Regular Expressions 101

Pro

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^"(]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Positive Lookahead(?=[^(]*\))

Negated Character Class[^(]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

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25 tokens

"[^"(]*"(?=[^(]*\))

New

"1" body "paragraph" text (the "first phrase to capture" or the "second phrase to capture"). "a"
"b" ("c","d")

"1" body "paragraph" text (the "first phrase to capture" or the "second phrase to capture"). "a"
"b" ("c","d")