Regular Expressions 101

Pro

(?m)applies the following effective flags to the remainder of the pattern: gm

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

^start of line

.*?any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

*the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆) , repeated any number of times

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

*the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆) , repeated any number of times

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

.*?any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

*the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆) , repeated any number of times

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

*the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆) , repeated any number of times

Group 1('.*?')

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

.*?any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

*the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆) , repeated any number of times

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

*the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆) , repeated any number of times

Group 2('.*?')

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

.*?any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

x

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25 tokens

Regular Expression

(?m)^.*?' *, *'.*?' *, *('.*?') *, *('.*?')

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