Regular Expressions 101

Pro

^start of string

Group 1(:.*?\[([0-9]*)\]:)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

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

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

Group 2([0-9]*)

Character Class[0-9]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

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

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Group 3(.*)

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

Global pattern flags

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

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25 tokens

^(:.*?\[([0-9]*)\]:)(.*)

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