Regular Expressions 101

\|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

Group 1([\w0-9_ -]+?)

Character Class[\w0-9_ -]+?

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

\wany word character

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

_the literal _ (95₁₀ / 137₈ / 5F₁₆)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

Group 2([^|}]*)

Negated Character Class[^|}]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

s modifier: single line. Allows a dot to match line terminators

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Search reference

Regular Expression

\|\s*([\w0-9_ -]+?)\s*=([^|}]*)

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