Regular Expressions 101

^start of line

Positive Lookahead(?=\w+\()

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

\w+?any word character, repeated at least once

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Group 1([\s'!\\\)",\w]+)+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

Character Class[\s'!\\\)",\w]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

\sany whitespace character

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

!the literal ! (33₁₀ / 41₈ / 21₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

\wany word character

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

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

^(?=\w+\()\w+?\(([\s'!\\\)",\w]+)+\);

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