Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternative(\[[^][]*](?:$[^()]*$)?)

Group 1(\[[^][]*](?:$[^()]*$)?)

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^][]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:$[^()]*$)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^()]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

2nd Alternative\\-

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

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

(\[[^][]*](?:\([^()]*\))?)|\\-

New

\- match \- all \-
[\- match \- none \-]
[\- match \- none \-](\- match \- none \-)
(\- match \- all \-)