regex101: hyperlinks

Group 1(https?://)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

httpthe literal text http (case sensitive)

s?optionally matches the literal s (115₁₀ / 163₈ / 73₁₆) (case sensitive)

://the literal text ://

Group 2(w{3}.)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

w{3}the literal w (119₁₀ / 167₈ / 77₁₆) (case sensitive), repeated exactly 3 times

.any Unicode character (except for line terminators)

Group 3(.{1,})

.{1,}any Unicode character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Group 4(\d{1,})

\d{1,}a Unicode decimal digit, repeated at least once

Group 5(.cms)

.any Unicode character (except for line terminators)

cmsthe literal text cms (case sensitive)

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

Search reference

Regular Expression

(https?://)?(w{3}.)?(.{1,})/(\d{1,})(.cms)

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