Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

Group 1([{[(])

Character Class[{[(]

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

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

Group 2(.*?)

.*?any Unicode character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

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

Group 3([]})])

Character Class[]})]

]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

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

([{[(])\s*(.*?)\s*([]})])

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the people ( that don't still like / love you } are going to ...

\1\2\3

the people ( that don't still like / love you } are going to ...