regex101: PCRE (Legacy) Substitution Workspace

Pro

(?m)applies the following effective flags to the remainder of the pattern: gm

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

Group 1(.*\n)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

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

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

Group 2(.+?)

.+?any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

Group 3(5)

5the literal 5 (53₁₀ / 65₈ / 35₁₆)

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

Group 4(.*)

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

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

Group 5(.\n)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

.any character (except for line terminators)

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

Group 6(.*\n*)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

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

\n*a line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10), repeated any number of times

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

(?m)(.*\n)*(.+?)(5)\[(.*)\](.\n)*(.*\n*)*

New

SHIELD1[1SHIELD,2SHIELDCAP,3SHIELDPERCENT,]
ENERGY2[1POWER,2POWERCAP,3POWERPERCENT,]
STRUCTURE3[1STRUCTUREHP,2STRUCTUREHPCAP,3STRUCTUREHPPERCENT,]
ARMOR4[1ARMORHP,2ARMORHPCAP,3ARMORHPPERCENT,]
OTHER5[1MASS,2BLOCKCOUNT,3SECTOR,4SYSTEM,]


SELECT THE MENU YOU WANT

[REPLACEFIRST](.*\n)*(.+?)(3)\[(.*)\](.\n)*(.*\n*)*[WITH]$4

Substitution

$4

SHIELD1[1SHIELD,2SHIELDCAP,3SHIELDPERCENT,]
ENERGY2[1POWER,2POWERCAP,3POWERPERCENT,]
STRUCTURE3[1STRUCTUREHP,2STRUCTUREHPCAP,3STRUCTUREHPPERCENT,]
ARMOR4[1ARMORHP,2ARMORHPCAP,3ARMORHPPERCENT,]
OTHER5[1MASS,2BLOCKCOUNT,3SECTOR,4SYSTEM,]


SELECT THE MENU YOU WANT

[REPLACEFIRST](.*\n)*(.+?)(3)\[(.*)\](.\n)*(.*\n*)*[WITH]$4