Regular Expressions 101

Pro

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

Group 1([^][:]*)

Negated Character Class[^][:]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

1st Alternativesec

secthe literal text sec (case sensitive)

2nd Alternativemin

minthe literal text min (case sensitive)

3rd Alternativehour

hourthe literal text hour (case sensitive)

4th Alternativeday

daythe literal text day (case sensitive)

5th Alternativedate

datethe literal text date (case sensitive)

6th Alternativeweek

weekthe literal text week (case sensitive)

7th Alternativemonth

monththe literal text month (case sensitive)

8th Alternativeyear

yearthe literal text year (case sensitive)

9th Alternativeaggregate

aggregatethe literal text aggregate (case sensitive)

]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

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

Detailed match information will be displayed here automatically.

25 tokens

Regular Expression

\[([^][:]*):(sec|min|hour|day|date|week|month|year|aggregate)]

New

[some_date:week] should result in week. week here is one of a few keywords that are known in advance.
[some_expression|condition] 
[some_date:week] should result in week. week here is one of a few keywords that are known in advance.
[some_expression|condition]