Regular Expressions 101

user":"the literal text user":" (case sensitive)

Group 1([^"]+)

Negated Character Class[^"]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Negative Lookahead(?!.*"hide":true(?=.*\/-->))

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

"hide":truethe literal text "hide":true (case sensitive)

Positive Lookahead(?=.*\/-->)

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

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

-->the literal text -->

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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Regular Expression

user":"([^"]+)"(?!.*"hide":true(?=.*\/-->))

Test String
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<!-- block {"user":"josh-hart", 1234566 ,"hide":false} /-->
<!-- block {"user":"jalen-brunson", 7744633 ,"hide":true} /-->
<!-- block {"user":"julius-randle", 333333,"hide":false} /-->
<!-- block {"user":"obi-toppin", 4hh3n33n33n, /-->
<!-- block {"user":"rj-barrett", nmremxxx!! ,"hide":true} /-->
<!-- block {"user":"mitch-robinson",yahaoao /-->


josh-hart, julius-randle, obi-toppin, mitch-robinson

Regular Expression

Test StringNew

Test String
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