regex101: Table Stage 1

Group 1((.*\|.*\|.*)+([\n\r]|.*))+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

Group 2(.*\|.*\|.*)+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

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

\|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

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

\|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

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

Group 3([\n\r]|.*)

1st Alternative[\n\r]

Character Class[\n\r]

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

\ra carriage return (ASCII 13)

2nd Alternative.*

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

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

Search reference

Regular Expression

((.*\|.*\|.*)+([\n\r]|.*))+

Test String
New

Colons can be used to align columns.

| Tables        | Are           | Cool  |
| ------------- |:-------------:| -----:|
| col 3 is      | right-aligned | $1600 |
| col 2 is      | centered      |   $12 |
| zebra stripes | are neat      |    $1 |

There must be at least 3 dashes separating each header cell.
The outer pipes (|) are optional, and you don't need to make the 
raw Markdown line up prettily. You can also use inline Markdown.

Markdown | Less | Pretty
--- | --- | ---
*Still* | `renders` | **nicely**
1 | 2 | 3

Regular Expression

Test StringNew

Test String
New