Regular Expressions 101

^start of line

Negated Character Class[^local ]

lthe literal l (108₁₀ / 154₈ / 6C₁₆) (case insensitive)

othe literal o (111₁₀ / 157₈ / 6F₁₆) (case insensitive)

cthe literal c (99₁₀ / 143₈ / 63₁₆) (case insensitive)

athe literal a (97₁₀ / 141₈ / 61₁₆) (case insensitive)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

function the literal text function (case insensitive)

Group 1(.*?)

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

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

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

i modifier: insensitive. Matches without distinguishing uppercase and lowercase letters

Detailed match information will be displayed here automatically.

Search reference

Regular Expression

^[^local ]function (.*?)\(

New

local function testing1( )
	
end

function testing2( ) -- matches on regex101, but not via MTA's pregs
	
end
 
addEventHandler( "test",
	function( )
		
	end
)

Regular Expression

Substitution