Regular Expressions 101

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

1st Alternative^[^)\n]*\)

^start of line

Negated Character Class[^)\n]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

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

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

2nd Alternative\d

\da digit

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

Group 1(.*?)

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

Positive Lookahead(?=or|[,(]|$)

1st Alternativeor

orthe literal text or (case sensitive)

2nd Alternative[,(]

Character Class[,(]

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

3rd 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

(?:^[^)\n]*\)|\d)\s*(.*?)(?=or|[,(]|$)

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1 thyme sprig
1 garlic clove, chopped
1 cup (180 g) quinoa, rinsed and drained
2 tbsp (30 ml) olive oil, plus more for serving

1 thyme sprig
1 garlic clove, chopped
1 cup (180 g) quinoa, rinsed and drained
2 tbsp (30 ml) olive oil, plus more for serving