Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternative(?:\[[^][]*]|$[^()]*$|{[^{}]*})(*SKIP)(*F)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\[[^][]*]|$[^()]*$|{[^{}]*})

1st Alternative\[[^][]*]

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^][]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

2nd Alternative$[^()]*$

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^()]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

3rd Alternative{[^{}]*}

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^{}]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

(*SKIP)acts like (*PRUNE), but the next unanchored match attempt starts where (*SKIP) was reached instead of at the next subject character

(*F)forces the current match attempt to fail at this position

2nd Alternative.

.any character (except for line terminators)

Global pattern flags

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

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

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25 tokens

Regular Expression

(?:\[[^][]*]|\([^()]*\)|{[^{}]*})(*SKIP)(*F)|.

New

Hello [123] {45} world (67)
Hello There (8) [9] {0}
(this]

Hello [123] {45} world (67)
Hello There (8) [9] {0}
(this]