Regular Expressions 101

Pro

^start of line

Character Class[ \t]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\ta tab character (ASCII 9)

mainthe literal text main (case sensitive)

Character Class[ \t]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\ta tab character (ASCII 9)

\{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^{}]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

\}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

$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

^[ \t]*main[ \t]*\{[^{}]+\}$

New

main {
        top:190px;
        margin-left:auto;
        margin-right:auto;
        width:70%
}