Regular Expressions 101

Pro

1st Alternative\*[^*]* NOT [^*]*\*(*SKIP)(*FAIL)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^*]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

NOT the literal text NOT (case sensitive)

Negated Character Class[^*]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

(*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\*\s*\K\w+(?: \w+)*(?= \*)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

\Kresets the starting point of the reported match. Any previously consumed characters are no longer included in the final match

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

Non-Capturing Group(?: \w+)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

Positive Lookahead(?= \*)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

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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25 tokens

\*[^*]* NOT [^*]*\*(*SKIP)(*FAIL)|\*\s*\K\w+(?: \w+)*(?= \*)

New

* apple * * orange tasty * * banana * * grape NOT *