Regular Expressions 101

Group header_all(?<header_all> (?<header_content>.+) # Header content [ \t]* # Possibly followed by spaces or tabs \n # With then a new line (?<!\\) # Making sure this is not escaped (?<header_type>[\=|\-]+) # Multiple = or - [ \t]* # Possibly followed by spaces or tabs \n # Terminated by a new line )

Group header_content(?<header_content>.+)

.+any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

Comment: Header content

Character Class[ \t]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\ta tab character (ASCII 9)

Comment: Possibly followed by spaces or tabs

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

Comment: With then a new line

Negative Lookbehind(?<!\\)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

Comment: Making sure this is not escaped

Group header_type(?<header_type>[\=|\-]+)

Character Class[\=|\-]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

\=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

\-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Comment: Multiple = or -

Character Class[ \t]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\ta tab character (ASCII 9)

Comment: Possibly followed by spaces or tabs

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

Comment: Terminated by a new line

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

x modifier: extended. Ignores unescaped whitespace and comments outside character classes

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25 tokens

Regular Expression

(?<header_all>
    (?<header_content>.+)       # Header content
    [ \t]*                      # Possibly followed by spaces or tabs
    \n                          # With then a new line
    (?<!\\)                     # Making sure this is not escaped
    (?<header_type>[\=|\-]+)    # Multiple = or -
    [ \t]*                      # Possibly followed by spaces or tabs
    \n                          # Terminated by a new line
)

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