/-- This set of tests is for features that are compatible with all versions of Perl >= 5.10, in non-UTF-8 mode. It should run clean for both the 8-bit and 16-bit PCRE libraries. --/ /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]+)?)*$/ *.a 0: *.a *.b0-a 0: *.b0-a 1: 0-a *.c3-b.c 0: *.c3-b.c 1: 3-b 2: .c *.c-a.b-c 0: *.c-a.b-c 1: -a 2: .b-c 3: -c *** Failers No match *.0 No match *.a- No match *.a-b.c- No match *.c-a.0-c No match /^(?=ab(de))(abd)(e)/ abde 0: abde 1: de 2: abd 3: e /^(?!(ab)de|x)(abd)(f)/ abdf 0: abdf 1: 2: abd 3: f /^(?=(ab(cd)))(ab)/ abcd 0: ab 1: abcd 2: cd 3: ab /^[\da-f](\.[\da-f])*$/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: 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 0: Alan Other 0: user@dom.ain user\@dom.ain 0: user@dom.ain \"A. Other\" (a comment) 0: "A. Other" (a comment) A. Other (a comment) 0: Other (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 @,;:".\\\[\]\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 | # 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 # Atom | # or " # " [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015"] * # normal (?: \\ [^\x80-\xff] [^\\\x80-\xff\n\015"] * )* # ( special normal* )* " # " # Quoted string ) # leading word [^()<>@,;:".\\\[\]\x80-\xff\000-\010\012-\037] * # "normal" atoms and or spaces (?: (?: \( # ( [^\\\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* )* # )* \) # ) | " # " [^\\\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" )* < [\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 | \[ # [ (?: [^\\\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 )* (?: , [\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 | \[ # [ (?: [^\\\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 )* )* # 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. 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Other (a comment) 0: Other \"/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 ?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~\x7f\x80\x81\x82\x83\x84\x85\x86\x87\x88\x89\x8a\x8b\x8c\x8d\x8e\x8f\x90\x91\x92\x93\x94\x95\x96\x97\x98\x99\x9a\x9b\x9c\x9d\x9e\x9f\xa0\xa1\xa2\xa3\xa4\xa5\xa6\xa7\xa8\xa9\xaa\xab\xac\xad\xae\xaf\xb0\xb1\xb2\xb3\xb4\xb5\xb6\xb7\xb8\xb9\xba\xbb\xbc\xbd\xbe\xbf\xc0\xc1\xc2\xc3\xc4\xc5\xc6\xc7\xc8\xc9\xca\xcb\xcc\xcd\xce\xcf\xd0\xd1\xd2\xd3\xd4\xd5\xd6\xd7\xd8\xd9\xda\xdb\xdc\xdd\xde\xdf\xe0\xe1\xe2\xe3\xe4\xe5\xe6\xe7\xe8\xe9\xea\xeb\xec\xed\xee\xef\xf0\xf1\xf2\xf3\xf4\xf5\xf6\xf7\xf8\xf9\xfa\xfb\xfc\xfd\xfe\xff /P[^*]TAIRE[^*]{1,6}?LL/ xxxxxxxxxxxPSTAIREISLLxxxxxxxxx 0: PSTAIREISLL /P[^*]TAIRE[^*]{1,}?LL/ xxxxxxxxxxxPSTAIREISLLxxxxxxxxx 0: PSTAIREISLL /(\.\d\d[1-9]?)\d+/ 1.230003938 0: .230003938 1: .23 1.875000282 0: .875000282 1: .875 1.235 0: .235 1: .23 /(\.\d\d((?=0)|\d(?=\d)))/ 1.230003938 0: .23 1: .23 2: 1.875000282 0: .875 1: .875 2: 5 *** Failers No match 1.235 No match /a(?)b/ ab 0: ab /\b(foo)\s+(\w+)/i Food is on the foo table 0: foo table 1: foo 2: table /foo(.*)bar/ The food is under the bar in the barn. 0: food is under the bar in the bar 1: d is under the bar in the /foo(.*?)bar/ The food is under the bar in the barn. 0: food is under the bar 1: d is under the /(.*)(\d*)/ I have 2 numbers: 53147 0: I have 2 numbers: 53147 1: I have 2 numbers: 53147 2: /(.*)(\d+)/ I have 2 numbers: 53147 0: I have 2 numbers: 53147 1: I have 2 numbers: 5314 2: 7 /(.*?)(\d*)/ I have 2 numbers: 53147 0: 1: 2: /(.*?)(\d+)/ I have 2 numbers: 53147 0: I have 2 1: I have 2: 2 /(.*)(\d+)$/ I have 2 numbers: 53147 0: I have 2 numbers: 53147 1: I have 2 numbers: 5314 2: 7 /(.*?)(\d+)$/ I have 2 numbers: 53147 0: I have 2 numbers: 53147 1: I have 2 numbers: 2: 53147 /(.*)\b(\d+)$/ I have 2 numbers: 53147 0: I have 2 numbers: 53147 1: I have 2 numbers: 2: 53147 /(.*\D)(\d+)$/ I have 2 numbers: 53147 0: I have 2 numbers: 53147 1: I have 2 numbers: 2: 53147 /^\D*(?!123)/ ABC123 0: AB /^(\D*)(?=\d)(?!123)/ ABC445 0: ABC 1: ABC *** Failers No match ABC123 No match /^[W-]46]/ W46]789 0: W46] -46]789 0: -46] *** Failers No match Wall No match Zebra No match 42 No match [abcd] No match ]abcd[ No match /^[W-\]46]/ W46]789 0: W Wall 0: W Zebra 0: Z Xylophone 0: X 42 0: 4 [abcd] 0: [ ]abcd[ 0: ] \\backslash 0: \ *** Failers No match -46]789 No match well No match /\d\d\/\d\d\/\d\d\d\d/ 01/01/2000 0: 01/01/2000 /word (?:[a-zA-Z0-9]+ ){0,10}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]+ ){0,300}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 No match /^(a){0,0}/ bcd 0: abc 0: aab 0: /^(a){0,1}/ bcd 0: abc 0: a 1: a aab 0: a 1: a /^(a){0,2}/ bcd 0: abc 0: a 1: a aab 0: aa 1: a /^(a){0,3}/ bcd 0: abc 0: a 1: a aab 0: aa 1: a aaa 0: aaa 1: a /^(a){0,}/ bcd 0: abc 0: a 1: a aab 0: aa 1: a aaa 0: aaa 1: a aaaaaaaa 0: aaaaaaaa 1: a /^(a){1,1}/ bcd No match abc 0: a 1: a aab 0: a 1: a /^(a){1,2}/ bcd No match abc 0: a 1: a aab 0: aa 1: a /^(a){1,3}/ bcd No match abc 0: a 1: a aab 0: aa 1: a aaa 0: aaa 1: a /^(a){1,}/ bcd No match abc 0: a 1: a aab 0: aa 1: a aaa 0: aaa 1: a aaaaaaaa 0: aaaaaaaa 1: a /.*\.gif/ borfle\nbib.gif\nno 0: bib.gif /.{0,}\.gif/ borfle\nbib.gif\nno 0: bib.gif /.*\.gif/m borfle\nbib.gif\nno 0: bib.gif /.*\.gif/s borfle\nbib.gif\nno 0: borfle\x0abib.gif /.*\.gif/ms borfle\nbib.gif\nno 0: borfle\x0abib.gif /.*$/ borfle\nbib.gif\nno 0: no /.*$/m borfle\nbib.gif\nno 0: borfle /.*$/s borfle\nbib.gif\nno 0: borfle\x0abib.gif\x0ano /.*$/ms borfle\nbib.gif\nno 0: borfle\x0abib.gif\x0ano /.*$/ borfle\nbib.gif\nno\n 0: no /.*$/m borfle\nbib.gif\nno\n 0: borfle /.*$/s borfle\nbib.gif\nno\n 0: borfle\x0abib.gif\x0ano\x0a /.*$/ms borfle\nbib.gif\nno\n 0: borfle\x0abib.gif\x0ano\x0a /(.*X|^B)/ abcde\n1234Xyz 0: 1234X 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 abcde\nBar 0: B 1: B /(?s)(.*X|^B)/ abcde\n1234Xyz 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/ abc\nB 0: abc\x0aB /(?m)^.*B/ abc\nB 0: B /(?ms)^.*B/ abc\nB 0: abc\x0aB /(?ms)^B/ abc\nB 0: B /(?s)B$/ B\n 0: B /^[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]/ 123456654321 0: 123456654321 /^\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d/ 123456654321 0: 123456654321 /^[\d][\d][\d][\d][\d][\d][\d][\d][\d][\d][\d][\d]/ 123456654321 0: 123456654321 /^[abc]{12}/ abcabcabcabc 0: abcabcabcabc /^[a-c]{12}/ abcabcabcabc 0: abcabcabcabc /^(a|b|c){12}/ abcabcabcabc 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 /"([^\\"]+|\\.)*"/ the \"quick\" brown fox 0: "quick" 1: quick \"the \\\"quick\\\" brown fox\" 0: "the \"quick\" brown fox" 1: brown fox /.*?/g+ abc 0: 0+ abc 0: a 0+ bc 0: 0+ bc 0: b 0+ c 0: 0+ c 0: c 0+ 0: 0+ /\b/g+ abc 0: 0+ abc 0: 0+ /\b/+g abc 0: 0+ abc 0: 0+ //g abc 0: 0: 0: 0: /]{0,})>]{0,})>([\d]{0,}\.)(.*)((
([\w\W\s\d][^<>]{0,})|[\s]{0,}))<\/a><\/TD>]{0,})>([\w\W\s\d][^<>]{0,})<\/TD>]{0,})>([\w\W\s\d][^<>]{0,})<\/TD><\/TR>/is 43.Word Processor
(N-1286)Lega lstaff.comCA - Statewide 0: 43.Word Processor
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(N-1286) 5: 6: 7: 8: align=left valign=top 9: Lega lstaff.com 10: align=left valign=top 11: CA - Statewide /a[^a]b/ acb 0: acb 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 0: a\x0ab /^(b+?|a){1,2}?c/ bac 0: bac 1: a bbac 0: bbac 1: a bbbac 0: bbbac 1: a bbbbac 0: bbbbac 1: a bbbbbac 0: bbbbbac 1: a /^(b+|a){1,2}?c/ bac 0: bac 1: a bbac 0: bbac 1: a bbbac 0: bbbac 1: a bbbbac 0: bbbbac 1: a bbbbbac 0: bbbbbac 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/ CD 0: CD /(AB)*?\1/ ABABAB 0: ABAB 1: AB /(AB)*\1/ ABABAB 0: ABABAB 1: AB /(?.*/)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+/ 1.230003938 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 /((?>[^()]+)|\([^()]*\))+/ ((abc(ade)ufh()()x 0: abc(ade)ufh()()x 1: x /\(((?>[^()]+)|\([^()]+\))+\)/ (abc) 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}:)$/ abc: 0: abc: 12 0: 12 *** Failers No match 123 No match xyz No match /(?(?<=foo)bar|cat)/ foobar 0: bar cat 0: cat fcat 0: cat focat 0: cat *** Failers No match foocat No match /(?(?a*)*/ a 0: a aa 0: aa aaaa 0: aaaa /(abc|)+/ abc 0: abc 1: abcabc 0: abcabc 1: abcabcabc 0: abcabcabc 1: xyz 0: 1: /([a]*)*/ a 0: a 1: aaaaa 0: aaaaa 1: /([ab]*)*/ a 0: a 1: b 0: b 1: ababab 0: ababab 1: aaaabcde 0: aaaab 1: bbbb 0: bbbb 1: /([^a]*)*/ b 0: b 1: bbbb 0: bbbb 1: aaa 0: 1: /([^ab]*)*/ cccc 0: cccc 1: abab 0: 1: /([a]*?)*/ a 0: 1: aaaa 0: 1: /([ab]*?)*/ a 0: 1: b 0: 1: abab 0: 1: baba 0: 1: /([^a]*?)*/ b 0: 1: bbbb 0: 1: aaa 0: 1: /([^ab]*?)*/ c 0: 1: cccc 0: 1: baba 0: 1: /(?>a*)*/ a 0: a aaabcde 0: aaa /((?>a*))*/ aaaaa 0: aaaaa 1: aabbaa 0: aa 1: /((?>a*?))*/ aaaaa 0: 1: aabbaa 0: 1: /(?(?=[^a-z]+[a-z]) \d{2}-[a-z]{3}-\d{2} | \d{2}-\d{2}-\d{2} ) /x 12-sep-98 0: 12-sep-98 12-09-98 0: 12-09-98 *** Failers No match sep-12-98 No match /(?<=(foo))bar\1/ foobarfoo 0: barfoo 1: foo foobarfootling 0: barfoo 1: foo *** Failers No match foobar No match barfoo No match /(?i:saturday|sunday)/ saturday 0: saturday sunday 0: sunday Saturday 0: Saturday Sunday 0: Sunday SATURDAY 0: SATURDAY SUNDAY 0: SUNDAY SunDay 0: SunDay /(a(?i)bc|BB)x/ abcx 0: abcx 1: abc aBCx 0: aBCx 1: aBC bbx 0: bbx 1: bb BBx 0: BBx 1: BB *** Failers No match abcX No match aBCX No match bbX No match BBX No match /^([ab](?i)[cd]|[ef])/ ac 0: ac 1: ac aC 0: aC 1: aC bD 0: bD 1: bD elephant 0: e 1: e Europe 0: E 1: E frog 0: f 1: f France 0: F 1: F *** Failers No match Africa No match /^(ab|a(?i)[b-c](?m-i)d|x(?i)y|z)/ ab 0: ab 1: ab aBd 0: aBd 1: aBd xy 0: xy 1: xy xY 0: xY 1: xY zebra 0: z 1: z Zambesi 0: Z 1: Z *** Failers No match aCD No match XY No match /(?<=foo\n)^bar/m foo\nbar 0: bar *** Failers No match bar No match baz\nbar No match /(?<=(?]&/ <&OUT 0: <& /^(a\1?){4}$/ aaaaaaaaaa 0: aaaaaaaaaa 1: aaaa *** Failers No match AB No match aaaaaaaaa No match aaaaaaaaaaa No match /^(a(?(1)\1)){4}$/ aaaaaaaaaa 0: aaaaaaaaaa 1: aaaa *** Failers No match aaaaaaaaa No match aaaaaaaaaaa No match /(?:(f)(o)(o)|(b)(a)(r))*/ foobar 0: foobar 1: f 2: o 3: o 4: b 5: a 6: r /(?<=a)b/ ab 0: b *** Failers No match cb No match b No match /(? 2: abcd xy:z:::abcd 0: xy:z:::abcd 1: xy:z::: 2: abcd /^[^bcd]*(c+)/ aexycd 0: aexyc 1: c /(a*)b+/ caab 0: aab 1: aa /([\w:]+::)?(\w+)$/ abcd 0: abcd 1: 2: abcd xy:z:::abcd 0: xy:z:::abcd 1: xy:z::: 2: abcd *** Failers 0: Failers 1: 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}...)(? 2: 3: abcd 2: 3: abcd \s*)=(?>\s*) # find 2: 3: abcd 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 /a b/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 an internal component. --/ /^(?!:) # 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 regulr 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 /(? 2: D 0: D 1: 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)(?>.*)(? 2: a /(?>(a))b|(a)c/ ac 0: ac 1: 2: a /(?=(a))ab|(a)c/ ac 0: ac 1: 2: a /((?>(a))b|(a)c)/ ac 0: ac 1: ac 2: 3: a /((?>(a))b|(a)c)++/ ac 0: ac 1: ac 2: 3: a /(?:(?>(a))b|(a)c)++/ ac 0: ac 1: 2: a /(?=(?>(a))b|(a)c)(..)/ ac 0: ac 1: 2: a 3: ac /(?>(?>(a))b|(a)c)/ ac 0: ac 1: 2: a /(?:(?>([ab])))+a=/+ =ba= 0: ba= 0+ 1: b /(?>([ab]))+a=/+ =ba= 0: ba= 0+ 1: b /((?>(a+)b)+(aabab))/ aaaabaaabaabab 0: aaaabaaabaabab 1: aaaabaaabaabab 2: aaa 3: aabab /(?>a+|ab)+?c/ aabc No match /(?>a+|ab)+c/ aabc No match /(?:a+|ab)+c/ aabc 0: aabc /(?(?=(a))a)/ a 0: a 1: a /(?(?=(a))a)(b)/ ab 0: ab 1: a 2: b /^(?:a|ab)++c/ aaaabc No match /^(?>a|ab)++c/ aaaabc No match /^(?:a|ab)+c/ aaaabc 0: aaaabc /(?=abc){3}abc/+ abcabcabc 0: abc 0+ abcabc ** Failers No match xyz No match /(?=abc)+abc/+ abcabcabc 0: abc 0+ abcabc ** Failers No match xyz No match /(?=abc)++abc/+ abcabcabc 0: abc 0+ abcabc ** Failers No match xyz No match /(?=abc){0}xyz/ xyz 0: xyz /(?=abc){1}xyz/ ** Failers No match xyz No match /(?=(a))?./ ab 0: a 1: a bc 0: b /(?=(a))??./ ab 0: a bc 0: b /^(?=(a)){0}b(?1)/ backgammon 0: ba /^(?=(?1))?[az]([abc])d/ abd 0: abd 1: b zcdxx 0: zcd 1: c /^(?!a){0}\w+/ aaaaa 0: aaaaa /(?<=(abc))?xyz/ abcxyz 0: xyz 1: abc pqrxyz 0: xyz /^[\g]+/ ggg<<>> 0: ggg<<>> ** Failers No match \\ga No match /^[\ga]+/ gggagagaxyz 0: gggagaga /^[:a[:digit:]]+/ aaaa444:::Z 0: aaaa444::: /^[:a[:digit:]:b]+/ aaaa444:::bbbZ 0: aaaa444:::bbb /[:a]xxx[b:]/ :xxx: 0: :xxx: /(?<=a{2})b/i xaabc 0: b ** Failers No match xabc No match /(?XNNNYZ 0: XNNNYZ > X NYQZ 0: X NYQZ ** Failers No match >XYZ No match > X NY Z No match /\v*X\v?Y\v+Z\V*\x0a\V+\x0b\V{2,3}\x0c/ >XY\x0aZ\x0aA\x0bNN\x0c 0: XY\x0aZ\x0aA\x0bNN\x0c >\x0a\x0dX\x0aY\x0a\x0bZZZ\x0aAAA\x0bNNN\x0c 0: \x0a\x0dX\x0aY\x0a\x0bZZZ\x0aAAA\x0bNNN\x0c /(foo)\Kbar/ foobar 0: bar 1: foo /(foo)(\Kbar|baz)/ foobar 0: bar 1: foo 2: bar foobaz 0: foobaz 1: foo 2: baz /(foo\Kbar)baz/ foobarbaz 0: barbaz 1: foobar /abc\K|def\K/g+ Xabcdefghi 0: 0+ defghi 0: 0+ ghi /ab\Kc|de\Kf/g+ Xabcdefghi 0: c 0+ defghi 0: f 0+ ghi /(?=C)/g+ ABCDECBA 0: 0+ CDECBA 0: 0+ CBA /^abc\K/+ abcdef 0: 0+ def ** Failers No match defabcxyz No match /^(a(b))\1\g1\g{1}\g-1\g{-1}\g{-02}Z/ ababababbbabZXXXX 0: ababababbbabZ 1: ab 2: b /(?tom|bon)-\g{A}/ tom-tom 0: tom-tom 1: tom bon-bon 0: bon-bon 1: bon /(^(a|b\g{-1}))/ bacxxx No match /(?|(abc)|(xyz))\1/ abcabc 0: abcabc 1: abc xyzxyz 0: xyzxyz 1: xyz ** Failers No match abcxyz No match xyzabc No match /(?|(abc)|(xyz))(?1)/ abcabc 0: abcabc 1: abc xyzabc 0: xyzabc 1: xyz ** Failers No match xyzxyz No match /^X(?5)(a)(?|(b)|(q))(c)(d)(Y)/ XYabcdY 0: XYabcdY 1: a 2: b 3: c 4: d 5: Y /^X(?7)(a)(?|(b|(r)(s))|(q))(c)(d)(Y)/ XYabcdY 0: XYabcdY 1: a 2: b 3: 4: 5: c 6: d 7: Y /^X(?7)(a)(?|(b|(?|(r)|(t))(s))|(q))(c)(d)(Y)/ XYabcdY 0: XYabcdY 1: a 2: b 3: 4: 5: c 6: d 7: Y /(?'abc'\w+):\k{2}/ a:aaxyz 0: a:aa 1: a ab:ababxyz 0: ab:abab 1: ab ** Failers No match a:axyz No match ab:abxyz No match /(?'abc'\w+):\g{abc}{2}/ a:aaxyz 0: a:aa 1: a ab:ababxyz 0: ab:abab 1: ab ** Failers No match a:axyz No match ab:abxyz No match /^(?a)? (?()b|c) (?('ab')d|e)/x abd 0: abd 1: a ce 0: ce /^(a.)\g-1Z/ aXaXZ 0: aXaXZ 1: aX /^(a.)\g{-1}Z/ aXaXZ 0: aXaXZ 1: aX /^(?(DEFINE) (? a) (? b) ) (?&A) (?&B) /x abcd 0: ab /(?(?&NAME_PAT))\s+(?(?&ADDRESS_PAT)) (?(DEFINE) (?[a-z]+) (?\d+) )/x metcalfe 33 0: metcalfe 33 1: metcalfe 2: 33 /(?(DEFINE)(?2[0-4]\d|25[0-5]|1\d\d|[1-9]?\d))\b(?&byte)(\.(?&byte)){3}/ 1.2.3.4 0: 1.2.3.4 1: 2: .4 131.111.10.206 0: 131.111.10.206 1: 2: .206 10.0.0.0 0: 10.0.0.0 1: 2: .0 ** Failers No match 10.6 No match 455.3.4.5 No match /\b(?&byte)(\.(?&byte)){3}(?(DEFINE)(?2[0-4]\d|25[0-5]|1\d\d|[1-9]?\d))/ 1.2.3.4 0: 1.2.3.4 1: .4 131.111.10.206 0: 131.111.10.206 1: .206 10.0.0.0 0: 10.0.0.0 1: .0 ** Failers No match 10.6 No match 455.3.4.5 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 *** 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 /([^()]++|\([^()]*\))+/ ((abc(ade)ufh()()x 0: abc(ade)ufh()()x 1: x /\(([^()]++|\([^()]+\))+\)/ (abc) 0: (abc) 1: abc (abc(def)xyz) 0: (abc(def)xyz) 1: xyz *** Failers No match ((()aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa No match /^([^()]|\((?1)*\))*$/ abc 0: abc 1: c a(b)c 0: a(b)c 1: c a(b(c))d 0: a(b(c))d 1: d *** Failers) No match a(b(c)d No match /^>abc>([^()]|\((?1)*\))*abc>123abc>123abc>1(2)3abc>1(2)3abc>(1(2)3)abc>(1(2)3) 2: 3: Satanoscillatemymetallicsonatas 4: S AmanaplanacanalPanama 0: AmanaplanacanalPanama 1: 2: 3: AmanaplanacanalPanama 4: A AblewasIereIsawElba 0: AblewasIereIsawElba 1: 2: 3: AblewasIereIsawElba 4: A *** Failers No match Thequickbrownfox No match /^(\d+|\((?1)([+*-])(?1)\)|-(?1))$/ 12 0: 12 1: 12 (((2+2)*-3)-7) 0: (((2+2)*-3)-7) 1: (((2+2)*-3)-7) 2: - -12 0: -12 1: -12 *** Failers No match ((2+2)*-3)-7) No match /^(x(y|(?1){2})z)/ xyz 0: xyz 1: xyz 2: y xxyzxyzz 0: xxyzxyzz 1: xxyzxyzz 2: xyzxyz *** Failers No match xxyzz No match xxyzxyzxyzz No match /((< (?: (?(R) \d++ | [^<>]*+) | (?2)) * >))/x <> 0: <> 1: <> 2: <> 0: 1: 2: hij> 0: hij> 1: hij> 2: hij> hij> 0: 1: 2: def> 0: def> 1: def> 2: def> 0: <> 1: <> 2: <> *** Failers No match 2: 3: Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas 4: S A man, a plan, a canal: Panama! 0: A man, a plan, a canal: Panama! 1: 2: 3: A man, a plan, a canal: Panama 4: A Able was I ere I saw Elba. 0: Able was I ere I saw Elba. 1: 2: 3: Able was I ere I saw Elba 4: A *** Failers No match The quick brown fox No match /^((.)(?1)\2|.)$/ a 0: a 1: a aba 0: aba 1: aba 2: a aabaa 0: aabaa 1: aabaa 2: a abcdcba 0: abcdcba 1: abcdcba 2: a pqaabaaqp 0: pqaabaaqp 1: pqaabaaqp 2: p ablewasiereisawelba 0: ablewasiereisawelba 1: ablewasiereisawelba 2: a rhubarb No match the quick brown fox No match /(a)(?<=b(?1))/ baz 0: a 1: a ** Failers No match caz No match /(?<=b(?1))(a)/ zbaaz 0: a 1: a ** Failers No match aaa No match /(?a)(?<=b(?&X))/ baz 0: a 1: a /^(?|(abc)|(def))\1/ abcabc 0: abcabc 1: abc defdef 0: defdef 1: def ** Failers No match abcdef No match defabc No match /^(?|(abc)|(def))(?1)/ abcabc 0: abcabc 1: abc defabc 0: defabc 1: def ** Failers No match defdef No match abcdef No match /(?:a(? (?')|(?")) |b(? (?')|(?")) ) (?('quote')[a-z]+|[0-9]+)/xJ a\"aaaaa 0: a"aaaaa 1: " 2: 3: " b\"aaaaa 0: b"aaaaa 1: 2: 3: 4: " 5: 6: " ** Failers No match b\"11111 No match /(?:(?1)|B)(A(*F)|C)/ ABCD 0: BC 1: C CCD 0: CC 1: C ** Failers No match CAD No match /^(?:(?1)|B)(A(*F)|C)/ CCD 0: CC 1: C BCD 0: BC 1: C ** Failers No match ABCD No match CAD No match BAD No match /(?:(?1)|B)(A(*ACCEPT)XX|C)D/ AAD 0: AA 1: A ACD 0: ACD 1: C BAD 0: BA 1: A BCD 0: BCD 1: C BAX 0: BA 1: A ** Failers No match ACX No match ABC No match /(?(DEFINE)(A))B(?1)C/ BAC 0: BAC /(?(DEFINE)((A)\2))B(?1)C/ BAAC 0: BAAC /(? \( ( [^()]++ | (?&pn) )* \) )/x (ab(cd)ef) 0: (ab(cd)ef) 1: (ab(cd)ef) 2: ef /^(?=a(*SKIP)b|ac)/ ** Failers No match ac No match /^(?=a(*PRUNE)b)/ ab 0: ** Failers No match ac No match /^(?=a(*ACCEPT)b)/ ac 0: /(?>a\Kb)/ ab 0: b /((?>a\Kb))/ ab 0: b 1: ab /(a\Kb)/ ab 0: b 1: ab /^a\Kcz|ac/ ac 0: ac /(?>a\Kbz|ab)/ ab 0: ab /^(?&t)(?(DEFINE)(?a\Kb))$/ ab 0: b /^([^()]|\((?1)*\))*$/ a(b)c 0: a(b)c 1: c a(b(c)d)e 0: a(b(c)d)e 1: e /(?P(?P0)(?P>L1)|(?P>L2))/ 0 0: 0 1: 0 00 0: 00 1: 00 2: 0 0000 0: 0000 1: 0000 2: 0 /(?P(?P0)|(?P>L2)(?P>L1))/ 0 0: 0 1: 0 2: 0 00 0: 0 1: 0 2: 0 0000 0: 0 1: 0 2: 0 /--- This one does fail, as expected, in Perl. It needs the complex item at the end of the pattern. A single letter instead of (B|D) makes it not fail, which I think is a Perl bug. --- / /A(*COMMIT)(B|D)/ ACABX No match /--- Check the use of names for failure ---/ /^(A(*PRUNE:A)B|C(*PRUNE:B)D)/K ** Failers No match AC No match, mark = A CB No match, mark = B /--- Force no study, otherwise mark is not seen. The studied version is in test 2 because it isn't Perl-compatible. ---/ /(*MARK:A)(*SKIP:B)(C|X)/KSS C 0: C 1: C MK: A D No match, mark = A /^(A(*THEN:A)B|C(*THEN:B)D)/K ** Failers No match CB No match, mark = B /^(?:A(*THEN:A)B|C(*THEN:B)D)/K CB No match, mark = B /^(?>A(*THEN:A)B|C(*THEN:B)D)/K CB No match, mark = B /--- This should succeed, as the skip causes bump to offset 1 (the mark). Note that we have to have something complicated such as (B|Z) at the end because, for Perl, a simple character somehow causes an unwanted optimization to mess with the handling of backtracking verbs. ---/ /A(*MARK:A)A+(*SKIP:A)(B|Z) | AC/xK AAAC 0: AC /--- Test skipping over a non-matching mark. ---/ /A(*MARK:A)A+(*MARK:B)(*SKIP:A)(B|Z) | AC/xK AAAC 0: AC /--- Check shorthand for MARK ---/ /A(*:A)A+(*SKIP:A)(B|Z) | AC/xK AAAC 0: AC /--- Don't loop! Force no study, otherwise mark is not seen. ---/ /(*:A)A+(*SKIP:A)(B|Z)/KSS AAAC No match, mark = A /--- This should succeed, as a non-existent skip name disables the skip ---/ /A(*MARK:A)A+(*SKIP:B)(B|Z) | AC/xK AAAC 0: AC /A(*MARK:A)A+(*SKIP:B)(B|Z) | AC(*:B)/xK AAAC 0: AC MK: B /--- COMMIT at the start of a pattern should act like an anchor. Again, however, we need the complication for Perl. ---/ /(*COMMIT)(A|P)(B|P)(C|P)/ ABCDEFG 0: ABC 1: A 2: B 3: C ** Failers No match DEFGABC No match /--- COMMIT inside an atomic group can't stop backtracking over the group. ---/ /(\w+)(?>b(*COMMIT))\w{2}/ abbb 0: abbb 1: a /(\w+)b(*COMMIT)\w{2}/ abbb No match /--- Check opening parens in comment when seeking forward reference. ---/ /(?&t)(?#()(?(DEFINE)(?a))/ bac 0: a /--- COMMIT should override THEN ---/ /(?>(*COMMIT)(?>yes|no)(*THEN)(*F))?/ yes No match /(?>(*COMMIT)(yes|no)(*THEN)(*F))?/ yes No match /b?(*SKIP)c/ bc 0: bc abc 0: bc /(*SKIP)bc/ a No match /(*SKIP)b/ a No match /(?P(?P=abn)xxx|)+/ xxx 0: 1: /(?i:([^b]))(?1)/ aa 0: aa 1: a aA 0: aA 1: a ** Failers 0: ** 1: * ab No match aB No match Ba No match ba No match /^(?&t)*+(?(DEFINE)(?a))\w$/ aaaaaaX 0: aaaaaaX ** Failers No match aaaaaa No match /^(?&t)*(?(DEFINE)(?a))\w$/ aaaaaaX 0: aaaaaaX aaaaaa 0: aaaaaa /^(a)*+(\w)/ aaaaX 0: aaaaX 1: a 2: X YZ 0: Y 1: 2: Y ** Failers No match aaaa No match /^(?:a)*+(\w)/ aaaaX 0: aaaaX 1: X YZ 0: Y 1: Y ** Failers No match aaaa No match /^(a)++(\w)/ aaaaX 0: aaaaX 1: a 2: X ** Failers No match aaaa No match YZ No match /^(?:a)++(\w)/ aaaaX 0: aaaaX 1: X ** Failers No match aaaa No match YZ No match /^(a)?+(\w)/ aaaaX 0: aa 1: a 2: a YZ 0: Y 1: 2: Y /^(?:a)?+(\w)/ aaaaX 0: aa 1: a YZ 0: Y 1: Y /^(a){2,}+(\w)/ aaaaX 0: aaaaX 1: a 2: X ** Failers No match aaa No match YZ No match /^(?:a){2,}+(\w)/ aaaaX 0: aaaaX 1: X ** Failers No match aaa No match YZ No match /(a|)*(?1)b/ b 0: b 1: ab 0: ab 1: aab 0: aab 1: /(a)++(?1)b/ ** Failers No match ab No match aab No match /(a)*+(?1)b/ ** Failers No match ab No match aab No match /(?1)(?:(b)){0}/ b 0: b /(foo ( \( ((?:(?> [^()]+ )|(?2))*) \) ) )/x foo(bar(baz)+baz(bop)) 0: foo(bar(baz)+baz(bop)) 1: foo(bar(baz)+baz(bop)) 2: (bar(baz)+baz(bop)) 3: bar(baz)+baz(bop) /(A (A|B(*ACCEPT)|C) D)(E)/x AB 0: AB 1: AB 2: B /\A.*?(a|bc)/ ba 0: ba 1: a /\A.*?(?:a|bc)++/ ba 0: ba /\A.*?(a|bc)++/ ba 0: ba 1: a /\A.*?(?:a|bc|d)/ ba 0: ba /(?:(b))++/ beetle 0: b 1: b /(?(?=(a(*ACCEPT)z))a)/ a 0: a 1: a /^(a)(?1)+ab/ aaaab 0: aaaab 1: a /^(a)(?1)++ab/ aaaab No match /^(?=a(*:M))aZ/K aZbc 0: aZ MK: M /^(?!(*:M)b)aZ/K aZbc 0: aZ /(?(DEFINE)(a))?b(?1)/ backgammon 0: ba /^\N+/ abc\ndef 0: abc /^\N{1,}/ abc\ndef 0: abc /(?(R)a+|(?R)b)/ aaaabcde 0: aaaab /(?(R)a+|((?R))b)/ aaaabcde 0: aaaab 1: aaaa /((?(R)a+|(?1)b))/ aaaabcde 0: aaaab 1: aaaab /((?(R1)a+|(?1)b))/ aaaabcde 0: aaaab 1: aaaab /a(*:any name)/K abc 0: a MK: any \x0aname /(?>(?&t)c|(?&t))(?(DEFINE)(?a|b(*PRUNE)c))/ a 0: a ba 0: a bba 0: a /--- Checking revised (*THEN) handling ---/ /--- Capture ---/ /^.*? (a(*THEN)b) c/x aabc No match /^.*? (a(*THEN)b|(*F)) c/x aabc 0: aabc 1: ab /^.*? ( (a(*THEN)b) | (*F) ) c/x aabc 0: aabc 1: ab 2: ab /^.*? ( (a(*THEN)b) ) c/x aabc No match /--- Non-capture ---/ /^.*? (?:a(*THEN)b) c/x aabc No match /^.*? (?:a(*THEN)b|(*F)) c/x aabc 0: aabc /^.*? (?: (?:a(*THEN)b) | (*F) ) c/x aabc 0: aabc /^.*? (?: (?:a(*THEN)b) ) c/x aabc No match /--- Atomic ---/ /^.*? (?>a(*THEN)b) c/x aabc No match /^.*? (?>a(*THEN)b|(*F)) c/x aabc 0: aabc /^.*? (?> (?>a(*THEN)b) | (*F) ) c/x aabc 0: aabc /^.*? (?> (?>a(*THEN)b) ) c/x aabc No match /--- Possessive capture ---/ /^.*? (a(*THEN)b)++ c/x aabc No match /^.*? (a(*THEN)b|(*F))++ c/x aabc 0: aabc 1: ab /^.*? ( (a(*THEN)b)++ | (*F) )++ c/x aabc 0: aabc 1: ab 2: ab /^.*? ( (a(*THEN)b)++ )++ c/x aabc No match /--- Possessive non-capture ---/ /^.*? (?:a(*THEN)b)++ c/x aabc No match /^.*? (?:a(*THEN)b|(*F))++ c/x aabc 0: aabc /^.*? (?: (?:a(*THEN)b)++ | (*F) )++ c/x aabc 0: aabc /^.*? (?: (?:a(*THEN)b)++ )++ c/x aabc No match /--- Condition assertion ---/ /^(?(?=a(*THEN)b)ab|ac)/ ac 0: ac /--- Condition ---/ /^.*?(?(?=a)a|b(*THEN)c)/ ba No match /^.*?(?:(?(?=a)a|b(*THEN)c)|d)/ ba 0: ba /^.*?(?(?=a)a(*THEN)b|c)/ ac No match /--- Assertion ---/ /^.*(?=a(*THEN)b)/ aabc 0: a /------------------------------/ /(?>a(*:m))/imsxSK a 0: a MK: m /(?>(a)(*:m))/imsxSK a 0: a 1: a MK: m /(?<=a(*ACCEPT)b)c/ xacd 0: c /(?<=(a(*ACCEPT)b))c/ xacd 0: c 1: a /(?<=(a(*COMMIT)b))c/ xabcd 0: c 1: ab ** Failers No match xacd No match /(? 2: /(another)?(\1+)test/ hello world test No match /(a(*COMMIT)b){0}a(?1)|aac/ aac 0: aac /((?:a?)*)*c/ aac 0: aac 1: /((?>a?)*)*c/ aac 0: aac 1: /(?>.*?a)(?<=ba)/ aba 0: ba /(?:.*?a)(?<=ba)/ aba 0: aba /.*?a(*PRUNE)b/ aab 0: ab /.*?a(*PRUNE)b/s aab 0: ab /^a(*PRUNE)b/s aab No match /.*?a(*SKIP)b/ aab 0: ab /(?>.*?a)b/s aab 0: ab /(?>.*?a)b/ aab 0: ab /(?>^a)b/s aab No match /(?>.*?)(?<=(abcd)|(wxyz))/ alphabetabcd 0: 1: abcd endingwxyz 0: 1: 2: wxyz /(?>.*)(?<=(abcd)|(wxyz))/ alphabetabcd 0: alphabetabcd 1: abcd endingwxyz 0: endingwxyz 1: 2: wxyz "(?>.*)foo" abcdfooxyz No match "(?>.*?)foo" abcdfooxyz 0: foo /(?:(a(*PRUNE)b)){0}(?:(?1)|ac)/ ac 0: ac /(?:(a(*SKIP)b)){0}(?:(?1)|ac)/ ac 0: ac /(?<=(*SKIP)ac)a/ aa No match /A(*MARK:A)A+(*SKIP:B)(B|Z) | AC/xK AAAC 0: AC /a(*SKIP:m)x|ac(*:n)(*SKIP:n)d|ac/K acacd 0: acd MK: n /A(*SKIP:m)x|A(*SKIP:n)x|AB/K AB 0: AB /((*SKIP:r)d){0}a(*SKIP:m)x|ac(*:n)|ac/K acacd 0: ac MK: n /-- Tests that try to figure out how Perl works. My hypothesis is that the first verb that is backtracked onto is the one that acts. This seems to be the case almost all the time, but there is one exception that is perhaps a bug. --/ /-- This matches "aaaac"; each PRUNE advances one character until the subject no longer starts with 5 'a's. --/ /aaaaa(*PRUNE)b|a+c/ aaaaaac 0: aaaac /-- Putting SKIP in front of PRUNE makes no difference, as it is never backtracked onto, whether or not it has a label. --/ /aaaaa(*SKIP)(*PRUNE)b|a+c/ aaaaaac 0: aaaac /aaaaa(*SKIP:N)(*PRUNE)b|a+c/ aaaaaac 0: aaaac /aaaa(*:N)a(*SKIP:N)(*PRUNE)b|a+c/ aaaaaac 0: aaaac /-- Putting THEN in front makes no difference. */ /aaaaa(*THEN)(*PRUNE)b|a+c/ aaaaaac 0: aaaac /-- However, putting COMMIT in front of the prune changes it to "no match". I think this is inconsistent and possibly a bug. For the moment, running this test is moved out of the Perl-compatible file. --/ /aaaaa(*COMMIT)(*PRUNE)b|a+c/ /---- OK, lets play the same game again using SKIP instead of PRUNE. ----/ /-- This matches "ac" because SKIP forces the next match to start on the sixth "a". --/ /aaaaa(*SKIP)b|a+c/ aaaaaac 0: ac /-- Putting PRUNE in front makes no difference. --/ /aaaaa(*PRUNE)(*SKIP)b|a+c/ aaaaaac 0: ac /-- Putting THEN in front makes no difference. --/ /aaaaa(*THEN)(*SKIP)b|a+c/ aaaaaac 0: ac /-- In this case, neither does COMMIT. This still matches "ac". --/ /aaaaa(*COMMIT)(*SKIP)b|a+c/ aaaaaac 0: ac /-- This gives "no match", as expected. --/ /aaaaa(*COMMIT)b|a+c/ aaaaaac No match /------ Tests using THEN ------/ /-- This matches "aaaaaac", as expected. --/ /aaaaa(*THEN)b|a+c/ aaaaaac 0: aaaaaac /-- Putting SKIP in front makes no difference. --/ /aaaaa(*SKIP)(*THEN)b|a+c/ aaaaaac 0: aaaaaac /-- Putting PRUNE in front makes no difference. --/ /aaaaa(*PRUNE)(*THEN)b|a+c/ aaaaaac 0: aaaaaac /-- Putting COMMIT in front makes no difference. --/ /aaaaa(*COMMIT)(*THEN)b|a+c/ aaaaaac 0: aaaaaac /-- End of "priority" tests --/ /aaaaa(*:m)(*PRUNE:m)(*SKIP:m)m|a+/ aaaaaa 0: a /aaaaa(*:m)(*MARK:m)(*PRUNE)(*SKIP:m)m|a+/ aaaaaa 0: a /aaaaa(*:n)(*PRUNE:m)(*SKIP:m)m|a+/ aaaaaa 0: aaaa /aaaaa(*:n)(*MARK:m)(*PRUNE)(*SKIP:m)m|a+/ aaaaaa 0: a /a(*MARK:A)aa(*PRUNE:A)a(*SKIP:A)b|a+c/ aaaac 0: aac /a(*MARK:A)aa(*MARK:A)a(*SKIP:A)b|a+c/ aaaac 0: ac /aaa(*PRUNE:A)a(*SKIP:A)b|a+c/ aaaac 0: aac /aaa(*MARK:A)a(*SKIP:A)b|a+c/ aaaac 0: ac /a(*:m)a(*COMMIT)(*SKIP:m)b|a+c/K aaaaaac 0: ac /.?(a|b(*THEN)c)/ ba 0: ba 1: a /(a(*COMMIT)b)c|abd/ abc 0: abc 1: ab abd No match /(?=a(*COMMIT)b)abc|abd/ abc 0: abc abd 0: abd /(?>a(*COMMIT)b)c|abd/ abc 0: abc abd 0: abd /a(?=b(*COMMIT)c)[^d]|abd/ abd No match abc 0: ab /a(?=bc).|abd/ abd 0: abd abc 0: ab /a(?>b(*COMMIT)c)d|abd/ abceabd No match /a(?>bc)d|abd/ abceabd 0: abd /(?>a(*COMMIT)b)c|abd/ abd 0: abd /(?>a(*COMMIT)c)d|abd/ abd No match /((?=a(*COMMIT)b)ab|ac){0}(?:(?1)|a(c))/ ac 0: ac 1: 2: c /-- These tests were formerly in test 2, but changes in PCRE and Perl have made them compatible. --/ /^(a)?(?(1)a|b)+$/ *** Failers No match a No match /(?=a\Kb)ab/ ab 0: b /(?!a\Kb)ac/ ac 0: ac /^abc(?<=b\Kc)d/ abcd 0: cd /^abc(?b))/K abc 0: b MK: m(m /(*PRUNE:m(m)(?&y)(?(DEFINE)(?b))/K abc 0: b MK: m(m /(*SKIP:m(m)(?&y)(?(DEFINE)(?b))/K abc 0: b /(*THEN:m(m)(?&y)(?(DEFINE)(?b))/K abc 0: b MK: m(m /^\d*\w{4}/ 1234 0: 1234 123 No match /^[^b]*\w{4}/ aaaa 0: aaaa aaa No match /^[^b]*\w{4}/i aaaa 0: aaaa aaa No match /^a*\w{4}/ aaaa 0: aaaa aaa No match /^a*\w{4}/i aaaa 0: aaaa aaa No match /-- End of testinput1 --/