Regular Expressions 101

Pro

\w+a Unicode word character, repeated at least once

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\w+(?:=\w+)?(?:\s+|$))+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

\w+a Unicode word character, repeated at least once

Non-Capturing Group(?:=\w+)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

\w+a Unicode word character, repeated at least once

Non-Capturing Group(?:\s+|$)

1st Alternative\s+

\s+a Unicode whitespace character, repeated at least once

2nd Alternative$

$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

\w+:(?:\w+(?:=\w+)?(?:\s+|$))+

New

name1:A=a name2:B=b name3:C=c d

name1:A=a name2:B=b name3:C=c d