Regex Cheatsheet - Regular Expression Quick Reference

Quick reference for regular expression patterns. Character classes, quantifiers, anchors, and common patterns.

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Zero or More *

Quantifier

Matches preceding expression zero or more times (greedy)

Pattern

*

Syntax

Explanation

* matches as many characters as possible. Use *? for lazy matching.

Examples

a*

Matches zero or more a's

Matches: , a, aaa

<p>.*</p>

Matches HTML paragraph tags

Matches: <p>content</p>

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