Examples of Regular Expression Syntax

Example Expression

Matches

Result of Example Expression

^[AB]305$

A string beginning with ‘A’ or ‘B’ and ending with ‘305’

A305 or B305

[AB]305

A string containing ‘A’ or ‘B’ followed by ‘305’

IBMA305HAL or

PQRB305LMN

!TEMP45

Any string that does NOT contain ‘TEMP45’

/THIS/string/Matches

^/S45/.*/TEMP45$

A string beginning /S45 and ending with TEMP45

/S45/ABCanythinggoeshere 345/TEMP45

!^/S45

Any string that does not begin with /S45