Regular Expressions 101

Pro

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

\Kresets the starting point of the reported match. Any previously consumed characters are no longer included in the final match

Non-Capturing Group(?:[^,(]*$[^)]*$)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Negated Character Class[^,(]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^)]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^,]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:,|$)

1st Alternative,

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

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

\s*\K(?:[^,(]*\([^)]*\))*[^,]*(?:,|$)

New

one two (1one), three four (3three, 4four), five six, seven eight, nine ten eleven (8ten)

one two (1one), three four (3three, 4four), five six, seven eight, nine ten eleven (8ten)