Regular Expressions 101

Pro

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

Group 1(\w+)

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

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

Group 2(\((\d+)[),])?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Group 3(\d+)

\d+a digit, repeated at least once

Character Class[),]

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

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25 tokens

{(\w+)}\s*(\((\d+)[),])?

New

{item1}, {item2} (2), {item3}    (4),  {item4}
    (1), {item5}, {item6}(5)

{\"name\":\"$1\", \"count\":\"$3\"}

{item1}, {item2} (2), {item3}    (4),  {item4}
    (1), {item5}, {item6}(5)