Regular Expressions 101

Pro

^start of string

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

Group 1(///|###|<!---)

1st Alternative///

///the literal text ///

2nd Alternative###

###the literal text ###

3rd Alternative<!---

<!---the literal text <!---

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

Group 2([a-zA-Z ]+)

Character Class[a-zA-Z ]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Group 3([a-zA-Z ]+)

Character Class[a-zA-Z ]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\)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

^\s*(///|###|<!---)\s*([a-zA-Z ]+)\(([a-zA-Z ]+)\)

New

<!--- Block(helloWorld) -->

<!--- Block(helloWorld) -->