Regular Expressions 101

Pro

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

Group 1(\w*)

\w*any word character, repeated any number of times

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

=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

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

Group 2(.*)

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

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25 tokens

\s*(\w*)\s*=\s*(.*)

New

short =  some word  long = span desc=sth to ' be ' described value=45

short =  some word  long = span desc=sth to ' be ' described value=45