Regular Expressions 101

<!the literal text <!

Group 1([a-z]{0,25})

Character Class[a-z]{0,25}

{0,25}matches between 0 and 25 characters from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

\|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

Group 2([^|>]*)

Negated Character Class[^|>]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

\|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

Group 3([^|<>]*)

Negated Character Class[^|<>]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\|([^|<>]*))?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

Group 4([^|<>]*)

Negated Character Class[^|<>]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

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

<!([a-z]{0,25})\|([^|>]*)\|([^|<>]*)(?:\|([^|<>]*))?>

New

<!user|123|Kirill|{"color":"rgb(255, 184, 75)"}> published <!content|456|A cool content>