Regular Expressions 101

Group 1(ABC[#:*$]+(?:\w+[#:*$]+){2}|DEF[#:*$]+(?:\w+[#:*$]+){3})

1st AlternativeABC[#:*$]+(?:\w+[#:*$]+){2}

ABCthe literal text ABC (case sensitive)

Character Class[#:*$]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

#the literal # (35₁₀ / 43₈ / 23₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

$the literal $ (36₁₀ / 44₈ / 24₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\w+[#:*$]+){2}

{2}repeats the group contents below exactly 2 times:

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

Character Class[#:*$]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

#the literal # (35₁₀ / 43₈ / 23₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

$the literal $ (36₁₀ / 44₈ / 24₁₆)

2nd AlternativeDEF[#:*$]+(?:\w+[#:*$]+){3}

DEFthe literal text DEF (case sensitive)

Character Class[#:*$]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

#the literal # (35₁₀ / 43₈ / 23₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

$the literal $ (36₁₀ / 44₈ / 24₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\w+[#:*$]+){3}

{3}repeats the group contents below exactly 3 times:

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

Character Class[#:*$]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

#the literal # (35₁₀ / 43₈ / 23₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

$the literal $ (36₁₀ / 44₈ / 24₁₆)

Group 2([^#:*$]+)

Negated Character Class[^#:*$]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

#the literal # (35₁₀ / 43₈ / 23₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

$the literal $ (36₁₀ / 44₈ / 24₁₆)

Group 3(.+)

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

Global pattern flags

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

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Search reference

Regular Expression

(ABC[#:*$]+(?:\w+[#:*$]+){2}|DEF[#:*$]+(?:\w+[#:*$]+){3})([^#:*$]+)(.+)

New

ABC#12#3#LINE1####1234678985$
DEF#XY#Z:1234:1234561230$
ABC#12#3#LINE TWO####1234678985$
DEF#XY#Z:1234:4564561230$
ABC#12#3#3RD LINE####1234678985$
DEF#XY#Z*1234:7894561230$

Substitution

\1 + replacement + \3