Regular Expressions 101

<%the literal text <%

Group 1([-=])

Character Class[-=]

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

Group 2([^|]*?)

Negated Character Class[^|]*?

*?matches any number of characters outside the set below:

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

%>the literal text %>

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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Regular Expression

<%([-=]):\s*([^|]*?)\s*%>

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