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^https:\/\/(?:www\.)?kuula.co\/share\/(?:[A-Za-z0-9]+\/)?(?:collection\/)?([A-Za-z0-9]+)(\?.*)?$
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gm
^ asserts position at start of a line
https:
matches the characters https: literally (case sensitive)
\/ matches the character / with index 4710 (2F16 or 578) literally (case sensitive)
\/ matches the character / with index 4710 (2F16 or 578) literally (case sensitive)
Non-capturing group
(?:www\.)?
? matches the previous token between zero and one times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy)
www
matches the characters www literally (case sensitive)
\. matches the character . with index 4610 (2E16 or 568) literally (case sensitive)
kuula
matches the characters kuula literally (case sensitive)
. matches any character (except for line terminators)
co
matches the characters co literally (case sensitive)
\/ matches the character / with index 4710 (2F16 or 578) literally (case sensitive)
share
matches the characters share literally (case sensitive)
\/ matches the character / with index 4710 (2F16 or 578) literally (case sensitive)
Non-capturing group
(?:[A-Za-z0-9]+\/)?
? matches the previous token between zero and one times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy)
Match a single character present in the list below
[A-Za-z0-9]
+ matches the previous token between one and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy)
A-Z matches a single character in the range between A (index 65) and Z (index 90) (case sensitive)
a-z matches a single character in the range between a (index 97) and z (index 122) (case sensitive)
0-9 matches a single character in the range between 0 (index 48) and 9 (index 57) (case sensitive)
\/ matches the character / with index 4710 (2F16 or 578) literally (case sensitive)
Non-capturing group
(?:collection\/)?
? matches the previous token between zero and one times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy)
collection
matches the characters collection literally (case sensitive)
\/ matches the character / with index 4710 (2F16 or 578) literally (case sensitive)
1st Capturing Group
([A-Za-z0-9]+)
Match a single character present in the list below
[A-Za-z0-9]
+ matches the previous token between one and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy)
A-Z matches a single character in the range between A (index 65) and Z (index 90) (case sensitive)
a-z matches a single character in the range between a (index 97) and z (index 122) (case sensitive)
0-9 matches a single character in the range between 0 (index 48) and 9 (index 57) (case sensitive)
2nd Capturing Group
(\?.*)?
? matches the previous token between zero and one times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy)
\? matches the character ? with index 6310 (3F16 or 778) literally (case sensitive)
.
matches any character (except for line terminators)
* matches the previous token between zero and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy)
$ asserts position at the end of a line
Global pattern flags
g modifier: global. All matches (don't return after first match)
m modifier: multi line. Causes ^ and $ to match the begin/end of each line (not only begin/end of string)
Your regular expression does not match the subject string.Try launching the debugger to find out why.

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gm

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