Regular Expressions 101

\/?optionally matches the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Group 1([\w+-]+)

Character Class[\w+-]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

\wany word character

+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\/?optionally matches the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Branch Reset Group(?|\;[^\/]*|[?#].*)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

1st Alternative\;[^\/]*

\;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^\/]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

2nd Alternative[?#].*

Character Class[?#]

?the literal ? (63₁₀ / 77₈ / 3F₁₆)

#the literal # (35₁₀ / 43₈ / 23₁₆)

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

$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

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25 tokens

Regular Expression

\/?([\w+-]+)\/?(?|\;[^\/]*|[?#].*)?$

New

edit
/edit
/edit/
/content/edit
/content/edit/
/content/edit;param=foo
/content;param=foo/edit/
/content/edit?q=foo
/content/edit/?q=foo
/content/edit#foo
/content/edit/#foo

Extraction

edit
/edit
/edit/
/content/edit
/content/edit/
/content/edit;param=foo
/content;param=foo/edit/
/content/edit?q=foo
/content/edit/?q=foo
/content/edit#foo
/content/edit/#foo