Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternative\{word\}(*SKIP)(*F)

\{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

wordthe literal text word (case sensitive)

\}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

(*SKIP)acts like (*PRUNE), but the next unanchored match attempt starts where (*SKIP) was reached instead of at the next subject character

(*F)forces the current match attempt to fail at this position

2nd Alternativeword

wordthe literal text word (case sensitive)

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

Detailed match information will be displayed here automatically.

Search reference

Regular Expression

\{word\}(*SKIP)(*F)|word

New

before a comma word,
end of sentence word.
end of line word
word at line start
prefix-word pattern
and word-postfix pattern
but not {word} as a tag
neither {word} nor
{word} here
word
{word}
{word should match 
this should match too word}