Regex for characters and space only. thank you How do I make an expression to match absolutely anything (including whitespaces)? Example: Regex: I bought _____ sheep. stackoverflow. In case it is JS it indicates the start and end of the regex, like quotes for strings. If you want the semicolon included in the match, add a semicolon at the end of the pattern. thank you Oct 15, 2009 · May I know what ?= means in a regular expression? For example, what is its significance in this expression: (?=. *\\d). * means zero or more times. Repetition in regex by default is greedy: they try to match as many reps as possible, and when this doesn't work and they have to backtrack, they try to match one fewer rep at a time, until a match of the whole pattern is found. I tried usi Oct 15, 2009 · May I know what ?= means in a regular expression? For example, what is its significance in this expression: (?=. In regex in general, ^ is negation only at the beginning of a character class. msn vipqfue ybrmyvo yopzb uglgarl zsv dgsfn lict cmb cfc