Regular Expressions 101

Pro

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^(]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

mywordthe literal text myword (case sensitive)

Negated Character Class[^)]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

)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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25 tokens

Regular Expression

\([^(]*myword[^)]*\)

New

(random text myword)
(random text myword random text)
(myword random text)
(myword, random text)
(random text, myword random text)
(random text) random text (random text myword) random text (random text)

Substitution

(random text myword)
(random text myword random text)
(myword random text)
(myword, random text)
(random text, myword random text)
(random text) random text (random text myword) random text (random text)