Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

Group 1(size)

sizethe literal text size (case sensitive)

=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^:]

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Group 2([^\]\[]*)

Negated Character Class[^\]\[]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

Group 3([^\[\]]*)

Negated Character Class[^\[\]]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\1the text saved by group 1

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

\2the text saved by group 2

]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

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

\[(size)=[^:]:([^\]\[]*)\]([^\[\]]*)\[\/\1:\2]

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