Regular Expressions 101

Pro

exceptthe literal text except (case sensitive)

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

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:[^()]+|(?R))*+

*+repeats the group contents below any number of times:

1st Alternative[^()]+

Negated Character Class[^()]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

2nd Alternative(?R)

(?R)recurses into the entire pattern

\)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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Regular Expression

except.*\((?:[^()]+|(?R))*+\)

New

where (
 param1 equals value1
 and
 param 2 equals valu2
 except (
  param3 equals value3
  where (
   param4 equals value4
   except (
     param6 equals value6
   )
  )
 )
)
except (
 param5 equal value5
)

Substitution

where (
 param1 equals value1
 and
 param 2 equals valu2
 except (
  param3 equals value3
  where (
   param4 equals value4
   except (
     param6 equals value6
   )
  )
 )
)
except (
 param5 equal value5
)