Regular Expressions 101

Pro

Group 1(-?[pm][tbrlxy]?-)

-?optionally matches the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Character Class[pm]

pthe literal p (112₁₀ / 160₈ / 70₁₆) (case sensitive)

mthe literal m (109₁₀ / 155₈ / 6D₁₆) (case sensitive)

Character Class[tbrlxy]?

?matches at most one character from the set below:

tthe literal t (116₁₀ / 164₈ / 74₁₆) (case sensitive)

bthe literal b (98₁₀ / 142₈ / 62₁₆) (case sensitive)

rthe literal r (114₁₀ / 162₈ / 72₁₆) (case sensitive)

lthe literal l (108₁₀ / 154₈ / 6C₁₆) (case sensitive)

xthe literal x (120₁₀ / 170₈ / 78₁₆) (case sensitive)

ythe literal y (121₁₀ / 171₈ / 79₁₆) (case sensitive)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Group 2([248]){1}

{1}repeats the group contents below exactly 1 time:

Character Class[248]

2the literal 2 (50₁₀ / 62₈ / 32₁₆)

4the literal 4 (52₁₀ / 64₈ / 34₁₆)

8the literal 8 (56₁₀ / 70₈ / 38₁₆)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

Detailed match information will be displayed here automatically.

25 tokens

(-?[pm][tbrlxy]?-)([248]){1}

p-8 
pt-4 
m-2 
mx-4 
-ml-4