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/
(?:
(?:
\"
|
'
|
\]
|
\}
|
\\
|
\d
|
(?:
nan
|
infinity
|
true
|
false
|
null
|
undefined
|
symbol
|
math
)
|
\`
|
\-
|
\+
)+
[
)
]
*
;
?
(
(?:
\s
|
-
|
~
|
!
|
{}
|
\|\|
|
\+
)*
.
*
(?:
.
*
=
.
*
)
)
)
/
gm
Non-capturing group
(?:
(?:
\"
|
'
|
\]
|
\}
|
\\
|
\d
|
(?:
nan
|
infinity
|
true
|
false
|
null
|
undefined
|
symbol
|
math
)
|
\`
|
\-
|
\+
)+
[
)
]
*
;
?
(
(?:
\s
|
-
|
~
|
!
|
{}
|
\|\|
|
\+
)*
.
*
(?:
.
*
=
.
*
)
)
)
Non-capturing group
(?:
\"
|
'
|
\]
|
\}
|
\\
|
\d
|
(?:
nan
|
infinity
|
true
|
false
|
null
|
undefined
|
symbol
|
math
)
|
\`
|
\-
|
\+
)+
+
matches the previous token between
one
and
unlimited
times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed
(greedy)
1st Alternative
\"
\"
matches the character
"
with index
34
10
(
22
16
or
42
8
) literally (case sensitive)
2nd Alternative
'
'
matches the character
'
with index
39
10
(
27
16
or
47
8
) literally (case sensitive)
3rd Alternative
\]
\]
matches the character
]
with index
93
10
(
5D
16
or
135
8
) literally (case sensitive)
4th Alternative
\}
\}
matches the character
}
with index
125
10
(
7D
16
or
175
8
) literally (case sensitive)
5th Alternative
\\
\\
matches the character
\
with index
92
10
(
5C
16
or
134
8
) literally (case sensitive)
6th Alternative
\d
\d
matches a digit (equivalent to
[0-9]
)
7th Alternative
(?:
nan
|
infinity
|
true
|
false
|
null
|
undefined
|
symbol
|
math
)
Non-capturing group
(?:
nan
|
infinity
|
true
|
false
|
null
|
undefined
|
symbol
|
math
)
1st Alternative
nan
nan
matches the characters
nan
literally (case sensitive)
2nd Alternative
infinity
infinity
matches the characters
infinity
literally (case sensitive)
3rd Alternative
true
true
matches the characters
true
literally (case sensitive)
4th Alternative
false
false
matches the characters
false
literally (case sensitive)
5th Alternative
null
null
matches the characters
null
literally (case sensitive)
6th Alternative
undefined
7th Alternative
symbol
8th Alternative
math
8th Alternative
\`
\`
matches the character
`
with index
96
10
(
60
16
or
140
8
) literally (case sensitive)
9th Alternative
\-
\-
matches the character
-
with index
45
10
(
2D
16
or
55
8
) literally (case sensitive)
10th Alternative
\+
\+
matches the character
+
with index
43
10
(
2B
16
or
53
8
) literally (case sensitive)
Match a single character present in the list below
[
)
]
*
matches the previous token between
zero
and
unlimited
times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed
(greedy)
)
matches the character
)
with index
41
10
(
29
16
or
51
8
) literally (case sensitive)
;
matches the character
;
with index
59
10
(
3B
16
or
73
8
) literally (case sensitive)
1st Capturing Group
(
(?:
\s
|
-
|
~
|
!
|
{}
|
\|\|
|
\+
)*
.
*
(?:
.
*
=
.
*
)
)
Non-capturing group
(?:
\s
|
-
|
~
|
!
|
{}
|
\|\|
|
\+
)*
*
matches the previous token between
zero
and
unlimited
times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed
(greedy)
1st Alternative
\s
\s
matches any whitespace character (equivalent to
[\r\n\t\f\v
\u00a0\u1680\u2000-\u200a\u2028\u2029\u202f\u205f\u3000\ufeff]
)
2nd Alternative
-
-
matches the character
-
with index
45
10
(
2D
16
or
55
8
) literally (case sensitive)
3rd Alternative
~
~
matches the character
~
with index
126
10
(
7E
16
or
176
8
) literally (case sensitive)
4th Alternative
!
!
matches the character
!
with index
33
10
(
21
16
or
41
8
) literally (case sensitive)
5th Alternative
{}
{}
matches the characters
{}
literally (case sensitive)
6th Alternative
\|\|
\|
matches the character
|
with index
124
10
(
7C
16
or
174
8
) literally (case sensitive)
\|
matches the character
|
with index
124
10
(
7C
16
or
174
8
) literally (case sensitive)
7th Alternative
\+
\+
matches the character
+
with index
43
10
(
2B
16
or
53
8
) literally (case sensitive)
.
matches any character (except for line terminators)
*
matches the previous token between
zero
and
unlimited
times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed
(greedy)
Non-capturing group
(?:
.
*
=
.
*
)
.
matches any character (except for line terminators)
*
matches the previous token between
zero
and
unlimited
times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed
(greedy)
=
matches the character
=
with index
61
10
(
3D
16
or
75
8
) literally (case sensitive)
.
matches any character (except for line terminators)
*
matches the previous token between
zero
and
unlimited
times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed
(greedy)
Global pattern flags
g modifier:
g
lobal. All matches (don't return after first match)
m modifier:
m
ulti line. Causes
^
and
$
to match the begin/end of each line (not only begin/end of string)
Match Information
Your regular expression does not match the subject string.
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