Regular Expressions 101

^start of line

\d+a digit, repeated at least once

\ta tab character (ASCII 9)

Group 1(.*?)

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

\ta tab character (ASCII 9)

Group 2(.*)

.*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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Search reference

Regular Expression

^\d+\t(.*?)\t(.*)$

New

1	Garth Brooks	Friends In Low Places <BR>
2	Backstreet Boys	    Everybody (Backstreet's Back)<BR>
3	Spice Girls	    Wannabe

$1 - $2