Regular Expressions 101

Group 1([0-9]+)

Character Class[0-9]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

Group 2(seconds|minutes)

1st Alternativeseconds

secondsthe literal text seconds (case sensitive)

2nd Alternativeminutes

minutesthe literal text minutes (case sensitive)

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

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Regular Expression

([0-9]+)\s*(seconds|minutes)

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5 seconds (match)
5 minutes (match)
5 whatever (no match)