Regular Expressions 101

Pro

Group 1([^,(]+(?=,|$)|[\w]+$.*$(?=,|$))

1st Alternative[^,(]+(?=,|$)

Negated Character Class[^,(]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Positive Lookahead(?=,|$)

1st Alternative,

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

2nd Alternative$

$end of string, or before its final line terminator

2nd Alternative[\w]+$.*$(?=,|$)

Character Class[\w]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

\wany word character

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

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

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

Positive Lookahead(?=,|$)

1st Alternative,

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

2nd Alternative$

$end of string, or before its final line terminator

Global pattern flags

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

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25 tokens

([^,(]+(?=,|$)|[\w]+\(.*\)(?=,|$))

New

1, 2, 3, add(4, 5, add(6, 7, 8), 9), 10, 11

1, 2, 3, add(4, 5, add(6, 7, 8), 9), 10, 11