Regular Expressions 101

^start of line

Group 1( *)

*the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆) , repeated any number of times

Negated Character Class[^\*\ \/\:\;]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

\ the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

\:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

\;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

Group 2(\ *)

\ *the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆) , repeated any number of times

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^\*\ \/\:\;]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

\ the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

\:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

\;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

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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Regular Expression

^( *)[^\*\ \/\(\)\:\;]*(\ *)\*[^\*\ \/\(\)\:\;]*;