Regular Expressions 101

^start of line

Group preFix(?<preFix>^.*?)

^start of line

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

Group 2(\s:\s|\sfor\s)

1st Alternative\s:\s

\sany whitespace character

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

\sany whitespace character

2nd Alternative\sfor\s

\sany whitespace character

forthe literal text for (case sensitive)

\sany whitespace character

Group sufFix(?<sufFix>.*)

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

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

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Regular Expression

^(?<preFix>^.*?)(\s:\s|\sfor\s)(?<sufFix>.*)

Test String
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Application photobuf message : dhfksdhkfhksdhfk hdfkshfskhfk dfhkshdfkshfhs
Application Data loaded successfully for Photo No - 123456789 ; OrderIPlaceno - 987654321

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