Regular Expressions 101

(?s)applies the following effective flags to the remainder of the pattern: gs

s modifier: single line. Allows a dot to match line terminators

Group 1([A-Z\()\h-]+)

Character Class[A-Z\()\h-]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

\hany horizontal whitespace character

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Group 2(.+?)

.+?any character, repeated at least once

Positive Lookahead(?=\n[A-Z\()\h-]+:|$)

1st Alternative\n[A-Z\()\h-]+:

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

Character Class[A-Z\()\h-]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

\hany horizontal whitespace character

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

2nd Alternative$

$end of string, or before its final line terminator

Global pattern flags

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

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Regular Expression

(?s)([A-Z\()\h-]+):(.+?)(?=\n[A-Z\()\h-]+:|$)

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