Regular Expressions 101

Pro

^start of string

Group 1((--foo ))

Group 2(--foo )

--foo the literal text --foo (case sensitive)

Group 3([(((--)\w+)( \w+))]+)

Character Class[(((--)\w+)( \w+))]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

(--one character from ( (40₁₀) to - (45₁₀)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

\wany word character

+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\wany word character

+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

Group 4( --number )

--number the literal text --number (case sensitive)

\d+a digit, repeated at least once

$end of string

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26 tokens

^((--foo ))([(((--)\w+)( \w+))]+)( --number )\d+$

New

--foo --bar baz --zac big --number 1

--foo --bar baz --zac big --number 1