Regular Expressions 101

Pro

^start of line

\d{5}a digit, repeated exactly 5 times

\s{6}any whitespace character, repeated exactly 6 times

Character Class[\s\*]

\sany whitespace character

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:[^.:;()]*|(?<!\s)[.:;]|$(?!\s)|(?<!\s)$)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

1st Alternative[^.:;()]*

Negated Character Class[^.:;()]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

2nd Alternative(?<!\s)[.:;]

Negative Lookbehind(?<!\s)

\sany whitespace character

Character Class[.:;]

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

3rd Alternative\((?!\s)

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Negative Lookahead(?!\s)

\sany whitespace character

4th Alternative(?<!\s)\)

Negative Lookbehind(?<!\s)

\sany whitespace character

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

$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

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25 tokens

^\d{5}\s{6}[\s\*](?:[^.:;()]*|(?<!\s)[.:;]|\((?!\s)|(?<!\s)\))*$

00000      *TEST .FINAL STATEMENT.
00001      *TEST2 . FINAL STATEMENT.
00002      *TEST3. FINAL STATEMENT.

00000      *TEST .FINAL STATEMENT.
00001      *TEST2 . FINAL STATEMENT.
00002      *TEST3. FINAL STATEMENT.