Regular Expressions 101

Group 1(\w+)

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

Group 2([\w\s]+)

Character Class[\w\s]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

\wany word character

\sany whitespace character

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Group 3([\w\W]+)

Character Class[\w\W]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

\wany word character

\Wany non-word character

$end of string, or before its final line terminator

Global pattern flags

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

i modifier: insensitive. Matches without distinguishing uppercase and lowercase letters

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Regular Expression

(\w+)\[([\w\s]+)\]:([\w\W]+)$

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