Regular Expressions 101

Group 1(.+?)

.+?any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

Non-Capturing Group(?:\.$(\d{4}\-\d{2}\-\d{2}\s)?([^$]*)\))?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Group 2(\d{4}\-\d{2}\-\d{2}\s)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\d{4}a digit, repeated exactly 4 times

\-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\d{2}a digit, repeated exactly 2 times

\-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\d{2}a digit, repeated exactly 2 times

\sany whitespace character

Group 3([^\)]*)

Negated Character Class[^\)]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\.(.+))?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

Group 4(.+)

.+any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

$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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Search reference

Regular Expression

(.+?)(?:\.\((\d{4}\-\d{2}\-\d{2}\s)?([^\)]*)\))?(?:\.(.+))?$

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