Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternative\d\d:\d\d%:\d\d(*SKIP)(*FAIL)

\da digit

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

\da digit

%:the literal text %:

\da digit

(*SKIP)acts like (*PRUNE), but the next unanchored match attempt starts where (*SKIP) was reached instead of at the next subject character

(*FAIL)forces the current match attempt to fail at this position

2nd Alternative(?<!\\)%.*

Negative Lookbehind(?<!\\)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

%the literal % (37₁₀ / 45₈ / 25₁₆)

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

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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Search reference

Regular Expression

\d\d:\d\d%:\d\d(*SKIP)(*FAIL)|(?<!\\)%.*

New

for 10\% and %delete-me
for 10\% and 2021-03-09 Tue 02:59%:02 NO DELETE %delete-me
for 10\% and 2021-03-09 Tue 04:09%anything  %delete-me
for 10 percent%delete-me'

Regular Expression

Extraction