Regular Expressions 101

Pro

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

Group 1([^:,]+)

Negated Character Class[^:,]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

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

Group 2([^,\n]+)

Negated Character Class[^,\n]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

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

Regular Expression

\s*([^:,]+):\s*([^,\n]+)

New

Garbage: Tissues, Organics: Milk, Recycle: Cardboards
Garbage: Paper Towels, Organics: Eggs, Recycle: Glass, Junk: Feces
Garbage: cups, Recycle: Plastic bottles

Substitution

Garbage: Tissues, Organics: Milk, Recycle: Cardboards
Garbage: Paper Towels, Organics: Eggs, Recycle: Glass, Junk: Feces
Garbage: cups, Recycle: Plastic bottles