Regular Expressions 101

Pro

Group 1([\.a-z]+)

Character Class[\.a-z]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

\sany whitespace character

\?the literal ? (63₁₀ / 77₈ / 3F₁₆)

\sany whitespace character

Group 2([a-z]+)

Character Class[a-z]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

\sany whitespace character

Group 3(==|!=)

1st Alternative==

==the literal text ==

2nd Alternative!=

!=the literal text !=

\s?optionally matches any whitespace character

Group 4(([a-z]+):([\.a-z]+)\s?)+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

Group 5([a-z]+)

Character Class[a-z]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Group 6([\.a-z]+)

Character Class[\.a-z]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

\s?optionally matches any whitespace character

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

([\.a-z]+)\s\?\s([a-z]+)\s(==|!=)\s?(([a-z]+):([\.a-z]+)\s?)+

New

test.test ? type == one:prop two:prop