Regular Expressions 101

Group 1(\w+)

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

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

=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

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

Group 2(.*?)

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

Positive Lookahead(?=\s*,\s*\w+\s*=|$)

1st Alternative\s*,\s*\w+\s*=

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

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

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

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

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

=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

2nd Alternative$

$end of line

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

(\w+)\s*=\s*(.*?)(?=\s*,\s*\w+\s*=|$)

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