Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternative([\.\#]?[a-z]+[\s?>+~\s?[a-z]+]?)

Group 1([\.\#]?[a-z]+[\s?>+~\s?[a-z]+]?)

Character Class[\.\#]?

?matches at most one character from the set below:

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

\#the literal # (35₁₀ / 43₈ / 23₁₆)

Character Class[a-z]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case insensitive)

Character Class[\s?>+~\s?[a-z]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

\sany whitespace character

?the literal ? (63₁₀ / 77₈ / 3F₁₆)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

~the literal ~ (126₁₀ / 176₈ / 7E₁₆)

\sany whitespace character

?the literal ? (63₁₀ / 77₈ / 3F₁₆)

[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case insensitive)

]?optionally matches the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

2nd Alternative([{:};])

Group 2([{:};])

Character Class[{:};]

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

3rd Alternative([a-z0-9]+)

Group 3([a-z0-9]+)

Character Class[a-z0-9]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case insensitive)

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

Global pattern flags

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

i modifier: insensitive. Matches without distinguishing uppercase and lowercase letters

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Regular Expression

([\.\#]?[a-z]+[\s?>+~\s?[a-z]+]?)|([{:};])|([a-z0-9]+)

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