Regular Expressions 101

Group 1(.*?\: )

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

\:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Group 2(.+?)

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

Character Class[\r\n]

\ra carriage return (ASCII 13)

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

Global pattern flags

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

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Regular Expression

(.*?\: )(.+?)[\r\n]

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Name of House: Aasleagh Lodge
Townland: Srahatloe
Near: Killary Harbour, Leenane
Status/Public Access: maintained, private fishing lodge
Date Built: 1838-1850, burnt 1923, rebuilt 1928**

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