Regular Expressions 101

Pro

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

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

*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 ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

2nd Alternative\[(?:[^)(]+|\([^)(]*\])*\]

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

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

*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 ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

2nd Alternative\([^)(]*\]

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^)(]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

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

\[(?:[^\]\[]+|\[(?:[^)(]+|\([^)(]*\])*\])*\]

New

1. [  "Italy"  ] * 5 - [  "France","Paris" ] + 2

2. 3*12 * ["Country"] + ["City".] * 2 + [""]

3. [Madrid]

4. ["Spain"] * ["Name "Industry""]

5. "My issue" / ["Error] ["some name"]"] * 3 + 4`

Extraction

1. [  "Italy"  ] * 5 - [  "France","Paris" ] + 2

2. 3*12 * ["Country"] + ["City".] * 2 + [""]

3. [Madrid]

4. ["Spain"] * ["Name "Industry""]

5. "My issue" / ["Error] ["some name"]"] * 3 + 4`