Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

1st Alternative\((\w+)\)

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Group 1(\w+)

\w+a Unicode word character, repeated at least once

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

2nd Alternativez(\w+),

zthe literal z (122₁₀ / 172₈ / 7A₁₆) (case sensitive)

Group 2(\w+)

\w+a Unicode word character, repeated at least once

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

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25 tokens

\((\w+)\)|z(\w+),

New

Hi. (sad) I've got bad news. zsad,

Hey... (sad)

Okay. Bye. zsad,

Hi. (sad) I've got bad news. zsad,

Hey... (sad)

Okay. Bye. zsad,