Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternative^(?<indent>[\t ]*)\|

^start of line

Group indent(?<indent>[\t ]*)

Character Class[\t ]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

\ta tab character (ASCII 9)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

2nd Alternative(?<cell>-+)\|

Group cell(?<cell>-+)

-+the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆) , repeated at least once

\|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

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

y modifier: sticky. Matches only at the current search position instead of scanning ahead

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Search reference

Regular Expression

^(?<indent>[\t ]*)\||(?<cell>-+)\|

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