Regular Expressions 101

Explanation
Pro

(?i)applies the following effective flags to the remainder of the pattern: gmi

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

Positive Lookbehind(?<=\/containers\/)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

containersthe literal text containers (case insensitive)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Group 1(.*)

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

Positive Lookahead(?=\/blobs\/)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

blobsthe literal text blobs (case insensitive)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Group 2(.*)

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

Positive Lookbehind(?<=\/blobs\/)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

blobsthe literal text blobs (case insensitive)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Group 3(.*)

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

Positive Lookahead(?=","eventtype)

","eventtypethe literal text ","eventtype (case insensitive)

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

Match Information

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Quick Reference

25 tokens

Regular Expression

(?i)(?<=\/containers\/)(.*)(?=\/blobs\/)(.*)(?<=\/blobs\/)(.*)(?=","eventtype)

New

resgrp/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/vvvvvdgdevstor","subject":"/blobServices/default/containers/coloradohhhhready/blobs/README_.._.hl7","eventType":"Microsoft.Storage.BlobCreated","eventTime":"2019-06-19T17:28:40.3136657Z","id":"604ad6c5a0145-04c4-26bsssss26a","data":{"api":"PutBlockList","clientRequestId":"aaaaaaae-4e68-95f6-c1ssssb02f"

Substitution

resgrp/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/vvvvvdgdevstor","subject":"/blobServices/default/containers/coloradohhhhready/blobs/README_.._.hl7","eventType":"Microsoft.Storage.BlobCreated","eventTime":"2019-06-19T17:28:40.3136657Z","id":"604ad6c5a0145-04c4-26bsssss26a","data":{"api":"PutBlockList","clientRequestId":"aaaaaaae-4e68-95f6-c1ssssb02f"