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o1-steve
o1-steve

Reputation: 331

How do i repeat regex

I have the following regex:

"(.+?)",.+?},\s.+?:\s

I would like to know if there is a way to repeat this regex, so i don't need to write it several times like this:

"(.+?)",.+?},\s.+?:\s"(.+?)",.+?},\s.+?:\s"(.+?)",.+?},\s.+?:\s

Upvotes: 12

Views: 41635

Answers (1)

Ani Menon
Ani Menon

Reputation: 28209

Put the regEx block in () and add * or +.

* 0 to any number of times.

+ 1 to any number of times.

{n} 'n' times.

{n,} at-least 'n' times.

(?: ... ) is called non-capturing group

Non-capturing parentheses group the regex so that you can apply regex operators, but do not capture anything.

Eg:

[0-9]{1} this means 1 digit(0-9)

[0-9]+ this means at-least one digit(0-9).

[0-9]* no digits or any number of digits(0-9).

Since you wanted "(.+?)",.+?},\s.+?:\s"(.+?)",.+?},\s.+?:\s"(.+?)",.+?},\s.+?:\s,

you may do it like this : ("(.+?)",.+?},\s.+?:\s){3}.

Upvotes: 34

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