regex101: @Parse @AppleScript @Handler List into Name, Params, & Tags

^start of line

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

Negated Character Class[^\(\n]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

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

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Group 2([^\)]*)

Negated Character Class[^\)]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

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

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

--the literal text --

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

Group 3(.*)

.*any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

$end of line

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

25 tokens

Regular Expression

^([^\(\n]+)\(([^\)]*)\)(?:\s+--\s+(.*))?$

New


changeDate(pPOSIXPath, pDateToChange, pNewDate) -- @Date @Finder @File @Change
checkReqdASVer(pVerReqdStr) -- @AppleScript @Ver
cleanName(pNameFinderItem) -- @Clean @File @Folder @Invalid @RegEx @Satimage @FileName
collapseList(pMultiList)
continueScript(pMsgStr)
convertASDateToNSDate(pASDate) -- @Date @NS @ASObjC @Convert
convertISOtoDate(pDateStr) -- @Date @ISO @String
convertToDate(pDate) -- @Date @Convert @String
copyHTMLasRTFtoClipboard(pstrHTML)
createAliasIcon(pstrIconFile)
createHTMLLink for Params -- Params is a record
doesItemExist(pPOSIXPath) -- @Path @File @Finder @ASObjC
existsFinderItem(pPathStr)
expandPath(pPOSIXPath)
extractIndex(pList, pStartDelim, pEndDelim) -- @List @Index @Delim

Regular Expressions 101

Regular Expression

Extraction