Regular Expressions 101

Pro

Group 1(<texttool.*rect=\"55\,306\,319\,23\"(?:.|\n)*?<\/texttool>)

<texttoolthe literal text <texttool (case sensitive)

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

rect=the literal text rect= (case sensitive)

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

55the literal text 55

\,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

306the literal text 306

\,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

319the literal text 319

\,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

23the literal text 23

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:.|\n)*?

*?repeats the group contents below any number of times:

1st Alternative.

.any character (except for line terminators)

2nd Alternative\n

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

texttool>the literal text texttool> (case sensitive)

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

Regular Expression

(<texttool.*rect=\"55\,306\,319\,23\"(?:.|\n)*?<\/texttool>)

New

 text before<texttool id="468" rect="55,306,319,23">
      <toolstroke />
      <toolcolor />
      <font style="2" size="18" />
      <Text>(Be sure to state the page/problem number.)</Text>
    </texttool> text after

<texttool id="468" rect="5,306,319,23">
      <toolstroke />
      <toolcolor />
      <font style="2" size="18" />
      <Text>(Be sure to state the page/problem number.)</Text>
    </texttool>