Regular Expressions 101

Pro

1st Alternative\*\s?(?:([a-zA-Z0-9 ]+?NOT))\s?\*

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

\s?optionally matches any whitespace character

Non-Capturing Group(?:([a-zA-Z0-9 ]+?NOT))

Group 1([a-zA-Z0-9 ]+?NOT)

Character Class[a-zA-Z0-9 ]+?

+?matches at least one character from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

NOTthe literal text NOT (case sensitive)

\s?optionally matches any whitespace character

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

2nd Alternative\*\s?([a-zA-Z0-9 ]+?)\s?\*

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

\s?optionally matches any whitespace character

Group 2([a-zA-Z0-9 ]+?)

Character Class[a-zA-Z0-9 ]+?

+?matches at least one character from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\s?optionally matches any whitespace character

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

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

\*\s?(?:([a-zA-Z0-9 ]+?NOT))\s?\*|\*\s?([a-zA-Z0-9 ]+?)\s?\*

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* apple *  * orange tasty *  * banana *  * grape NOT *

* apple *  * orange tasty *  * banana *  * grape NOT *