Regular Expressions 101

Pro

Group 1($[^\(]*?$)

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^\(]*?

*?matches any number of characters outside the set below:

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

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

(\([^\(]*?\))

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(mary (had a (lit(tiny)tle) lamb) )

(its) fleece (as (white) as snow)

and (everywhere (that (Mary) went) )

the (lamb) was ((sure) to go)

(mary (had a (lit(tiny)tle) lamb) )

(its) fleece (as (white) as snow)

and (everywhere (that (Mary) went) )

the (lamb) was ((sure) to go)