Regular Expressions 101

#the literal # (35₁₀ / 43₈ / 23₁₆)

Group 1(\w+)

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Group 2([\w\s=><[\]"')(&|*+%@^?\/$.!-]*)

Character Class[\w\s=><[\]"')(&|*+%@^?\/$.!-]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

\wany word character

\sany whitespace character

=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

&the literal & (38₁₀ / 46₈ / 26₁₆)

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

%the literal % (37₁₀ / 45₈ / 25₁₆)

@the literal @ (64₁₀ / 100₈ / 40₁₆)

^the literal ^ (94₁₀ / 136₈ / 5E₁₆)

?the literal ? (63₁₀ / 77₈ / 3F₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

$the literal $ (36₁₀ / 44₈ / 24₁₆)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

!the literal ! (33₁₀ / 41₈ / 21₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

Group 3(.+?)

.+?any character, repeated at least once

}#the literal text }#

Global pattern flags

s modifier: single line. Allows a dot to match line terminators

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

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

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Search reference

Regular Expression

#(\w+)\(([\w\s=><[\]"')(&|*+%@^?\/$.!-]*)\){(.+?)}#

New

<html>
#v123w(r(!@3o=?w){
<div></div>
}#
#131ie_w(13gf$>&*()(*&){
<div></div>
}#
</html>