Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

quotethe literal text quote (case insensitive)

\sany whitespace character

author=the literal text author= (case insensitive)

Group 1([a-z0-9\s]+)

Character Class[a-z0-9\s]+

+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)

\sany whitespace character

linkthe literal text link (case insensitive)

Negated Character Class[^\]]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

Global pattern flags

s modifier: single line. Allows a dot to match line terminators

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

U modifier: Ungreedy. Quantifiers are lazy by default. A trailing ? makes a quantifier greedy

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25 tokens

\[quote\sauthor=([a-z0-9\s]+)\slink[^\]]+]

New

[quote author=Jeff link=topic=8576.msg32075#msg32075 date=13144659]
Moddy - does this mean various things?
[/quote]

[quote="$1"]

[quote author=Jeff link=topic=8576.msg32075#msg32075 date=13144659]
Moddy - does this mean various things?
[/quote]