regex101: .NET 10.0 (C#) Substitution Workspace

Non-Capturing Group(?:፻|(?<!፻|^)\G)

1st Alternative፻

፻the literal ፻ (4987₁₀ / 11573₈ / 137B₁₆)

2nd Alternative(?<!፻|^)\G

Negative Lookbehind(?<!፻|^)

1st Alternative፻

፻the literal ፻ (4987₁₀ / 11573₈ / 137B₁₆)

2nd Alternative^

^start of line

\Gstart of current search

Positive Lookahead(?=.*፻)

.*any Unicode character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

፻the literal ፻ (4987₁₀ / 11573₈ / 137B₁₆)

Group 1([^\S\n]*)

Negated Character Class[^\S\n]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

\Sany character that is not Unicode whitespace

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

Group 2([^\s፻]+)

Negated Character Class[^\s፻]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

\sa Unicode whitespace character

፻the literal ፻ (4987₁₀ / 11573₈ / 137B₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:([^\S\n]*)፻)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

Group 3([^\S\n]*)

Negated Character Class[^\S\n]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

\Sany character that is not Unicode whitespace

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

፻the literal ፻ (4987₁₀ / 11573₈ / 137B₁₆)

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

25 tokens

Regular Expression

(?:፻|(?<!፻|^)\G)(?=.*፻)([^\S\n]*)([^\s፻]+)(?:([^\S\n]*)፻)?

New

፻this test works፻
፻this test will now work፻

፻simple፻

this is an ፻ extra far more challenging ፻ case with more ፻   than just one match   ፻ and even some ፻interleaved whitespace፻, behold!

Extraction

፻this test works፻
፻this test will now work፻

፻simple፻

this is an ፻ extra far more challenging ፻ case with more ፻   than just one match   ፻ and even some ፻interleaved whitespace፻, behold!