Regular Expressions 101

ABC01the literal text ABC01 (case sensitive)

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?!&\(%\+)[\s\S])*?

*?repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Negative Lookahead(?!&\(%\+)

&the literal & (38₁₀ / 46₈ / 26₁₆)

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

%the literal % (37₁₀ / 45₈ / 25₁₆)

\+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

Character Class[\s\S]

\sany whitespace character

\Sany non-whitespace character

STRING-Cthe literal text STRING-C (case sensitive)

Character Class[\s\S]*?

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

\sany whitespace character

\Sany non-whitespace character

&the literal & (38₁₀ / 46₈ / 26₁₆)

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

%the literal % (37₁₀ / 45₈ / 25₁₆)

\+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

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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Search reference

Regular Expression

ABC01(?:(?!&\(%\+)[\s\S])*?STRING-C[\s\S]*?&\(%\+

New

ABC01|01
Random data here 2131233154542542542
More random data
STRING-C
A bit more random stuff
&(%+
ABC01|01
Random data here 2131233154542542542
More random data
STRING-D
A bit more random stuff
&(%+

ABC02|01
Random data here 88888888
More random data 22222
STRING-D
A bit more random stuff
&(%+

Regular Expression

Extraction