Regular Expressions 101

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

Non-Capturing Group(?:\(\{[^/]*/\s*/\s*}\)|NULL)

1st Alternative\(\{[^/]*/\s*/\s*}\)

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

\{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^/]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

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

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

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

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

2nd AlternativeNULL

NULLthe literal text NULL (case sensitive)

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

Global pattern flags

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

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25 tokens

Regular Expression

\s*(?:\(\{[^/]*/\s*/\s*}\)|NULL)\s*

New

NULL ({ / / }) Regina ({ 4 p1 p2 / / }) Shueller ({ 5 p1 p2 / / }) works ({ / / }) for ({ / / }) Italy ({ 14 / / }) 's ({ 15 / / }) La ({ 16 / / }) Repubblica ({ 17 / / }) newspaper ({ 18 / / }) . ({ 38 / / })

Substitution

NULL ({ / / }) Regina ({ 4 p1 p2 / / }) Shueller ({ 5 p1 p2 / / }) works ({ / / }) for ({ / / }) Italy ({ 14 / / }) 's ({ 15 / / }) La ({ 16 / / }) Repubblica ({ 17 / / }) newspaper ({ 18 / / }) . ({ 38 / / })