Regular Expressions 101

Non-Capturing Group(?:abc\s*\(\s*|\G(?!^),)

1st Alternativeabc\s*\(\s*

abcthe literal text abc (case sensitive)

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

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

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

2nd Alternative\G(?!^),

\Gstart of current search

Negative Lookahead(?!^)

^start of line

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

Group 1('[^',]*'|\w+$[^()]*$)

1st Alternative'[^',]*'

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^',]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

2nd Alternative\w+$[^()]*$

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^()]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

\)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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Regular Expression

(?:abc\s*\(\s*|\G(?!^),)('[^',]*'|\w+\([^()]*\))

New

and abc ( xyz(d.e),'f','g','h','i',abc('p/q'),'r') = u