Regular Expressions 101

Pro

^start of line

Group 1(\w+(?:\[[^\][]*]){2}\[)

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

Non-Capturing Group(?:\[[^\][]*]){2}

{2}repeats the group contents below exactly 2 times:

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^\][]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^\][]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

Positive Lookahead(?=])

]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

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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25 tokens

^(\w+(?:\[[^\][]*]){2}\[)[^\][]*(?=])

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