Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternative\/(\w+)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Group 1(\w+)

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

2nd Alternative^\w+(?=\/)

^start of line

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

Positive Lookahead(?=\/)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

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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Search reference

Regular Expression

\/(\w+)|^\w+(?=\/)

New

/abc/def/ghi?foo=bar
/abc/xyz
abc/xyz
abc/xyz/
abc
abc/xyz/abc/xyz/a
/abc/xyz/abc/xyz/a