Regular Expressions 101

Pro

Group 1(\[([\w\d\s]+\])([\w\d\s]+)\[\/\2)

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

Group 2([\w\d\s]+\])

Character Class[\w\d\s]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

\wany word character

\da digit

\sany whitespace character

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

Group 3([\w\d\s]+)

Character Class[\w\d\s]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

\wany word character

\da digit

\sany whitespace character

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\2the text saved by group 2

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

i modifier: insensitive. Matches without distinguishing uppercase and lowercase letters

Detailed match information will be displayed here automatically.

25 tokens

(\[([\w\d\s]+\])([\w\d\s]+)\[\/\2)

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Example text [hide] example hide text [/hide] pavelk.ru [shortcode] shortcodetext [/shortcode] happy end.