Regular Expressions 101

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

Group 1(\w+\:[\w.-]+)

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

\:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Character Class[\w.-]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

\wany word character

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

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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Search reference

Regular Expression

<(\w+\:[\w.-]+)>

New

<staticText:HelloWorld>_<xmlNode:Node.03>_<date:2011-12-12>_<time:23-59-11-222>