Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternative((\s,|,|,\s)span)

Group 1((\s,|,|,\s)span)

Group 2(\s,|,|,\s)

1st Alternative\s,

\sany whitespace character

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

2nd Alternative,

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

3rd Alternative,\s

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

\sany whitespace character

spanthe literal text span (case sensitive)

2nd Alternative(span(\s,|,|,\s))

Group 3(span(\s,|,|,\s))

spanthe literal text span (case sensitive)

Group 4(\s,|,|,\s)

1st Alternative\s,

\sany whitespace character

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

2nd Alternative,

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

3rd Alternative,\s

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

\sany whitespace character

Global pattern flags

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

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Regular Expression

((\s,|,|,\s)span)|(span(\s,|,|,\s))

Test String
New


div, .span[href="#"], a{
	color: red;
}

.span[href="#"],div{
	color: red;
}
.span, span, div{
wdad
}
a, div, span{
wdad
}
a, span,  div {
wdad
}
span, span,  div {
wdad
}

Regular Expression

Test StringNew

Test String
New