Regular Expressions 101

Explanation
Pro

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

Group 1(My\w+)

Mythe literal text My (case sensitive)

\w+a Unicode word character, repeated at least once

Character Class[{]

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

Group 2((?:[^{}]*|[{][^{}]*[}])*)

Non-Capturing Group(?:[^{}]*|[{][^{}]*[}])*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

1st Alternative[^{}]*

Negated Character Class[^{}]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

2nd Alternative[{][^{}]*[}]

Character Class[{]

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^{}]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

Character Class[}]

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

Character Class[}]

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

Match Information

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Quick Reference

25 tokens

Regular Expression

\\(My\w+)[{]((?:[^{}]*|[{][^{}]*[}])*)[}]

New

\MyTitle{This is a title with some \commands{with some arguments} inside}
which is followed by some text 
with many lines and any kind of things inside
and at some point an abstract can be defined like
\MyAbstract{%
including the abstract which can have also \commands{inside with possiblguments} or not and can longer than a line
\commands{inside with possiblguments}
}