Regular Expressions 101

Pro

1st Alternative$\w+(?:[^\S\n]+\w+)*$

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

\w+a Unicode word character, repeated at least once

Non-Capturing Group(?:[^\S\n]+\w+)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Negated Character Class[^\S\n]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

\Sany character that is not Unicode whitespace

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

\w+a Unicode word character, repeated at least once

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

2nd Alternative\w+

\w+a Unicode word character, repeated at least once

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

\(\w+(?:[^\S\n]+\w+)*\)|\w+

New

(so) what (are you trying to say)
 
what (do you mean)

(so) what (are you trying to say)
 
what (do you mean)