Regular Expressions 101

Pro

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

Non-Capturing Group(?:\n|(#[^\n]*)|(\{)|(\})|(=)|([^{}= \t\r\n]+))

1st Alternative\n

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

2nd Alternative(#[^\n]*)

Group 1(#[^\n]*)

#the literal # (35₁₀ / 43₈ / 23₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^\n]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

3rd Alternative(\{)

Group 2(\{)

\{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

4th Alternative(\})

Group 3(\})

\}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

5th Alternative(=)

Group 4(=)

=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

6th Alternative([^{}= \t\r\n]+)

Group 5([^{}= \t\r\n]+)

Negated Character Class[^{}= \t\r\n]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\ta tab character (ASCII 9)

\ra carriage return (ASCII 13)

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

Global pattern flags

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

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25 tokens

\s*(?:\n|(#[^\n]*)|(\{)|(\})|(=)|([^{}= \t\r\n]+))

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