Regular Expressions 101

Group folderorurl(?<folderorurl>(?<folder>(\\[^\\\s",<>|]+)+)|(?<url>https?:\/\/[^\s]+))

1st Alternative(?<folder>(\\[^\\\s",<>|]+)+)

Group folder(?<folder>(\\[^\\\s",<>|]+)+)

Group 3(\\[^\\\s",<>|]+)+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^\\\s",<>|]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

\sany whitespace character

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

2nd Alternative(?<url>https?:\/\/[^\s]+)

Group url(?<url>https?:\/\/[^\s]+)

httpthe literal text http (case sensitive)

s?optionally matches the literal s (115₁₀ / 163₈ / 73₁₆) (case sensitive)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^\s]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

\sany whitespace character

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

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Regular Expression

(?<folderorurl>(?<folder>(\\[^\\\s",<>|]+)+)|(?<url>https?:\/\/[^\s]+))

New

\server\share
\folder\subfolder\subsubfolder
http://www.test.de
https://example.com
this is another string that does not get matched
what about this line?
and here we have some special characters <> \\<>dsass\<<<>sdadada#++pü+
is it matching this \folder\subfolder thingy?
oh, yes, but what about another strange http://www.url.com ?

Regular Expression

Substitution