Regular Expressions 101

Group 1(:(?![\n])[()#$@-\w]+:)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Negative Lookahead(?![\n])

Character Class[\n]

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

Character Class[()#$@-\w]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

#the literal # (35₁₀ / 43₈ / 23₁₆)

$the literal $ (36₁₀ / 44₈ / 24₁₆)

@the literal @ (64₁₀ / 100₈ / 40₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\wany word character

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

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Regular Expression

(:(?![\n])[()#$@-\w]+:)

New

:any-non-whitespace:
:text1:sample2:
:@(1@#$@SD: :s:
:nospace::inbetween: because there are 2 colons in the middle
:nospace:middle:nospace: