Regular Expressions 101

Pro

\S+any non-whitespace character, repeated at least once

=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

Group 1($[^(]*(?:[^("]*"[^"]*")($))

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^(]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:[^("]*"[^"]*")

Negated Character Class[^("]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^"]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Group 2(\))

\)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

\S+=(\([^(]*(?:[^("]*"[^"]*")(\)))

New

start=("a", "b") and between=("range(2019, max, to=\"le\")") and end=("a", "b")

start=("a", "b") and between=("range(2019, max, to=\"le\")") and end=("a", "b")