Regular Expressions 101

Pro

Non-Capturing Group(?:^| )

1st Alternative^

^start of line

2nd Alternative

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

Group 1(.*?)

.*?any Unicode character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:[ .]|$)

1st Alternative[ .]

Character Class[ .]

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

2nd Alternative$

$end of line

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

(?:^| )=(.*?)=(?:[ .]|$)

New

lore =foobar= ipsum (there is space before and after =)
lore =foobar=.
=foobar= ipsum
lore =foobar=
This is what shouldn't not match because the =x is not allowed.

lore =foobar=x

Substitution

lore =foobar= ipsum (there is space before and after =)
lore =foobar=.
=foobar= ipsum
lore =foobar=
This is what shouldn't not match because the =x is not allowed.

lore =foobar=x