regex101: Search string with simple * wildcarding at beginning and end allowed

Pro

\Astart of string

Comment: String begin

Group 1([\*])?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

Character Class[\*]

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

Comment: Optional * at begin

Group 2([[:word:][:blank:][!"#$%£¥#%@€&'()+,\-.\/:;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~§üäöÜÄÖ]]*){3,}?

{3,}?repeats the group contents below at least 3 times:

Character Class[[:word:][:blank:][!"#$%£¥#%@€&'()+,\-.\/:;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~§üäöÜÄÖ]

[:word:]a word character [A-Za-z0-9_]

[:blank:]a whitespace character, excluding line breaks [ \t]

[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

!the literal ! (33₁₀ / 41₈ / 21₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

#the literal # (35₁₀ / 43₈ / 23₁₆)

$the literal $ (36₁₀ / 44₈ / 24₁₆)

%the literal % (37₁₀ / 45₈ / 25₁₆)

£the literal £ (163₁₀ / 243₈ / A3₁₆)

¥the literal ¥ (165₁₀ / 245₈ / A5₁₆)

@the literal @ (64₁₀ / 100₈ / 40₁₆)

€the literal € (8364₁₀ / 20254₈ / 20AC₁₆)

&the literal & (38₁₀ / 46₈ / 26₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

\-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

?the literal ? (63₁₀ / 77₈ / 3F₁₆)

@the literal @ (64₁₀ / 100₈ / 40₁₆)

[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

^the literal ^ (94₁₀ / 136₈ / 5E₁₆)

_the literal _ (95₁₀ / 137₈ / 5F₁₆)

`the literal ` (96₁₀ / 140₈ / 60₁₆)

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

~the literal ~ (126₁₀ / 176₈ / 7E₁₆)

§the literal § (167₁₀ / 247₈ / A7₁₆)

üthe literal ü (252₁₀ / 374₈ / FC₁₆) (case sensitive)

äthe literal ä (228₁₀ / 344₈ / E4₁₆) (case sensitive)

öthe literal ö (246₁₀ / 366₈ / F6₁₆) (case sensitive)

Üthe literal Ü (220₁₀ / 334₈ / DC₁₆) (case sensitive)

Äthe literal Ä (196₁₀ / 304₈ / C4₁₆) (case sensitive)

Öthe literal Ö (214₁₀ / 326₈ / D6₁₆) (case sensitive)

]*the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆) , repeated any number of times

Comment: match characters allowed as search string - no * in here!

Comment: at least 3 characters, non greedy

Group 3([\*])?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

Character Class[\*]

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

Comment: optional * at end

\Zend of string, or before its final line terminator

Comment: end of string

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

25 tokens

Regular Expression

\A(?# String begin)([\*])?(?# Optional * at begin)([[:word:][:blank:][!"#$%£¥#%@€&'()+,\-.\/:;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~§üäöÜÄÖ]]*)(?# match characters allowed as search string - no * in here!){3,}?(?# at least 3 characters, non greedy)([\*])?(?# optional * at end)\Z(?# end of string)

New

*SomeT?=)(/&%$"!123423AndSomeMore*

Extraction

*SomeT?=)(/&%$"!123423AndSomeMore*