Regular Expressions 101

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

patternthe literal text pattern (case sensitive)

:?optionally matches the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

\s?optionally matches any whitespace character

Group 1(.+?\)?)

.+?any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

\)?optionally matches 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

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Search reference

Regular Expression

\(pattern:?\s?(.+?\)?)\)

Test String
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Some text (pattern: SOME TEXT THAT (I WANT TO EXTRACT)) a bit more text (another pattern: ignore that text) and may be a little more text Some text (pattern: SOME TEXT THAT I WANT TO EXTRACT) a bit more text (another pattern: ignore that text) and may be a little more text

Regular Expression

Test StringNew

Test String
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