Regular Expressions 101

Pro

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

Group 1(\s*(?!NOT)\w+)+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

Negative Lookahead(?!NOT)

NOTthe literal text NOT (case sensitive)

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

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*(?!NOT)\w+)+\s*\*

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* apple *  * orange tasty *  * banana
 *
* grape NOT *
* orange tasty *
* NOT this *
*adds*
* bla bla NOT*
*NOT
this*
*this
NOT*
*this
*