Regular Expressions 101

Pro

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

Group 1([^*]+)

Negated Character Class[^*]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

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

\.([^*]+)

New

some_prefix.needed part*some_suffix
some_prefix.needed part

some_prefix.needed part*some_suffix
some_prefix.needed part