Regular Expressions 101

^start of line

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

Group 1([\w\s\d]+)

Character Class[\w\s\d]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

\wany word character

\sany whitespace character

\da digit

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Group 2(https?:\/\/[\w\d./?=#]+)

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)

Character Class[\w\d./?=#]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

\wany word character

\da digit

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

?the literal ? (63₁₀ / 77₈ / 3F₁₆)

=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

#the literal # (35₁₀ / 43₈ / 23₁₆)

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

$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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Regular Expression

^\[([\w\s\d]+)\]\((https?:\/\/[\w\d./?=#]+)\)$

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