ossp-pkg/pcre/pcre_test.d/testinput3
/(?<!bar)foo/
foo
catfood
arfootle
rfoosh
*** Failers
barfoo
towbarfoo
/\w{3}(?<!bar)foo/
catfood
*** Failers
foo
barfoo
towbarfoo
/(?<=(foo)a)bar/
fooabar
*** Failers
bar
foobbar
/\Aabc\z/m
abc
*** Failers
abc\n
qqq\nabc
abc\nzzz
qqq\nabc\nzzz
"(?>.*/)foo"
/this/is/a/very/long/line/in/deed/with/very/many/slashes/in/it/you/see/
"(?>.*/)foo"
/this/is/a/very/long/line/in/deed/with/very/many/slashes/in/and/foo
/(?>(\.\d\d[1-9]?))\d+/
1.230003938
1.875000282
*** Failers
1.235
/^((?>\w+)|(?>\s+))*$/
now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party
*** Failers
this is not a line with only words and spaces!
/(\d+)(\w)/
12345a
12345+
/((?>\d+))(\w)/
12345a
*** Failers
12345+
/(?>a+)b/
aaab
/((?>a+)b)/
aaab
/(?>(a+))b/
aaab
/(?>b)+/
aaabbbccc
/(?>a+|b+|c+)*c/
aaabbbbccccd
/((?>[^()]+)|\([^()]*\))+/
((abc(ade)ufh()()x
/\(((?>[^()]+)|\([^()]+\))+\)/
(abc)
(abc(def)xyz)
*** Failers
((()aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
/a(?-i)b/i
ab
*** Failers
Ab
aB
AB
/(a (?x)b c)d e/
a bcd e
*** Failers
a b cd e
abcd e
a bcde
/(a b(?x)c d (?-x)e f)/
a bcde f
*** Failers
abcdef
/(a(?i)b)c/
abc
aBc
*** Failers
abC
aBC
Abc
ABc
ABC
AbC
/a(?i:b)c/
abc
aBc
*** Failers
ABC
abC
aBC
/a(?i:b)*c/
aBc
aBBc
*** Failers
aBC
aBBC
/a(?=b(?i)c)\w\wd/
abcd
abCd
*** Failers
aBCd
abcD
/(?s-i:more.*than).*million/i
more than million
more than MILLION
more \n than Million
*** Failers
MORE THAN MILLION
more \n than \n million
/(?:(?s-i)more.*than).*million/i
more than million
more than MILLION
more \n than Million
*** Failers
MORE THAN MILLION
more \n than \n million
/(?>a(?i)b+)+c/
abc
aBbc
aBBc
*** Failers
Abc
abAb
abbC
/(?=a(?i)b)\w\wc/
abc
aBc
*** Failers
Ab
abC
aBC
/(?<=a(?i)b)(\w\w)c/
abxxc
aBxxc
*** Failers
Abxxc
ABxxc
abxxC
/(?:(a)|b)(?(1)A|B)/
aA
bB
*** Failers
aB
bA
/^(a)?(?(1)a|b)+$/
aa
b
bb
*** Failers
ab
/^(?(?=abc)\w{3}:|\d\d)$/
abc:
12
*** Failers
123
xyz
/^(?(?!abc)\d\d|\w{3}:)$/
abc:
12
*** Failers
123
xyz
/(?(?<=foo)bar|cat)/
foobar
cat
fcat
focat
*** Failers
foocat
/(?(?<!foo)cat|bar)/
foobar
cat
fcat
focat
*** Failers
foocat
/( \( )? [^()]+ (?(1) \) |) /x
abcd
(abcd)
the quick (abcd) fox
(abcd
/( \( )? [^()]+ (?(1) \) ) /x
abcd
(abcd)
the quick (abcd) fox
(abcd
/^(?(2)a|(1)(2))+$/
12
12a
12aa
*** Failers
1234
/((?i)blah)\s+\1/
blah blah
BLAH BLAH
Blah Blah
blaH blaH
*** Failers
blah BLAH
Blah blah
blaH blah
/((?i)blah)\s+(?i:\1)/
blah blah
BLAH BLAH
Blah Blah
blaH blaH
blah BLAH
Blah blah
blaH blah
/(?>a*)*/
a
aa
aaaa
/(abc|)+/
abc
abcabc
abcabcabc
xyz
/([a]*)*/
a
aaaaa
/([ab]*)*/
a
b
ababab
aaaabcde
bbbb
/([^a]*)*/
b
bbbb
aaa
/([^ab]*)*/
cccc
abab
/([a]*?)*/
a
aaaa
/([ab]*?)*/
a
b
abab
baba
/([^a]*?)*/
b
bbbb
aaa
/([^ab]*?)*/
c
cccc
baba
/(?>a*)*/
a
aaabcde
/((?>a*))*/
aaaaa
aabbaa
/((?>a*?))*/
aaaaa
aabbaa
/(?(?=[^a-z]+[a-z]) \d{2}-[a-z]{3}-\d{2} | \d{2}-\d{2}-\d{2} ) /x
12-sep-98
12-09-98
*** Failers
sep-12-98
/(?<=(foo))bar\1/
foobarfoo
foobarfootling
*** Failers
foobar
barfoo
/(?i:saturday|sunday)/
saturday
sunday
Saturday
Sunday
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
SunDay
/(a(?i)bc|BB)x/
abcx
aBCx
bbx
BBx
*** Failers
abcX
aBCX
bbX
BBX
/^([ab](?i)[cd]|[ef])/
ac
aC
bD
elephant
Europe
frog
France
*** Failers
Africa
/^(ab|a(?i)[b-c](?m-i)d|x(?i)y|z)/
ab
aBd
xy
xY
zebra
Zambesi
*** Failers
aCD
XY
/(?<=foo\n)^bar/m
foo\nbar
*** Failers
bar
baz\nbar
/(?<=(?<!foo)bar)baz/
barbaz
barbarbaz
koobarbaz
*** Failers
baz
foobarbaz
/The case of aaaaaa is missed out below because I think Perl 5.005_02 gets/
/it wrong; it sets $1 to aaa rather than aa. Compare the following test,/
/where it does set $1 to aa when matching aaaaaa./
/^(a\1?){4}$/
a
aa
aaa
aaaa
aaaaa
aaaaaaa
aaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
/^(a\1?)(a\1?)(a\2?)(a\3?)$/
a
aa
aaa
aaaa
aaaaa
aaaaaa
aaaaaaa
aaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
/The following tests are taken from the Perl 5.005 test suite; some of them/
/are compatible with 5.004, but I'd rather not have to sort them out./
/abc/
abc
xabcy
ababc
*** Failers
xbc
axc
abx
/ab*c/
abc
/ab*bc/
abc
abbc
abbbbc
/.{1}/
abbbbc
/.{3,4}/
abbbbc
/ab{0,}bc/
abbbbc
/ab+bc/
abbc
*** Failers
abc
abq
/ab{1,}bc/
/ab+bc/
abbbbc
/ab{1,}bc/
abbbbc
/ab{1,3}bc/
abbbbc
/ab{3,4}bc/
abbbbc
/ab{4,5}bc/
*** Failers
abq
abbbbc
/ab?bc/
abbc
abc
/ab{0,1}bc/
abc
/ab?bc/
/ab?c/
abc
/ab{0,1}c/
abc
/^abc$/
abc
*** Failers
abbbbc
abcc
/^abc/
abcc
/^abc$/
/abc$/
aabc
*** Failers
aabc
aabcd
/^/
abc
/$/
abc
/a.c/
abc
axc
/a.*c/
axyzc
/a[bc]d/
abd
*** Failers
axyzd
abc
/a[b-d]e/
ace
/a[b-d]/
aac
/a[-b]/
a-
/a[b-]/
a-
/a]/
a]
/a[]]b/
a]b
/a[^bc]d/
aed
*** Failers
abd
abd
/a[^-b]c/
adc
/a[^]b]c/
adc
*** Failers
a-c
a]c
/\ba\b/
a-
-a
-a-
/\by\b/
*** Failers
xy
yz
xyz
/\Ba\B/
*** Failers
a-
-a
-a-
/\By\b/
xy
/\by\B/
yz
/\By\B/
xyz
/\w/
a
/\W/
-
*** Failers
-
a
/a\sb/
a b
/a\Sb/
a-b
*** Failers
a-b
a b
/\d/
1
/\D/
-
*** Failers
-
1
/[\w]/
a
/[\W]/
-
*** Failers
-
a
/a[\s]b/
a b
/a[\S]b/
a-b
*** Failers
a-b
a b
/[\d]/
1
/[\D]/
-
*** Failers
-
1
/ab|cd/
abc
abcd
/()ef/
def
/$b/
/a\(b/
a(b
/a\(*b/
ab
a((b
/a\\b/
a\b
/((a))/
abc
/(a)b(c)/
abc
/a+b+c/
aabbabc
/a{1,}b{1,}c/
aabbabc
/a.+?c/
abcabc
/(a+|b)*/
ab
/(a+|b){0,}/
ab
/(a+|b)+/
ab
/(a+|b){1,}/
ab
/(a+|b)?/
ab
/(a+|b){0,1}/
ab
/[^ab]*/
cde
/abc/
*** Failers
b
/a*/
/([abc])*d/
abbbcd
/([abc])*bcd/
abcd
/a|b|c|d|e/
e
/(a|b|c|d|e)f/
ef
/abcd*efg/
abcdefg
/ab*/
xabyabbbz
xayabbbz
/(ab|cd)e/
abcde
/[abhgefdc]ij/
hij
/^(ab|cd)e/
/(abc|)ef/
abcdef
/(a|b)c*d/
abcd
/(ab|ab*)bc/
abc
/a([bc]*)c*/
abc
/a([bc]*)(c*d)/
abcd
/a([bc]+)(c*d)/
abcd
/a([bc]*)(c+d)/
abcd
/a[bcd]*dcdcde/
adcdcde
/a[bcd]+dcdcde/
*** Failers
abcde
adcdcde
/(ab|a)b*c/
abc
/((a)(b)c)(d)/
abcd
/[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*/
alpha
/^a(bc+|b[eh])g|.h$/
abh
/(bc+d$|ef*g.|h?i(j|k))/
effgz
ij
reffgz
*** Failers
effg
bcdd
/((((((((((a))))))))))/
a
/((((((((((a))))))))))\10/
aa
/(((((((((a)))))))))/
a
/multiple words of text/
*** Failers
aa
uh-uh
/multiple words/
multiple words, yeah
/(.*)c(.*)/
abcde
/\((.*), (.*)\)/
(a, b)
/[k]/
/abcd/
abcd
/a(bc)d/
abcd
/a[-]?c/
ac
/(abc)\1/
abcabc
/([a-c]*)\1/
abcabc
/(a)|\1/
a
*** Failers
ab
x
/(([a-c])b*?\2)*/
ababbbcbc
/(([a-c])b*?\2){3}/
ababbbcbc
/((\3|b)\2(a)x)+/
aaaxabaxbaaxbbax
/((\3|b)\2(a)){2,}/
bbaababbabaaaaabbaaaabba
/abc/i
ABC
XABCY
ABABC
*** Failers
aaxabxbaxbbx
XBC
AXC
ABX
/ab*c/i
ABC
/ab*bc/i
ABC
ABBC
/ab*?bc/i
ABBBBC
/ab{0,}?bc/i
ABBBBC
/ab+?bc/i
ABBC
/ab+bc/i
*** Failers
ABC
ABQ
/ab{1,}bc/i
/ab+bc/i
ABBBBC
/ab{1,}?bc/i
ABBBBC
/ab{1,3}?bc/i
ABBBBC
/ab{3,4}?bc/i
ABBBBC
/ab{4,5}?bc/i
*** Failers
ABQ
ABBBBC
/ab??bc/i
ABBC
ABC
/ab{0,1}?bc/i
ABC
/ab??bc/i
/ab??c/i
ABC
/ab{0,1}?c/i
ABC
/^abc$/i
ABC
*** Failers
ABBBBC
ABCC
/^abc/i
ABCC
/^abc$/i
/abc$/i
AABC
/^/i
ABC
/$/i
ABC
/a.c/i
ABC
AXC
/a.*?c/i
AXYZC
/a.*c/i
*** Failers
AABC
AXYZD
/a[bc]d/i
ABD
/a[b-d]e/i
ACE
*** Failers
ABC
ABD
/a[b-d]/i
AAC
/a[-b]/i
A-
/a[b-]/i
A-
/a]/i
A]
/a[]]b/i
A]B
/a[^bc]d/i
AED
/a[^-b]c/i
ADC
*** Failers
ABD
A-C
/a[^]b]c/i
ADC
/ab|cd/i
ABC
ABCD
/()ef/i
DEF
/$b/i
*** Failers
A]C
B
/a\(b/i
A(B
/a\(*b/i
AB
A((B
/a\\b/i
A\B
/((a))/i
ABC
/(a)b(c)/i
ABC
/a+b+c/i
AABBABC
/a{1,}b{1,}c/i
AABBABC
/a.+?c/i
ABCABC
/a.*?c/i
ABCABC
/a.{0,5}?c/i
ABCABC
/(a+|b)*/i
AB
/(a+|b){0,}/i
AB
/(a+|b)+/i
AB
/(a+|b){1,}/i
AB
/(a+|b)?/i
AB
/(a+|b){0,1}/i
AB
/(a+|b){0,1}?/i
AB
/[^ab]*/i
CDE
/abc/i
/a*/i
/([abc])*d/i
ABBBCD
/([abc])*bcd/i
ABCD
/a|b|c|d|e/i
E
/(a|b|c|d|e)f/i
EF
/abcd*efg/i
ABCDEFG
/ab*/i
XABYABBBZ
XAYABBBZ
/(ab|cd)e/i
ABCDE
/[abhgefdc]ij/i
HIJ
/^(ab|cd)e/i
ABCDE
/(abc|)ef/i
ABCDEF
/(a|b)c*d/i
ABCD
/(ab|ab*)bc/i
ABC
/a([bc]*)c*/i
ABC
/a([bc]*)(c*d)/i
ABCD
/a([bc]+)(c*d)/i
ABCD
/a([bc]*)(c+d)/i
ABCD
/a[bcd]*dcdcde/i
ADCDCDE
/a[bcd]+dcdcde/i
/(ab|a)b*c/i
ABC
/((a)(b)c)(d)/i
ABCD
/[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*/i
ALPHA
/^a(bc+|b[eh])g|.h$/i
ABH
/(bc+d$|ef*g.|h?i(j|k))/i
EFFGZ
IJ
REFFGZ
*** Failers
ADCDCDE
EFFG
BCDD
/((((((((((a))))))))))/i
A
/((((((((((a))))))))))\10/i
AA
/(((((((((a)))))))))/i
A
/(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(a))))))))))/i
A
/(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(a|b|c))))))))))/i
C
/multiple words of text/i
*** Failers
AA
UH-UH
/multiple words/i
MULTIPLE WORDS, YEAH
/(.*)c(.*)/i
ABCDE
/\((.*), (.*)\)/i
(A, B)
/[k]/i
/abcd/i
ABCD
/a(bc)d/i
ABCD
/a[-]?c/i
AC
/(abc)\1/i
ABCABC
/([a-c]*)\1/i
ABCABC
/a(?!b)./
abad
/a(?=d)./
abad
/a(?=c|d)./
abad
/a(?:b|c|d)(.)/
ace
/a(?:b|c|d)*(.)/
ace
/a(?:b|c|d)+?(.)/
ace
acdbcdbe
/a(?:b|c|d)+(.)/
acdbcdbe
/a(?:b|c|d){2}(.)/
acdbcdbe
/a(?:b|c|d){4,5}(.)/
acdbcdbe
/a(?:b|c|d){4,5}?(.)/
acdbcdbe
/((foo)|(bar))*/
foobar
/a(?:b|c|d){6,7}(.)/
acdbcdbe
/a(?:b|c|d){6,7}?(.)/
acdbcdbe
/a(?:b|c|d){5,6}(.)/
acdbcdbe
/a(?:b|c|d){5,6}?(.)/
acdbcdbe
/a(?:b|c|d){5,7}(.)/
acdbcdbe
/a(?:b|c|d){5,7}?(.)/
acdbcdbe
/a(?:b|(c|e){1,2}?|d)+?(.)/
ace
/^(.+)?B/
AB
/^([^a-z])|(\^)$/
.
/^[<>]&/
<&OUT
/^(a\1?){4}$/
aaaaaaaaaa
*** Failers
AB
aaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaa
/^(a(?(1)\1)){4}$/
aaaaaaaaaa
*** Failers
aaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaa
/(?:(f)(o)(o)|(b)(a)(r))*/
foobar
/(?<=a)b/
ab
*** Failers
cb
b
/(?<!c)b/
ab
b
b
/(?:..)*a/
aba
/(?:..)*?a/
aba
/^(?:b|a(?=(.)))*\1/
abc
/^(){3,5}/
abc
/^(a+)*ax/
aax
/^((a|b)+)*ax/
aax
/^((a|bc)+)*ax/
aax
/(a|x)*ab/
cab
/(a)*ab/
cab
/(?:(?i)a)b/
ab
/((?i)a)b/
ab
/(?:(?i)a)b/
Ab
/((?i)a)b/
Ab
/(?:(?i)a)b/
*** Failers
cb
aB
/((?i)a)b/
/(?i:a)b/
ab
/((?i:a))b/
ab
/(?i:a)b/
Ab
/((?i:a))b/
Ab
/(?i:a)b/
*** Failers
aB
aB
/((?i:a))b/
/(?:(?-i)a)b/i
ab
/((?-i)a)b/i
ab
/(?:(?-i)a)b/i
aB
/((?-i)a)b/i
aB
/(?:(?-i)a)b/i
*** Failers
aB
Ab
/((?-i)a)b/i
/(?:(?-i)a)b/i
aB
/((?-i)a)b/i
aB
/(?:(?-i)a)b/i
*** Failers
Ab
AB
/((?-i)a)b/i
/(?-i:a)b/i
ab
/((?-i:a))b/i
ab
/(?-i:a)b/i
aB
/((?-i:a))b/i
aB
/(?-i:a)b/i
*** Failers
AB
Ab
/((?-i:a))b/i
/(?-i:a)b/i
aB
/((?-i:a))b/i
aB
/(?-i:a)b/i
*** Failers
Ab
AB
/((?-i:a))b/i
/((?-i:a.))b/i
*** Failers
AB
a\nB
/((?s-i:a.))b/i
a\nB
/(?:c|d)(?:)(?:a(?:)(?:b)(?:b(?:))(?:b(?:)(?:b)))/
cabbbb
/(?:c|d)(?:)(?:aaaaaaaa(?:)(?:bbbbbbbb)(?:bbbbbbbb(?:))(?:bbbbbbbb(?:)(?:bbbbbbbb)))/
caaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
/(ab)\d\1/i
Ab4ab
ab4Ab
/foo\w*\d{4}baz/
foobar1234baz
/x(~~)*(?:(?:F)?)?/
x~~
/^a(?#xxx){3}c/
aaac
/^a (?#xxx) (?#yyy) {3}c/x
aaac
/(?<![cd])b/
*** Failers
B\nB
dbcb
/(?<![cd])[ab]/
dbaacb
/(?<!(c|d))b/
/(?<!(c|d))[ab]/
dbaacb
/(?<!cd)[ab]/
cdaccb
/^(?:a?b?)*$/
*** Failers
dbcb
a--
/((?s)^a(.))((?m)^b$)/
a\nb\nc\n
/((?m)^b$)/
a\nb\nc\n
/(?m)^b/
a\nb\n
/(?m)^(b)/
a\nb\n
/((?m)^b)/
a\nb\n
/\n((?m)^b)/
a\nb\n
/((?s).)c(?!.)/
a\nb\nc\n
a\nb\nc\n
/((?s)b.)c(?!.)/
a\nb\nc\n
a\nb\nc\n
/^b/
/()^b/
*** Failers
a\nb\nc\n
a\nb\nc\n
/((?m)^b)/
a\nb\nc\n
/(?(1)a|b)/
/(?(1)b|a)/
a
/(x)?(?(1)a|b)/
*** Failers
a
a
/(x)?(?(1)b|a)/
a
/()?(?(1)b|a)/
a
/()(?(1)b|a)/
/()?(?(1)a|b)/
a
/^(\()?blah(?(1)(\)))$/
(blah)
blah
*** Failers
a
blah)
(blah
/^(\(+)?blah(?(1)(\)))$/
(blah)
blah
*** Failers
blah)
(blah
/(?(?!a)a|b)/
/(?(?!a)b|a)/
a
/(?(?=a)b|a)/
*** Failers
a
a
/(?(?=a)a|b)/
a
/(?=(a+?))(\1ab)/
aaab
/^(?=(a+?))\1ab/
/(\w+:)+/
one:
/$(?<=^(a))/
a
/(?=(a+?))(\1ab)/
aaab
/^(?=(a+?))\1ab/
*** Failers
aaab
aaab
/([\w:]+::)?(\w+)$/
abcd
xy:z:::abcd
/^[^bcd]*(c+)/
aexycd
/(a*)b+/
caab
/([\w:]+::)?(\w+)$/
abcd
xy:z:::abcd
*** Failers
abcd:
abcd:
/^[^bcd]*(c+)/
aexycd
/(>a+)ab/
/(?>a+)b/
aaab
/([[:]+)/
a:[b]:
/([[=]+)/
a=[b]=
/([[.]+)/
a.[b].
/((?>a+)b)/
aaab
/(?>(a+))b/
aaab
/((?>[^()]+)|\([^()]*\))+/
((abc(ade)ufh()()x
/a\Z/
*** Failers
aaab
a\nb\n
/b\Z/
a\nb\n
/b\z/
/b\Z/
a\nb
/b\z/
a\nb
*** Failers
/^(?>(?(1)\.|())[^\W_](?>[a-z0-9-]*[^\W_])?)+$/
a
abc
a-b
0-9
a.b
5.6.7
the.quick.brown.fox
a100.b200.300c
12-ab.1245
***Failers
\
.a
-a
a-
a.
a_b
a.-
a..
ab..bc
the.quick.brown.fox-
the.quick.brown.fox.
the.quick.brown.fox_
the.quick.brown.fox+
/(?>.*)(?<=(abcd|wxyz))/
alphabetabcd
endingwxyz
*** Failers
a rather long string that doesn't end with one of them
/word (?>(?:(?!otherword)[a-zA-Z0-9]+ ){0,30})otherword/
word cat dog elephant mussel cow horse canary baboon snake shark otherword
word cat dog elephant mussel cow horse canary baboon snake shark
/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
/(?<=\d{3}(?!999))foo/
999foo
123999foo
*** Failers
123abcfoo
/(?<=(?!...999)\d{3})foo/
999foo
123999foo
*** Failers
123abcfoo
/(?<=\d{3}(?!999)...)foo/
123abcfoo
123456foo
*** Failers
123999foo
/(?<=\d{3}...)(?<!999)foo/
123abcfoo
123456foo
*** Failers
123999foo
/<a[\s]+href[\s]*=[\s]* # find <a href=
([\"\'])? # find single or double quote
(?(1) (.*?)\1 | ([^\s]+)) # if quote found, match up to next matching
# quote, otherwise match up to next space
/isx
<a href=abcd xyz
<a href=\"abcd xyz pqr\" cats
<a href=\'abcd xyz pqr\' cats
/<a\s+href\s*=\s* # find <a href=
(["'])? # find single or double quote
(?(1) (.*?)\1 | (\S+)) # if quote found, match up to next matching
# quote, otherwise match up to next space
/isx
<a href=abcd xyz
<a href=\"abcd xyz pqr\" cats
<a href = \'abcd xyz pqr\' cats
/<a\s+href(?>\s*)=(?>\s*) # find <a href=
(["'])? # find single or double quote
(?(1) (.*?)\1 | (\S+)) # if quote found, match up to next matching
# quote, otherwise match up to next space
/isx
<a href=abcd xyz
<a href=\"abcd xyz pqr\" cats
<a href = \'abcd xyz pqr\' cats
/((Z)+|A)*/
ZABCDEFG
/(Z()|A)*/
ZABCDEFG
/(Z(())|A)*/
ZABCDEFG
/((?>Z)+|A)*/
ZABCDEFG
/((?>)+|A)*/
ZABCDEFG
/a*/g
abbab
/^[a-\d]/
abcde
-things
0digit
*** Failers
bcdef
/^[\d-a]/
abcde
-things
0digit
*** Failers
bcdef
/ End of testinput3 /
