PCRE version 2.02 14-Jan-1999

/(a)b|/
Identifying subpattern count = 1
No options
No first char

/abc/
Identifying subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
    abc
 0: abc
    defabc
 0: abc
    \Aabc
 0: abc
    *** Failers
No match
    \Adefabc
No match
    ABC
No match

/^abc/
Identifying subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char
    abc
 0: abc
    \Aabc
 0: abc
    *** Failers
No match
    defabc
No match
    \Adefabc
No match

/a+bc/
Identifying subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'

/a*bc/
Identifying subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char

/a{3}bc/
Identifying subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'

/(abc|a+z)/
Identifying subpattern count = 1
No options
First char = 'a'

/^abc$/
Identifying subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char
    abc
 0: abc
    *** Failers
No match
    def\nabc
No match

/abc\/
Failed: \ at end of pattern at offset 4

/ab\gdef/X
Failed: unrecognized character follows \ at offset 3

/(?X)ab\gdef/X
Failed: unrecognized character follows \ at offset 7

/x{5,4}/
Failed: numbers out of order in {} quantifier at offset 5

/z{65536}/
Failed: number too big in {} quantifier at offset 7

/[abcd/
Failed: missing terminating ] for character class at offset 5

/[\B]/
Failed: invalid escape sequence in character class at offset 2

/[a-\w]/
Failed: invalid escape sequence in character class at offset 4

/[z-a]/
Failed: range out of order in character class at offset 3

/^*/
Failed: nothing to repeat at offset 1

/(abc/
Failed: missing ) at offset 4

/(?# abc/
Failed: missing ) after comment at offset 7

/(?z)abc/
Failed: unrecognized character after (? at offset 2

/.*b/
Identifying subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char

/.*?b/
Identifying subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char

/cat|dog|elephant/
Identifying subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
    this sentence eventually mentions a cat
 0: cat
    this sentences rambles on and on for a while and then reaches elephant
 0: elephant

/cat|dog|elephant/S
Identifying subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
Starting character set: c d e 
    this sentence eventually mentions a cat
 0: cat
    this sentences rambles on and on for a while and then reaches elephant
 0: elephant

/cat|dog|elephant/iS
Identifying subpattern count = 0
Options: caseless
No first char
Starting character set: C D E c d e 
    this sentence eventually mentions a CAT cat
 0: CAT
    this sentences rambles on and on for a while to elephant ElePhant
 0: elephant

/a|[bcd]/S
Identifying subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
Starting character set: a b c d 

/(a|[^\dZ])/S
Identifying subpattern count = 1
No options
No first char
Starting character set: \x00 \x01 \x02 \x03 \x04 \x05 \x06 \x07 \x08 \x09 \x0a 
  \x0b \x0c \x0d \x0e \x0f \x10 \x11 \x12 \x13 \x14 \x15 \x16 \x17 \x18 \x19 
  \x1a \x1b \x1c \x1d \x1e \x1f \x20 ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / : ; < = > 
  ? @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y [ \ ] ^ _ ` a b c d 
  e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~ \x7f \x80 \x81 \x82 \x83 
  \x84 \x85 \x86 \x87 \x88 \x89 \x8a \x8b \x8c \x8d \x8e \x8f \x90 \x91 \x92 
  \x93 \x94 \x95 \x96 \x97 \x98 \x99 \x9a \x9b \x9c \x9d \x9e \x9f \xa0 \xa1 
  \xa2 \xa3 \xa4 \xa5 \xa6 \xa7 \xa8 \xa9 \xaa \xab \xac \xad \xae \xaf \xb0 
  \xb1 \xb2 \xb3 \xb4 \xb5 \xb6 \xb7 \xb8 \xb9 \xba \xbb \xbc \xbd \xbe \xbf 
  \xc0 \xc1 \xc2 \xc3 \xc4 \xc5 \xc6 \xc7 \xc8 \xc9 \xca \xcb \xcc \xcd \xce 
  \xcf \xd0 \xd1 \xd2 \xd3 \xd4 \xd5 \xd6 \xd7 \xd8 \xd9 \xda \xdb \xdc \xdd 
  \xde \xdf \xe0 \xe1 \xe2 \xe3 \xe4 \xe5 \xe6 \xe7 \xe8 \xe9 \xea \xeb \xec 
  \xed \xee \xef \xf0 \xf1 \xf2 \xf3 \xf4 \xf5 \xf6 \xf7 \xf8 \xf9 \xfa \xfb 
  \xfc \xfd \xfe \xff 

/(a|b)*[\s]/S
Identifying subpattern count = 1
No options
No first char
Starting character set: \x09 \x0a \x0b \x0c \x0d \x20 a b 

/(ab\2)/
Failed: back reference to non-existent subpattern at offset 6

/{4,5}abc/
Failed: nothing to repeat at offset 4

/(a)(b)(c)\2/
Identifying subpattern count = 3
No options
First char = 'a'
    abcb
 0: abcb
 1: a
 2: b
 3: c
    \O0abcb
Matched, but too many substrings
    \O3abcb
Matched, but too many substrings
 0: abcb
    \O6abcb
Matched, but too many substrings
 0: abcb
 1: a
    \O9abcb
Matched, but too many substrings
 0: abcb
 1: a
 2: b
    \O12abcb 
 0: abcb
 1: a
 2: b
 3: c

/(a)bc|(a)(b)\2/
Identifying subpattern count = 3
No options
First char = 'a'
    abc
 0: abc
 1: a
    \O0abc
Matched, but too many substrings
    \O3abc
Matched, but too many substrings
 0: abc
    \O6abc
 0: abc
 1: a
    aba
 0: aba
 1: <unset>
 2: a
 3: b
    \O0aba
Matched, but too many substrings
    \O3aba
Matched, but too many substrings
 0: aba
    \O6aba
Matched, but too many substrings
 0: aba
 1: <unset>
    \O9aba
Matched, but too many substrings
 0: aba
 1: <unset>
 2: a
    \O12aba
 0: aba
 1: <unset>
 2: a
 3: b

/abc$/E
Identifying subpattern count = 0
Options: dollar_endonly
First char = 'a'
    abc
 0: abc
    *** Failers
No match
    abc\n
No match
    abc\ndef
No match

/(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)\6/
Failed: back reference to non-existent subpattern at offset 17

/the quick brown fox/
Identifying subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 't'
    the quick brown fox
 0: the quick brown fox
    this is a line with the quick brown fox
 0: the quick brown fox

/the quick brown fox/A
Identifying subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored
No first char
    the quick brown fox
 0: the quick brown fox
    *** Failers
No match
    this is a line with the quick brown fox
No match

/ab(?z)cd/
Failed: unrecognized character after (? at offset 4

/^abc|def/
Identifying subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
    abcdef
 0: abc
    abcdef\B
 0: def

/.*((abc)$|(def))/
Identifying subpattern count = 3
Options: anchored
No first char
    defabc
 0: defabc
 1: abc
 2: abc
    \Zdefabc
 0: def
 1: def
 2: <unset>
 3: def

/abc/P
    abc
 0: abc
    *** Failers
No match: POSIX code 17: match failed
    
/^abc|def/P
    abcdef
 0: abc
    abcdef\B
 0: def

/.*((abc)$|(def))/P
    defabc
 0: defabc
 1: abc
 2: abc
    \Zdefabc
 0: def
 1: def
 3: def
  
/the quick brown fox/P
    the quick brown fox
 0: the quick brown fox
    *** Failers 
No match: POSIX code 17: match failed
    The Quick Brown Fox 
No match: POSIX code 17: match failed

/the quick brown fox/Pi
    the quick brown fox
 0: the quick brown fox
    The Quick Brown Fox 
 0: The Quick Brown Fox

/abc.def/P
    *** Failers
No match: POSIX code 17: match failed
    abc\ndef
No match: POSIX code 17: match failed
    
/abc$/P
    abc
 0: abc
    abc\n 
 0: abc

/abc\/P
Failed: POSIX code 9: bad escape sequence at offset 4     

/(abc)\2/P
Failed: POSIX code 15: bad back reference at offset 7     

/(abc\1)/P
    abc
No match: POSIX code 17: match failed

/)/
Failed: unmatched parentheses at offset 0

/a[]b/
Failed: missing terminating ] for character class at offset 4

/[^aeiou ]{3,}/
Identifying subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
    co-processors, and for 
 0: -pr
    
/<.*>/
Identifying subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = '<'
    abc<def>ghi<klm>nop
 0: <def>ghi<klm>

/<.*?>/
Identifying subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = '<'
    abc<def>ghi<klm>nop
 0: <def>

/<.*>/U
Identifying subpattern count = 0
Options: ungreedy
First char = '<'
    abc<def>ghi<klm>nop
 0: <def>
    
/<.*>(?U)/
Identifying subpattern count = 0
Options: ungreedy
First char = '<'
    abc<def>ghi<klm>nop
 0: <def>

/<.*?>/U
Identifying subpattern count = 0
Options: ungreedy
First char = '<'
    abc<def>ghi<klm>nop
 0: <def>ghi<klm>
    
/={3,}/U
Identifying subpattern count = 0
Options: ungreedy
First char = '='
    abc========def
 0: ===
    
/(?U)={3,}?/
Identifying subpattern count = 0
Options: ungreedy
First char = '='
    abc========def
 0: ========
    
/(?<!bar|cattle)foo/
Identifying subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'f'
    foo
 0: foo
    catfoo 
 0: foo
    *** Failers
No match
    the barfoo
No match
    and cattlefoo   
No match

/(?<=a+)b/
Failed: lookbehind assertion is not fixed length at offset 6

/(?<=aaa|b{0,3})b/
Failed: lookbehind assertion is not fixed length at offset 14

/(?<!(foo)a\1)bar/
Failed: lookbehind assertion is not fixed length at offset 12

/(?i)abc/
Identifying subpattern count = 0
Options: caseless
First char = 'a'

/(a|(?m)a)/
Identifying subpattern count = 1
No options
First char = 'a'

/(?i)^1234/
Identifying subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored caseless
No first char

/(^b|(?i)^d)/
Identifying subpattern count = 1
Options: anchored
No first char

/(?s).*/
Identifying subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored dotall
No first char

/[abcd]/S
Identifying subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
Starting character set: a b c d 

/(?i)[abcd]/S
Identifying subpattern count = 0
Options: caseless
No first char
Starting character set: A B C D a b c d 

/(?m)[xy]|(b|c)/S
Identifying subpattern count = 1
Options: multiline
No first char
Starting character set: b c x y 

/(^a|^b)/m
Identifying subpattern count = 1
Options: multiline
First char at start or follows \n

/(?i)(^a|^b)/m
Identifying subpattern count = 1
Options: caseless multiline
First char at start or follows \n

/(a)(?(1)a|b|c)/
Failed: conditional group contains more than two branches at offset 13

/(?(?=a)a|b|c)/
Failed: conditional group contains more than two branches at offset 12

/(?(1a)/
Failed: malformed number after (?( at offset 4

/(?(?i))/
Failed: assertion expected after (?( at offset 3

/(?(abc))/
Failed: assertion expected after (?( at offset 3

/(?(?<ab))/
Failed: unrecognized character after (?< at offset 2

/((?s)blah)\s+\1/
Identifying subpattern count = 1
No options
First char = 'b'

/((?i)blah)\s+\1/
Identifying subpattern count = 1
No options
No first char

/((?i)b)/DS
------------------------------------------------------------------
  0  16 Bra 0
  3   8 Bra 1
  6  01 Opt
  8   1 b
 11   8 Ket
 14  00 Opt
 16  16 Ket
 19     End
------------------------------------------------------------------
Identifying subpattern count = 1
No options
No first char
Starting character set: B b 

/(a*b|(?i:c*(?-i)d))/S
Identifying subpattern count = 1
No options
No first char
Starting character set: C a b c d 

/a$/
Identifying subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'a'
    a
 0: a
    a\n
 0: a
    *** Failers 
No match
    \Za
No match
    \Za\n   
No match

/a$/m
Identifying subpattern count = 0
Options: multiline
First char = 'a'
    a
 0: a
    a\n
 0: a
    \Za\n   
 0: a
    *** Failers 
No match
    \Za
No match
    
/\Aabc/m
Identifying subpattern count = 0
Options: anchored multiline
No first char

/^abc/m 
Identifying subpattern count = 0
Options: multiline
First char at start or follows \n

/^((a+)(?U)([ab]+)(?-U)([bc]+)(\w*))/
Identifying subpattern count = 5
Options: anchored
No first char
  aaaaabbbbbcccccdef
 0: aaaaabbbbbcccccdef
 1: aaaaabbbbbcccccdef
 2: aaaaa
 3: b
 4: bbbbccccc
 5: def

/(?<=foo)[ab]/S
Identifying subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
Starting character set: a b 

/(?<!foo)(alpha|omega)/S
Identifying subpattern count = 1
No options
No first char
Starting character set: a o 

/(?!alphabet)[ab]/S
Identifying subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char
Starting character set: a b 

/(?<=foo\n)^bar/m
Identifying subpattern count = 0
Options: multiline
First char at start or follows \n

/(?>^abc)/m
Identifying subpattern count = 0
Options: multiline
First char at start or follows \n
    abc
 0: abc
    def\nabc
 0: abc
    *** Failers
No match
    defabc   
No match

/(?<=ab(c+)d)ef/
Failed: lookbehind assertion is not fixed length at offset 11

/(?<=ab(?<=c+)d)ef/
Failed: lookbehind assertion is not fixed length at offset 12

/(?<=ab(c|de)f)g/
Failed: lookbehind assertion is not fixed length at offset 13

/The next two are in testinput2 because they have variable length branches/
Identifying subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'T'

/(?<=bullock|donkey)-cart/
Identifying subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = '-'
    the bullock-cart
 0: -cart
    a donkey-cart race
 0: -cart
    *** Failers
No match
    cart
No match
    horse-and-cart    
No match
      
/(?<=ab(?i)x|y|z)/
Identifying subpattern count = 0
No options
No first char

/(?<=ab(?i)x(?-i)y|(?i)z|b)ZZ/
Identifying subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'Z'
    abxyZZ
 0: ZZ
    abXyZZ
 0: ZZ
    ZZZ
 0: ZZ
    zZZ
 0: ZZ
    bZZ
 0: ZZ
    BZZ     
 0: ZZ
    *** Failers
No match
    ZZ 
No match
    abXYZZ 
No match
    zzz
No match
    bzz  
No match

/(?<!(foo)a)bar/
Identifying subpattern count = 1
No options
First char = 'b'
    bar
 0: bar
    foobbar 
 0: bar
    *** Failers
No match
    fooabar  
No match

/This one is here because Perl 5.005_02 doesn't fail it/
Identifying subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'T'

/^(a)?(?(1)a|b)+$/
Identifying subpattern count = 1
Options: anchored
No first char
    *** Failers
No match
    a 
No match

/This one is here because I think Perl 5.005_02 gets the setting of $1 wrong/
Identifying subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'T'

/^(a\1?){4}$/
Identifying subpattern count = 1
Options: anchored
No first char
    aaaaaa
 0: aaaaaa
 1: aa
    
/These are syntax tests from Perl 5.005/
Identifying subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = 'T'

/a[b-a]/
Failed: range out of order in character class at offset 4

/a[]b/
Failed: missing terminating ] for character class at offset 4

/a[/
Failed: missing terminating ] for character class at offset 2

/*a/
Failed: nothing to repeat at offset 0

/(*)b/
Failed: nothing to repeat at offset 1

/a\/
Failed: \ at end of pattern at offset 2

/abc)/
Failed: unmatched parentheses at offset 3

/(abc/
Failed: missing ) at offset 4

/a**/
Failed: nothing to repeat at offset 2

/)(/
Failed: unmatched parentheses at offset 0

/\1/
Failed: back reference to non-existent subpattern at offset 2

/\2/
Failed: back reference to non-existent subpattern at offset 2

/(a)|\2/
Failed: back reference to non-existent subpattern at offset 6

/a[b-a]/i
Failed: range out of order in character class at offset 4

/a[]b/i
Failed: missing terminating ] for character class at offset 4

/a[/i
Failed: missing terminating ] for character class at offset 2

/*a/i
Failed: nothing to repeat at offset 0

/(*)b/i
Failed: nothing to repeat at offset 1

/a\/i
Failed: \ at end of pattern at offset 2

/abc)/i
Failed: unmatched parentheses at offset 3

/(abc/i
Failed: missing ) at offset 4

/a**/i
Failed: nothing to repeat at offset 2

/)(/i
Failed: unmatched parentheses at offset 0

/:(?:/
Failed: missing ) at offset 4

/(?<%)b/
Failed: unrecognized character after (?< at offset 0

/a(?{)b/
Failed: unrecognized character after (? at offset 3

/a(?{{})b/
Failed: unrecognized character after (? at offset 3

/a(?{}})b/
Failed: unrecognized character after (? at offset 3

/a(?{"{"})b/
Failed: unrecognized character after (? at offset 3

/a(?{"{"}})b/
Failed: unrecognized character after (? at offset 3

/(?(1?)a|b)/
Failed: malformed number after (?( at offset 4

/(?(1)a|b|c)/
Failed: conditional group contains more than two branches at offset 10

/[a[:xyz:/
Failed: missing terminating ] for character class at offset 8

/(?<=x+)y/
Failed: lookbehind assertion is not fixed length at offset 6

/a{37,17}/
Failed: numbers out of order in {} quantifier at offset 7

/ End of test input /
Identifying subpattern count = 0
No options
First char = ' '