Regular Expressions 101

Pro

^start of line

Group 1([-+*\x{2022}\x{2023}\x{2043}])

Character Class[-+*\x{2022}\x{2023}\x{2043}]

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

\x{2022}the literal • (2022₁₆ / 20042₈ / 8226₁₀)

\x{2023}the literal ‣ (2023₁₆ / 20043₈ / 8227₁₀)

\x{2043}the literal ⁃ (2043₁₆ / 20103₈ / 8259₁₀)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\s+|$)

1st Alternative\s+

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

2nd Alternative$

$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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25 tokens

^([-+*\x{2022}\x{2023}\x{2043}])(?:\s+|$)

New

* Lorem
*  Lorem
*   Lorem
*    Lorem
*
+ Lorem
- Dolor
• Sit
‣ Lorem
⁃ Ipsum

*No Match
o No Match
0   No Match
?   No Match
` No Match

* Lorem
*  Lorem
*   Lorem
*    Lorem
*
+ Lorem
- Dolor
• Sit
‣ Lorem
⁃ Ipsum

*No Match
o No Match
0   No Match
?   No Match
` No Match