Regular Expressions 101

Pro

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Group 1((?:[^\)]+|$[^)]+$)*\bgreen\b[^)]+)

Non-Capturing Group(?:[^\)]+|$[^)]+$)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

1st Alternative[^\)]+

Negated Character Class[^\)]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

2nd Alternative$[^)]+$

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^)]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

\ban ASCII word boundary

greenthe literal text green (case sensitive)

\ban ASCII word boundary

Negated Character Class[^)]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

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

Regular Expression

\(((?:[^\)]+|\([^)]+\))*\bgreen\b[^)]+)\)

New

OSDfhosjdjakjdnvkjndkfvjelkrjejrijrvrvrjvnkrjvnkn(mint (light) green pants)shdbfhsbdhfbsjd(couch)hvbjshdbvjhsbdfbjs(forest (dark) (stained) green shirt) sjdfjsdhfjshkdfjskdjfksjdfhfskdjf(table)

Extraction

OSDfhosjdjakjdnvkjndkfvjelkrjejrijrvrvrjvnkrjvnkn(mint (light) green pants)shdbfhsbdhfbsjd(couch)hvbjshdbvjhsbdfbjs(forest (dark) (stained) green shirt) sjdfjsdhfjshkdfjskdjfksjdfhfskdjf(table)