Regular Expressions 101

Explanation
Pro

^start of line

Group 1(\[(WIP|Draft)\]|(WIP|Draft))

1st Alternative\[(WIP|Draft)\]

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

Group 2(WIP|Draft)

1st AlternativeWIP

WIPthe literal text WIP (case sensitive)

2nd AlternativeDraft

Draftthe literal text Draft (case sensitive)

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

2nd Alternative(WIP|Draft)

Group 3(WIP|Draft)

1st AlternativeWIP

WIPthe literal text WIP (case sensitive)

2nd AlternativeDraft

Draftthe literal text Draft (case sensitive)

Group 4(:|\s)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

1st Alternative:

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

2nd Alternative\s

\sa Unicode whitespace character

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

^(\[(WIP|Draft)\]|(WIP|Draft))(:|\s)?

New

[WIP]: lulz
[Draft]: hahaha
[Draft] lalalala
WIP: blah
WIP m000
Draft: foo
 Draft: nope
 WIP: more nope
WIP yeeeep
WIP:ahoy
WIP: ahoy matey!

[WIP]: lulz
[Draft]: hahaha
[Draft] lalalala
WIP: blah
WIP m000
Draft: foo
 Draft: nope
 WIP: more nope
WIP yeeeep
WIP:ahoy
WIP: ahoy matey!