Regular Expressions 101

Pro

export type the literal text export type (case sensitive)

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

=the literal text =

Non-Capturing Group(?: (\S+))?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Group 1(\S+)

\S+any non-whitespace character, repeated at least once

Non-Capturing Group(?:\s+\| (\S+))*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

\|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Group 2(\S+)

\S+any non-whitespace character, repeated at least once

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

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

s modifier: single line. Allows a dot to match line terminators

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Regular Expression

export type \w+ =(?: (\S+))?(?:\s+\| (\S+))*;

New

export type RegistrationMode = "Closed" | "RequireApplication" | "Open";

export type SearchType =
  | "All"
  | "Comments"
  | "Posts"
  | "Communities"
  | "Users"
  | "Url";

Extraction

export type RegistrationMode = "Closed" | "RequireApplication" | "Open";

export type SearchType =
  | "All"
  | "Comments"
  | "Posts"
  | "Communities"
  | "Users"
  | "Url";