Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

1st Alternative(?<=\[)[^\]]*

Positive Lookbehind(?<=\[)

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^\]]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

2nd Alternative[.\w]+

Character Class[.\w]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

\wany word character

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

(?<=\[)[^\]]*|[.\w]+

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Code is fun [and good for the brain.] But the [brain is] tired.

Code is fun [and good for the brain.] But the [brain is] tired.