Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

Group 1([\S][a-z#-()->]+)

Character Class[\S]

\Sany non-whitespace character

Character Class[a-z#-()->]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

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

#-(one character from # (35₁₀) to ( (40₁₀)

)->one character from ) (41₁₀) to > (62₁₀)

\{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

Group 2([^?+]*?)

Negated Character Class[^?+]*?

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

?the literal ? (63₁₀ / 77₈ / 3F₁₆)

+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

\}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

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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25 tokens

([\S][a-z#-()->]+)\{([^?+]*?)\}

New

# It should ignore the anotherone{test{nest}}

new{test}anotherone{test{nest}}new{test}new{test}

# It should ignore the anotherone{test{nest}}

new{test}anotherone{test{nest}}new{test}new{test}