Regular Expressions 101

Group 1([A-Z][a-z]+)

Character Class[A-Z]

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

Character Class[a-z]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

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

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

Group 2(\[.*?(?=[ ,][A-Z}]))

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

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

Positive Lookahead(?=[ ,][A-Z}])

Character Class[ ,]

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

Character Class[A-Z}]

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

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

([A-Z][a-z]+).*?(\[.*?(?=[ ,][A-Z}]))

New

{ Centroid = [[1 0 1],[0 1 0]] Ages= [10 20 30],Times = [ 3:00, 3:05] }
  ->Exact example, text file includes enclosed brackets '{ }'