Regular Expressions 101

Character Class[0-9a-fA-F]{2}

{2}matches exactly 2 characters from the set below:

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

a-fone character from a (97₁₀) to f (102₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Fone character from A (65₁₀) to F (70₁₀) (case sensitive)

Non-Capturing Group(?:[:-][0-9a-fA-F]{2}){5}

{5}repeats the group contents below exactly 5 times:

Character Class[:-]

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Character Class[0-9a-fA-F]{2}

{2}matches exactly 2 characters from the set below:

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

a-fone character from a (97₁₀) to f (102₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Fone character from A (65₁₀) to F (70₁₀) (case sensitive)

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

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Regular Expression

[0-9a-fA-F]{2}(?:[:-][0-9a-fA-F]{2}){5}

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