: a
 2: a
 3: a
 4: a
 5: a
 6: a
 7: a
 8: a
 9: a

/multiple words of text/
    *** Failers
No match
    aa
No match
    uh-uh
No match

/multiple words/
    multiple words, yeah
 0: multiple words

/(.*)c(.*)/
    abcde
 0: abcde
 1: ab
 2: de

/\((.*), (.*)\)/
    (a, b)
 0: (a, b)
 1: a
 2: b

/[k]/

/abcd/
    abcd
 0: abcd

/a(bc)d/
    abcd
 0: abcd
 1: bc

/a[-]?c/
    ac
 0: ac

/(abc)\1/
    abcabc
 0: abcabc
 1: abc

/([a-c]*)\1/
    abcabc
 0: abcabc
 1: abc

/(a)|\1/
    a
 0: a
 1: a
    *** Failers
 0: a
 1: a
    ab
 0: a
 1: a
    x
No match

/(([a-c])b*?\2)*/
    ababbbcbc
 0: ababb
 1: bb
 2: b

/(([a-c])b*?\2){3}/
    ababbbcbc
 0: ababbbcbc
 1: cbc
 2: c

/((\3|b)\2(a)x)+/
    aaaxabaxbaaxbbax
 0: bbax
 1: bbax
 2: b
 3: a

/((\3|b)\2(a)){2,}/
    bbaababbabaaaaabbaaaabba
 0: bbaaaabba
 1: bba
 2: b
 3: a

/abc/i
    ABC
 0: ABC
    XABCY
 0: ABC
    ABABC
 0: ABC
    *** Failers
No match
    aaxabxbaxbbx
No match
    XBC
No match
    AXC
No match
    ABX
No match

/ab*c/i
    ABC
 0: ABC

/ab*bc/i
    ABC
 0: ABC
    ABBC
 0: ABBC

/ab*?bc/i
    ABBBBC
 0: ABBBBC

/ab{0,}?bc/i
    ABBBBC
 0: ABBBBC

/ab+?bc/i
    ABBC
 0: ABBC

/ab+bc/i
    *** Failers
No match
    ABC
No match
    ABQ
No match

/ab{1,}bc/i

/ab+bc/i
    ABBBBC
 0: ABBBBC

/ab{1,}?bc/i
    ABBBBC
 0: ABBBBC

/ab{1,3}?bc/i
    ABBBBC
 0: ABBBBC

/ab{3,4}?bc/i
    ABBBBC
 0: ABBBBC

/ab{4,5}?bc/i
    *** Failers
No match
    ABQ
No match
    ABBBBC
No match

/ab??bc/i
    ABBC
 0: ABBC
    ABC
 0: ABC

/ab{0,1}?bc/i
    ABC
 0: ABC

/ab??bc/i

/ab??c/i
    ABC
 0: ABC

/ab{0,1}?c/i
    ABC
 0: ABC

/^abc$/i
    ABC
 0: ABC
    *** Failers
No match
    ABBBBC
No match
    ABCC
No match

/^abc/i
    ABCC
 0: ABC

/^abc$/i

/abc$/i
    AABC
 0: ABC

/^/i
    ABC
 0: 

/$/i
    ABC
 0: 

/a.c/i
    ABC
 0: ABC
    AXC
 0: AXC

/a.*?c/i
    AXYZC
 0: AXYZC

/a.*c/i
    *** Failers
No match
    AABC
 0: AABC
    AXYZD
No match

/a[bc]d/i
    ABD
 0: ABD

/a[b-d]e/i
    ACE
 0: ACE
    *** Failers
No match
    ABC
No match
    ABD
No match

/a[b-d]/i
    AAC
 0: AC

/a[-b]/i
    A-
 0: A-

/a[b-]/i
    A-
 0: A-

/a]/i
    A]
 0: A]

/a[]]b/i
    A]B
 0: A]B

/a[^bc]d/i
    AED
 0: AED

/a[^-b]c/i
    ADC
 0: ADC
    *** Failers
No match
    ABD
No match
    A-C
No match

/a[^]b]c/i
    ADC
 0: ADC

/ab|cd/i
    ABC
 0: AB
    ABCD
 0: AB

/()ef/i
    DEF
 0: EF
 1: 

/$b/i
    *** Failers
No match
    A]C
No match
    B
No match

/a\(b/i
    A(B
 0: A(B

/a\(*b/i
    AB
 0: AB
    A((B
 0: A((B

/a\\b/i
    A\B
No match

/((a))/i
    ABC
 0: A
 1: A
 2: A

/(a)b(c)/i
    ABC
 0: ABC
 1: A
 2: C

/a+b+c/i
    AABBABC
 0: ABC

/a{1,}b{1,}c/i
    AABBABC
 0: ABC

/a.+?c/i
    ABCABC
 0: ABC

/a.*?c/i
    ABCABC
 0: ABC

/a.{0,5}?c/i
    ABCABC
 0: ABC

/(a+|b)*/i
    AB
 0: AB
 1: B

/(a+|b){0,}/i
    AB
 0: AB
 1: B

/(a+|b)+/i
    AB
 0: AB
 1: B

/(a+|b){1,}/i
    AB
 0: AB
 1: B

/(a+|b)?/i
    AB
 0: A
 1: A

/(a+|b){0,1}/i
    AB
 0: A
 1: A

/(a+|b){0,1}?/i
    AB
 0: 

/[^ab]*/i
    CDE
 0: CDE

/abc/i

/a*/i
    

/([abc])*d/i
    ABBBCD
 0: ABBBCD
 1: C

/([abc])*bcd/i
    ABCD
 0: ABCD
 1: A

/a|b|c|d|e/i
    E
 0: E

/(a|b|c|d|e)f/i
    EF
 0: EF
 1: E

/abcd*efg/i
    ABCDEFG
 0: ABCDEFG

/ab*/i
    XABYABBBZ
 0: AB
    XAYABBBZ
 0: A

/(ab|cd)e/i
    ABCDE
 0: CDE
 1: CD

/[abhgefdc]ij/i
    HIJ
 0: HIJ

/^(ab|cd)e/i
    ABCDE
No match

/(abc|)ef/i
    ABCDEF
 0: EF
 1: 

/(a|b)c*d/i
    ABCD
 0: BCD
 1: B

/(ab|ab*)bc/i
    ABC
 0: ABC
 1: A

/a([bc]*)c*/i
    ABC
 0: ABC
 1: BC

/a([bc]*)(c*d)/i
    ABCD
 0: ABCD
 1: BC
 2: D

/a([bc]+)(c*d)/i
    ABCD
 0: ABCD
 1: BC
 2: D

/a([bc]*)(c+d)/i
    ABCD
 0: ABCD
 1: B
 2: CD

/a[bcd]*dcdcde/i
    ADCDCDE
 0: ADCDCDE

/a[bcd]+dcdcde/i

/(ab|a)b*c/i
    ABC
 0: ABC
 1: AB

/((a)(b)c)(d)/i
    ABCD
 0: ABCD
 1: ABC
 2: A
 3: B
 4: D

/[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*/i
    ALPHA
 0: ALPHA

/^a(bc+|b[eh])g|.h$/i
    ABH
 0: BH

/(bc+d$|ef*g.|h?i(j|k))/i
    EFFGZ
 0: EFFGZ
 1: EFFGZ
    IJ
 0: IJ
 1: IJ
 2: J
    REFFGZ
 0: EFFGZ
 1: EFFGZ
    *** Failers
No match
    ADCDCDE
No match
    EFFG
No match
    BCDD
No match

/((((((((((a))))))))))/i
    A
 0: A
 1: A
 2: A
 3: A
 4: A
 5: A
 6: A
 7: A
 8: A
 9: A
10: A

/((((((((((a))))))))))\10/i
    AA
 0: AA
 1: A
 2: A
 3: A
 4: A
 5: A
 6: A
 7: A
 8: A
 9: A
10: A

/(((((((((a)))))))))/i
    A
 0: A
 1: A
 2: A
 3: A
 4: A
 5: A
 6: A
 7: A
 8: A
 9: A

/(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(a))))))))))/i
    A
 0: A
 1: A

/(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(a|b|c))))))))))/i
    C
 0: C
 1: C

/multiple words of text/i
    *** Failers
No match
    AA
No match
    UH-UH
No match

/multiple words/i
    MULTIPLE WORDS, YEAH
 0: MULTIPLE WORDS

/(.*)c(.*)/i
    ABCDE
 0: ABCDE
 1: AB
 2: DE

/\((.*), (.*)\)/i
    (A, B)
 0: (A, B)
 1: A
 2: B

/[k]/i

/abcd/i
    ABCD
 0: ABCD

/a(bc)d/i
    ABCD
 0: ABCD
 1: BC

/a[-]?c/i
    AC
 0: AC

/(abc)\1/i
    ABCABC
 0: ABCABC
 1: ABC

/([a-c]*)\1/i
    ABCABC
 0: ABCABC
 1: ABC

/a(?!b)./
    abad
 0: ad

/a(?=d)./
    abad
 0: ad

/a(?=c|d)./
    abad
 0: ad

/a(?:b|c|d)(.)/
    ace
 0: ace
 1: e

/a(?:b|c|d)*(.)/
    ace
 0: ace
 1: e

/a(?:b|c|d)+?(.)/
    ace
 0: ace
 1: e
    acdbcdbe
 0: acd
 1: d

/a(?:b|c|d)+(.)/
    acdbcdbe
 0: acdbcdbe
 1: e

/a(?:b|c|d){2}(.)/
    acdbcdbe
 0: acdb
 1: b

/a(?:b|c|d){4,5}(.)/
    acdbcdbe
 0: acdbcdb
 1: b

/a(?:b|c|d){4,5}?(.)/
    acdbcdbe
 0: acdbcd
 1: d

/((foo)|(bar))*/
    foobar
 0: foobar
 1: bar
 2: foo
 3: bar

/a(?:b|c|d){6,7}(.)/
    acdbcdbe
 0: acdbcdbe
 1: e

/a(?:b|c|d){6,7}?(.)/
    acdbcdbe
 0: acdbcdbe
 1: e

/a(?:b|c|d){5,6}(.)/
    acdbcdbe
 0: acdbcdbe
 1: e

/a(?:b|c|d){5,6}?(.)/
    acdbcdbe
 0: acdbcdb
 1: b

/a(?:b|c|d){5,7}(.)/
    acdbcdbe
 0: acdbcdbe
 1: e

/a(?:b|c|d){5,7}?(.)/
    acdbcdbe
 0: acdbcdb
 1: b

/a(?:b|(c|e){1,2}?|d)+?(.)/
    ace
 0: ace
 1: c
 2: e

/^(.+)?B/
    AB
 0: AB
 1: A

/^([^a-z])|(\^)$/
    .
 0: .
 1: .

/^[<>]&/
    <&OUT
 0: <&

/^(a\1?){4}$/
    aaaaaaaaaa
 0: aaaaaaaaaa
 1: aaaa
    *** Failers
No match
    AB
No match
    aaaaaaaaa
No match
    aaaaaaaaaaa
No match

/^(a(?(1)\1)){4}$/
    aaaaaaaaaa
 0: aaaaaaaaaa
 1: aaaa
    *** Failers
No match
    aaaaaaaaa
No match
    aaaaaaaaaaa
No match

/(?:(f)(o)(o)|(b)(a)(r))*/
    foobar
 0: foobar
 1: f
 2: o
 3: o
 4: b
 5: a
 6: r

/(?<=a)b/
    ab
 0: b
    *** Failers
No match
    cb
No match
    b
No match

/(?<!c)b/
    ab
 0: b
    b
 0: b
    b
 0: b

/(?:..)*a/
    aba
 0: aba

/(?:..)*?a/
    aba
 0: a

/^(?:b|a(?=(.)))*\1/
    abc
 0: ab
 1: b

/^(){3,5}/
    abc
 0: 
 1: 

/^(a+)*ax/
    aax
 0: aax
 1: a

/^((a|b)+)*ax/
    aax
 0: aax
 1: a
 2: a

/^((a|bc)+)*ax/
    aax
 0: aax
 1: a
 2: a

/(a|x)*ab/
    cab
 0: ab

/(a)*ab/
    cab
 0: ab

/(?:(?i)a)b/
    ab
 0: ab

/((?i)a)b/
    ab
 0: ab
 1: a

/(?:(?i)a)b/
    Ab
 0: Ab

/((?i)a)b/
    Ab
 0: Ab
 1: A

/(?:(?i)a)b/
    *** Failers
No match
    cb
No match
    aB
No match

/((?i)a)b/

/(?i:a)b/
    ab
 0: ab

/((?i:a))b/
    ab
 0: ab
 1: a

/(?i:a)b/
    Ab
 0: Ab

/((?i:a))b/
    Ab
 0: Ab
 1: A

/(?i:a)b/
    *** Failers
No match
    aB
No match
    aB
No match

/((?i:a))b/

/(?:(?-i)a)b/i
    ab
 0: ab

/((?-i)a)b/i
    ab
 0: ab
 1: a

/(?:(?-i)a)b/i
    aB
 0: aB

/((?-i)a)b/i
    aB
 0: aB
 1: a

/(?:(?-i)a)b/i
    *** Failers
No match
    aB
 0: aB
    Ab
No match

/((?-i)a)b/i

/(?:(?-i)a)b/i
    aB
 0: aB

/((?-i)a)b/i
    aB
 0: aB
 1: a

/(?:(?-i)a)b/i
    *** Failers
No match
    Ab
No match
    AB
No match

/((?-i)a)b/i

/(?-i:a)b/i
    ab
 0: ab

/((?-i:a))b/i
    ab
 0: ab
 1: a

/(?-i:a)b/i
    aB
 0: aB

/((?-i:a))b/i
    aB
 0: aB
 1: a

/(?-i:a)b/i
    *** Failers
No match
    AB
No match
    Ab
No match

/((?-i:a))b/i

/(?-i:a)b/i
    aB
 0: aB

/((?-i:a))b/i
    aB
 0: aB
 1: a

/(?-i:a)b/i
    *** Failers
No match
    Ab
No match
    AB
No match

/((?-i:a))b/i

/((?-i:a.))b/i
    *** Failers
No match
    AB
No match
    a\nB
No match

/((?s-i:a.))b/i
    a\nB
 0: a\x0aB
 1: a\x0a

/(?:c|d)(?:)(?:a(?:)(?:b)(?:b(?:))(?:b(?:)(?:b)))/
    cabbbb
 0: cabbbb

/(?:c|d)(?:)(?:aaaaaaaa(?:)(?:bbbbbbbb)(?:bbbbbbbb(?:))(?:bbbbbbbb(?:)(?:bbbbbbbb)))/
    caaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
 0: caaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb

/(ab)\d\1/i
    Ab4ab
 0: Ab4ab
 1: Ab
    ab4Ab
 0: ab4Ab
 1: ab

/foo\w*\d{4}baz/
    foobar1234baz
 0: foobar1234baz

/x(~~)*(?:(?:F)?)?/
    x~~
 0: x~~
 1: ~~

/^a(?#xxx){3}c/
    aaac
 0: aaac

/^a (?#xxx) (?#yyy) {3}c/x
    aaac
 0: aaac

/(?<![cd])b/
    *** Failers
No match
    B\nB
No match
    dbcb
No match

/(?<![cd])[ab]/
    dbaacb
 0: a

/(?<!(c|d))b/

/(?<!(c|d))[ab]/
    dbaacb
 0: a

/(?<!cd)[ab]/
    cdaccb
 0: b

/^(?:a?b?)*$/
    \
 0: 
    a
 0: a
    ab
 0: ab
    aaa   
 0: aaa
    *** Failers
No match
    dbcb
No match
    a--
No match
    aa-- 
No match

/((?s)^a(.))((?m)^b$)/
    a\nb\nc\n
 0: a\x0ab
 1: a\x0a
 2: \x0a
 3: b

/((?m)^b$)/
    a\nb\nc\n
 0: b
 1: b

/(?m)^b/
    a\nb\n
 0: b

/(?m)^(b)/
    a\nb\n
 0: b
 1: b

/((?m)^b)/
    a\nb\n
 0: b
 1: b

/\n((?m)^b)/
    a\nb\n
 0: \x0ab
 1: b

/((?s).)c(?!.)/
    a\nb\nc\n
 0: \x0ac
 1: \x0a
    a\nb\nc\n
 0: \x0ac
 1: \x0a

/((?s)b.)c(?!.)/
    a\nb\nc\n
 0: b\x0ac
 1: b\x0a
    a\nb\nc\n
 0: b\x0ac
 1: b\x0a

/^b/

/()^b/
    *** Failers
No match
    a\nb\nc\n
No match
    a\nb\nc\n
No match

/((?m)^b)/
    a\nb\nc\n
 0: b
 1: b

/(x)?(?(1)a|b)/
    *** Failers
No match
    a
No match
    a
No match

/(x)?(?(1)b|a)/
    a
 0: a

/()?(?(1)b|a)/
    a
 0: a

/()(?(1)b|a)/

/()?(?(1)a|b)/
    a
 0: a
 1: 

/^(\()?blah(?(1)(\)))$/
    (blah)
 0: (blah)
 1: (
 2: )
    blah
 0: blah
    *** Failers
No match
    a
No match
    blah)
No match
    (blah
No match

/^(\(+)?blah(?(1)(\)))$/
    (blah)
 0: (blah)
 1: (
 2: )
    blah
 0: blah
    *** Failers
No match
    blah)
No match
    (blah
No match

/(?(?!a)a|b)/

/(?(?!a)b|a)/
    a
 0: a

/(?(?=a)b|a)/
    *** Failers
No match
    a
No match
    a
No match

/(?(?=a)a|b)/
    a
 0: a

/(?=(a+?))(\1ab)/
    aaab
 0: aab
 1: a
 2: aab

/^(?=(a+?))\1ab/

/(\w+:)+/
    one:
 0: one:
 1: one:

/$(?<=^(a))/
    a
 0: 
 1: a

/(?=(a+?))(\1ab)/
    aaab
 0: aab
 1: a
 2: aab

/^(?=(a+?))\1ab/
    *** Failers
No match
    aaab
No match
    aaab
No match

/([\w:]+::)?(\w+)$/
    abcd
 0: abcd
 1: <unset>
 2: abcd
    xy:z:::abcd
 0: xy:z:::abcd
 1: xy:z:::
 2: abcd

/^[^bcd]*(c+)/
    aexycd
 0: aexyc
 1: c

/(a*)b+/
    caab
 0: aab
 1: aa

/([\w:]+::)?(\w+)$/
    abcd
 0: abcd
 1: <unset>
 2: abcd
    xy:z:::abcd
 0: xy:z:::abcd
 1: xy:z:::
 2: abcd
    *** Failers
 0: Failers
 1: <unset>
 2: Failers
    abcd:
No match
    abcd:
No match

/^[^bcd]*(c+)/
    aexycd
 0: aexyc
 1: c

/(>a+)ab/

/(?>a+)b/
    aaab
 0: aaab

/([[:]+)/
    a:[b]:
 0: :[
 1: :[

/([[=]+)/
    a=[b]=
 0: =[
 1: =[

/([[.]+)/
    a.[b].
 0: .[
 1: .[

/((?>a+)b)/
    aaab
 0: aaab
 1: aaab

/(?>(a+))b/
    aaab
 0: aaab
 1: aaa

/((?>[^()]+)|\([^()]*\))+/
    ((abc(ade)ufh()()x
 0: abc(ade)ufh()()x
 1: x

/a\Z/
    *** Failers
No match
    aaab
No match
    a\nb\n
No match

/b\Z/
    a\nb\n
 0: b

/b\z/

/b\Z/
    a\nb
 0: b

/b\z/
    a\nb
 0: b
    *** Failers
No match
    
/^(?>(?(1)\.|())[^\W_](?>[a-z0-9-]*[^\W_])?)+$/
    a
 0: a
 1: 
    abc
 0: abc
 1: 
    a-b
 0: a-b
 1: 
    0-9 
 0: 0-9
 1: 
    a.b
 0: a.b
 1: 
    5.6.7  
 0: 5.6.7
 1: 
    the.quick.brown.fox
 0: the.quick.brown.fox
 1: 
    a100.b200.300c  
 0: a100.b200.300c
 1: 
    12-ab.1245 
 0: 12-ab.1245
 1: 
    *** Failers
No match
    \
No match
    .a
No match
    -a
No match
    a-
No match
    a.  
No match
    a_b 
No match
    a.-
No match
    a..  
No match
    ab..bc 
No match
    the.quick.brown.fox-
No match
    the.quick.brown.fox.
No match
    the.quick.brown.fox_
No match
    the.quick.brown.fox+       
No match

/(?>.*)(?<=(abcd|wxyz))/
    alphabetabcd
 0: alphabetabcd
 1: abcd
    endingwxyz
 0: endingwxyz
 1: wxyz
    *** Failers
No match
    a rather long string that doesn't end with one of them
No match

/word (?>(?:(?!otherword)[a-zA-Z0-9]+ ){0,30})otherword/
    word cat dog elephant mussel cow horse canary baboon snake shark otherword
 0: word cat dog elephant mussel cow horse canary baboon snake shark otherword
    word cat dog elephant mussel cow horse canary baboon snake shark
No match
  
/word (?>[a-zA-Z0-9]+ ){0,30}otherword/
    word cat dog elephant mussel cow horse canary baboon snake shark the quick brown fox and the lazy dog and several other words getting close to thirty by now I hope
No match

/(?<=\d{3}(?!999))foo/
    999foo
 0: foo
    123999foo 
 0: foo
    *** Failers
No match
    123abcfoo
No match
    
/(?<=(?!...999)\d{3})foo/
    999foo
 0: foo
    123999foo 
 0: foo
    *** Failers
No match
    123abcfoo
No match

/(?<=\d{3}(?!999)...)foo/
    123abcfoo
 0: foo
    123456foo 
 0: foo
    *** Failers
No match
    123999foo  
No match
    
/(?<=\d{3}...)(?<!999)foo/
    123abcfoo   
 0: foo
    123456foo 
 0: foo
    *** Failers
No match
    123999foo  
No match

/<a[\s]+href[\s]*=[\s]*          # find <a href=
 ([\"\'])?                       # find single or double quote
 (?(1) (.*?)\1 | ([^\s]+))       # if quote found, match up to next matching
                                 # quote, otherwise match up to next space
/isx
    <a href=abcd xyz
 0: <a href=abcd
 1: <unset>
 2: <unset>
 3: abcd
    <a href=\"abcd xyz pqr\" cats
 0: <a href="abcd xyz pqr"
 1: "
 2: abcd xyz pqr
    <a href=\'abcd xyz pqr\' cats
 0: <a href='abcd xyz pqr'
 1: '
 2: abcd xyz pqr

/<a\s+href\s*=\s*                # find <a href=
 (["'])?                         # find single or double quote
 (?(1) (.*?)\1 | (\S+))          # if quote found, match up to next matching
                                 # quote, otherwise match up to next space
/isx
    <a href=abcd xyz
 0: <a href=abcd
 1: <unset>
 2: <unset>
 3: abcd
    <a href=\"abcd xyz pqr\" cats
 0: <a href="abcd xyz pqr"
 1: "
 2: abcd xyz pqr
    <a href       =       \'abcd xyz pqr\' cats
 0: <a href       =       'abcd xyz pqr'
 1: '
 2: abcd xyz pqr

/<a\s+href(?>\s*)=(?>\s*)        # find <a href=
 (["'])?                         # find single or double quote
 (?(1) (.*?)\1 | (\S+))          # if quote found, match up to next matching
                                 # quote, otherwise match up to next space
/isx
    <a href=abcd xyz
 0: <a href=abcd
 1: <unset>
 2: <unset>
 3: abcd
    <a href=\"abcd xyz pqr\" cats
 0: <a href="abcd xyz pqr"
 1: "
 2: abcd xyz pqr
    <a href       =       \'abcd xyz pqr\' cats
 0: <a href       =       'abcd xyz pqr'
 1: '
 2: abcd xyz pqr

/((Z)+|A)*/
    ZABCDEFG
 0: ZA
 1: A
 2: Z

/(Z()|A)*/
    ZABCDEFG
 0: ZA
 1: A
 2: 

/(Z(())|A)*/
    ZABCDEFG
 0: ZA
 1: A
 2: 
 3: 

/((?>Z)+|A)*/
    ZABCDEFG
 0: ZA
 1: A

/((?>)+|A)*/
    ZABCDEFG
 0: 
 1: 

/a*/g
    abbab
 0: a
 0: 
 0: 
 0: a
 0: 
 0: 

/^[a-\d]/
    abcde
 0: a
    -things
 0: -
    0digit
 0: 0
    *** Failers
No match
    bcdef    
No match

/^[\d-a]/
    abcde
 0: a
    -things
 0: -
    0digit
 0: 0
    *** Failers
No match
    bcdef    
No match
    
/[[:space:]]+/
    > \x09\x0a\x0c\x0d\x0b<
 0:  \x09\x0a\x0c\x0d\x0b
     
/[[:blank:]]+/
    > \x09\x0a\x0c\x0d\x0b<
 0:  \x09
     
/[\s]+/
    > \x09\x0a\x0c\x0d\x0b<
 0:  \x09\x0a\x0c\x0d
     
/\s+/
    > \x09\x0a\x0c\x0d\x0b<
 0:  \x09\x0a\x0c\x0d
     
/ab/x
    ab
No match

/(?!\A)x/m
  a\nxb\n
 0: x

/(?!^)x/m
  a\nxb\n
No match

/abc\Qabc\Eabc/
    abcabcabc
 0: abcabcabc
    
/abc\Q(*+|\Eabc/
    abc(*+|abc 
 0: abc(*+|abc

/   abc\Q abc\Eabc/x
    abc abcabc
 0: abc abcabc
    *** Failers
No match
    abcabcabc  
No match
    
/abc#comment
    \Q#not comment
    literal\E/x
    abc#not comment\n    literal     
 0: abc#not comment\x0a    literal

/abc#comment
    \Q#not comment
    literal/x
    abc#not comment\n    literal     
 0: abc#not comment\x0a    literal

/abc#comment
    \Q#not comment
    literal\E #more comment
    /x
    abc#not comment\n    literal     
 0: abc#not comment\x0a    literal

/abc#comment
    \Q#not comment
    literal\E #more comment/x
    abc#not comment\n    literal     
 0: abc#not comment\x0a    literal

/\Qabc\$xyz\E/
    abc\\\$xyz
 0: abc\$xyz

/\Qabc\E\$\Qxyz\E/
    abc\$xyz
 0: abc$xyz

/\Gabc/
    abc
 0: abc
    *** Failers
No match
    xyzabc  
No match

/\Gabc./g
    abc1abc2xyzabc3
 0: abc1
 0: abc2

/abc./g
    abc1abc2xyzabc3 
 0: abc1
 0: abc2
 0: abc3

/a(?x: b c )d/
    XabcdY
 0: abcd
    *** Failers 
No match
    Xa b c d Y 
No match

/((?x)x y z | a b c)/
    XabcY
 0: abc
 1: abc
    AxyzB 
 0: xyz
 1: xyz

/(?i)AB(?-i)C/
    XabCY
 0: abC
    *** Failers
No match
    XabcY  
No match

/((?i)AB(?-i)C|D)E/
    abCE
 0: abCE
 1: abC
    DE
 0: DE
 1: D
    *** Failers
No match
    abcE
No match
    abCe  
No match
    dE
No match
    De    
No match

/(.*)\d+\1/
    abc123abc
 0: abc123abc
 1: abc
    abc123bc 
 0: bc123bc
 1: bc

/(.*)\d+\1/s
    abc123abc
 0: abc123abc
 1: abc
    abc123bc 
 0: bc123bc
 1: bc
    
/((.*))\d+\1/
    abc123abc
 0: abc123abc
 1: abc
 2: abc
    abc123bc  
 0: bc123bc
 1: bc
 2: bc

/-- This tests for an IPv6 address in the form where it can have up to --/
/-- eight components, one and only one of which is empty. This must be --/
No match
/-- an internal component. --/
No match

/^(?!:)                       # colon disallowed at start
  (?:                         # start of item
    (?: [0-9a-f]{1,4} |       # 1-4 hex digits or
    (?(1)0 | () ) )           # if null previously matched, fail; else null
    :                         # followed by colon
  ){1,7}                      # end item; 1-7 of them required               
  [0-9a-f]{1,4} $             # final hex number at end of string
  (?(1)|.)                    # check that there was an empty component
  /xi
    a123::a123
 0: a123::a123
 1: 
    a123:b342::abcd
 0: a123:b342::abcd
 1: 
    a123:b342::324e:abcd
 0: a123:b342::324e:abcd
 1: 
    a123:ddde:b342::324e:abcd
 0: a123:ddde:b342::324e:abcd
 1: 
    a123:ddde:b342::324e:dcba:abcd
 0: a123:ddde:b342::324e:dcba:abcd
 1: 
    a123:ddde:9999:b342::324e:dcba:abcd
 0: a123:ddde:9999:b342::324e:dcba:abcd
 1: 
    *** Failers
No match
    1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8
No match
    a123:bce:ddde:9999:b342::324e:dcba:abcd
No match
    a123::9999:b342::324e:dcba:abcd
No match
    abcde:2:3:4:5:6:7:8
No match
    ::1
No match
    abcd:fee0:123::   
No match
    :1
No match
    1:  
No match

/[z\Qa-d]\E]/
    z
 0: z
    a
 0: a
    -
 0: -
    d
 0: d
    ] 
 0: ]
    *** Failers
 0: a
    b     
No match

/[\z\C]/
    z
 0: z
    C 
 0: C
    
/\M/
    M 
 0: M
    
/(a+)*b/
    aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 
No match
    
/(?i)reg(?:ul(?:[a�]|ae)r|ex)/
    REGular
 0: REGular
    regulaer
 0: regulaer
    Regex  
 0: Regex
    regul�r 
 0: regul\xe4r

/����[�-��-�]+/
    �����
 0: \xc5\xe6\xe5\xe4\xe0
    �����
 0: \xc5\xe6\xe5\xe4\xff
    �����
 0: \xc5\xe6\xe5\xe4\xc0
    �����
 0: \xc5\xe6\xe5\xe4\xdf

/(?<=Z)X./
  \x84XAZXB
 0: XB

/ab cd (?x) de fg/
    ab cd defg
 0: ab cd defg

/ab cd(?x) de fg/
    ab cddefg
 0: ab cddefg
    ** Failers 
No match
    abcddefg
No match

/(?<![^f]oo)(bar)/
    foobarX 
 0: bar
 1: bar
    ** Failers 
No match
    boobarX
No match

/(?<![^f])X/
    offX
 0: X
    ** Failers
No match
    onyX  
No match

/(?<=[^f])X/
    onyX
 0: X
    ** Failers
No match
    offX 
No match

/^/mg
    a\nb\nc\n
 0: 
 0: 
 0: 
    \ 
 0: 
    
/(?<=C\n)^/mg
    A\nC\nC\n 
 0: 

/(?:(?(1)a|b)(X))+/
    bXaX
 0: bXaX
 1: X

/(?:(?(1)\1a|b)(X|Y))+/
    bXXaYYaY
 0: bXXaYYaY
 1: Y
    bXYaXXaX  
 0: bX
 1: X

/()()()()()()()()()(?:(?(10)\10a|b)(X|Y))+/
    bXXaYYaY
 0: bX
 1: 
 2: 
 3: 
 4: 
 5: 
 6: 
 7: 
 8: 
 9: 
10: X

/[[,abc,]+]/
    abc]
 0: abc]
    a,b]
 0: a,b]
    [a,b,c]  
 0: [a,b,c]

/(?-x: )/x
    A\x20B
 0:  
    
"(?x)(?-x: \s*#\s*)"
    A # B
 0:  # 
    ** Failers
No match
    #  
No match

"(?x-is)(?:(?-ixs) \s*#\s*) include"
    A #include
 0:  #include
    ** Failers
No match
    A#include  
No match
    A #Include
No match

/a*b*\w/
    aaabbbb
 0: aaabbbb
    aaaa
 0: aaaa
    a
 0: a

/a*b?\w/
    aaabbbb
 0: aaabb
    aaaa
 0: aaaa
    a
 0: a

/a*b{0,4}\w/
    aaabbbb
 0: aaabbbb
    aaaa
 0: aaaa
    a
 0: a

/a*b{0,}\w/
    aaabbbb
 0: aaabbbb
    aaaa
 0: aaaa
    a
 0: a
    
/a*\d*\w/
    0a
 0: 0a
    a 
 0: a
    
/a*b *\w/x
    a 
 0: a

/a*b#comment
  *\w/x
    a 
 0: a

/a* b *\w/x
    a 
 0: a

/^\w+=.*(\\\n.*)*/
    abc=xyz\\\npqr
 0: abc=xyz\

/(?=(\w+))\1:/
    abcd:
 0: abcd:
 1: abcd

/^(?=(\w+))\1:/
    abcd:
 0: abcd:
 1: abcd

/^\Eabc/
    abc
 0: abc
    
/^[\Eabc]/
    a
 0: a
    ** Failers 
No match
    E 
No match
    
/^[a-\Ec]/
    b
 0: b
    ** Failers
No match
    -
No match
    E    
No match

/^[a\E\E-\Ec]/
    b
 0: b
    ** Failers
No match
    -
No match
    E    
No match

/^[\E\Qa\E-\Qz\E]+/
    b
 0: b
    ** Failers
No match
    -  
No match
    
/^[a\Q]bc\E]/
    a
 0: a
    ]
 0: ]
    c
 0: c
    
/^[a-\Q\E]/
    a
 0: a
    -     
 0: -

/^(a()*)*/
    aaaa
 0: aaaa
 1: a
 2: 

/^(?:a(?:(?:))*)*/
    aaaa
 0: aaaa

/^(a()+)+/
    aaaa
 0: aaaa
 1: a
 2: 

/^(?:a(?:(?:))+)+/
    aaaa
 0: aaaa

/(a){0,3}(?(1)b|(c|))*D/
    abbD
 0: abbD
 1: a
    ccccD
 0: ccccD
 1: <unset>
 2: 
    D  
 0: D
 1: <unset>
 2: 

/(a|)*\d/
  aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
No match
  aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa4
 0: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa4
 1: 

/(?>a|)*\d/
  aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
No match
  aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa4
 0: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa4

/(?:a|)*\d/
  aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
No match
  aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa4
 0: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa4

/\Z/g
  abc\n
 0: 
 0: 
  
/^(?s)(?>.*)(?<!\n)/
  abc
 0: abc
  abc\n  
No match

/^(?![^\n]*\n\z)/
  abc
 0: 
  abc\n 
No match
  
/\z(?<!\n)/
  abc
 0: 
  abc\n  
No match

/(.*(.)?)*/
    abcd
 0: abcd
 1: 

/( (A | (?(1)0|) )*   )/x
    abcd
 0: 
 1: 
 2: 

/( ( (?(1)0|) )*   )/x
    abcd
 0: 
 1: 
 2: 

/(  (?(1)0|)*   )/x
    abcd
 0: 
 1: 

/[[:abcd:xyz]]/
    a]
 0: a]
    :] 
 0: :]
    
/[abc[:x\]pqr]/
    a
 0: a
    [
 0: [
    :
 0: :
    ]
 0: ]
    p    
 0: p

/ End of testinput1 /