Regular Expressions 101

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^()\n]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

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

ppmthe literal text ppm (case sensitive)

\ban ASCII word boundary

Negated Character Class[^()]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

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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Search reference

Regular Expression

\([^()\n]*ppm\b[^()]*\)

New

"Menthol(0.3ppm)"   ===> "Menthol"
"Michale(36 years old man)"  ===> "Michale(36 years old man)"
"Good(5%, 5,500ppm)" ===> "Good"