regex101: PCRE (Legacy) Match Workspace

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\Gstart of current search

Group 1($\d+$)

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

\d+a digit, repeated at least once

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

Group 2((?:[^$]|\((?!\d+$))*[^\(\s])

Non-Capturing Group(?:[^$]|\((?!\d+$))*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

1st Alternative[^\(]

Negated Character Class[^\(]

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

2nd Alternative$(?!\d+$)

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Negative Lookahead(?!\d+\))

\d+a digit, repeated at least once

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^\(\s]

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

\sany whitespace character

Non-Capturing Group(?:\s+|$)

1st Alternative\s+

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

2nd Alternative$

$end of line

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

25 tokens

Regular Expression

\G(\(\d+\))\s+((?:[^\(]|\((?!\d+\)))*[^\(\s])(?:\s+|$)

New

(1) first thing (2) other thing (that,has,details) (3) third thing: stuff (some details), first thing
(1) first thing (2) other thing (that,has,details) (3) third thing: stuff (some details), first thing (4) potentially (5) more (6) things (7) too

Substitution

(1) first thing (2) other thing (that,has,details) (3) third thing: stuff (some details), first thing
(1) first thing (2) other thing (that,has,details) (3) third thing: stuff (some details), first thing (4) potentially (5) more (6) things (7) too