Regular Expressions 101

Pro

^start of line

Group 1([#$%*& ])

Character Class[#$%*& ]

#the literal # (35₁₀ / 43₈ / 23₁₆)

$the literal $ (36₁₀ / 44₈ / 24₁₆)

%the literal % (37₁₀ / 45₈ / 25₁₆)

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

&the literal & (38₁₀ / 46₈ / 26₁₆)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Group name(?<name>[A-Za-z]+)

Character Class[A-Za-z]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

\1the text saved by group 1

=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

Group length(?<length>[0-9]+)

Character Class[0-9]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

!!the literal text !!

Group code(?<code>.*$)

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

$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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25 tokens

^([#$%*& ])(?<name>[A-Za-z]+)\1=(?<length>[0-9]+)!!(?<code>.*$)

New

Mike??Hailwood=5!![pliu
#SteveHislop#=16!!df%TU[Tj(h!!TT[S
*DavMolyneux*=15!!efgk#'_$&UYV%h%
RichardQ^uayle=16!!fr5de5kd