Regular Expressions 101

^start of line

Non-Capturing Group(?:[0-9]{1,3}\. ?)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

Character Class[0-9]{1,3}

{1,3}matches between 1 and 3 characters from the set below:

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

?optionally matches the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:<media(?::[0-9]+)? ?/?><br ?/?>)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

<mediathe literal text <media (case sensitive)

Non-Capturing Group(?::[0-9]+)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Character Class[0-9]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

?optionally matches the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

/?optionally matches the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

><brthe literal text ><br (case sensitive)

?optionally matches the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

/?optionally matches the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Group 1(.*)

.*any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

$end of line

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

^(?:[0-9]{1,3}\. ?)?(?:<media(?::[0-9]+)? ?/?><br ?/?>)*(.*)$

New

What does the speaker suggest?

91. What does the speaker suggest?

96. <media:12 /><br />Why is the speaker going to Reynold’s Café?

96. <media:12 /><br /><media:13 /><br />Why is the speaker going to Reynold’s Café?

Substitution

$1