Regular Expressions 101

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Group 1(::|[^:\n])+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

1st Alternative::

::the literal text ::

2nd Alternative[^:\n]

Negated Character Class[^:\n]

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

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

: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])+:

New

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