Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

1st Alternative[\s\-,:!=\[\]()"/]+

Character Class[\s\-,:!=\[\]()"/]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

\sany whitespace character

\-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

!the literal ! (33₁₀ / 41₈ / 21₁₆)

=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

2nd Alternative(?!\b)(?=[A-Z][a-z])

Negative Lookahead(?!\b)

\ban ASCII word boundary

Positive Lookahead(?=[A-Z][a-z])

Character Class[A-Z]

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

Character Class[a-z]

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

3rd Alternative\.(?!\d)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

Negative Lookahead(?!\d)

\da digit

4th Alternative&[lg]t;

&the literal & (38₁₀ / 46₈ / 26₁₆)

Character Class[lg]

lthe literal l (108₁₀ / 154₈ / 6C₁₆) (case sensitive)

gthe literal g (103₁₀ / 147₈ / 67₁₆) (case sensitive)

t;the literal text t; (case sensitive)

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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26 tokens

[\s\-,:!=\[\]()"/]+|(?!\b)(?=[A-Z][a-z])|\.(?!\d)|&[lg]t;

Example foo:bar-bazQux

Example foo:bar-bazQux