Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

Group 1(.*?)

.*?any Unicode character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

\sa Unicode whitespace character

Group 2(\d{1,2})

\d{1,2}a Unicode decimal digit, repeated between 1 and 2 times

Non-Capturing Group(?::(\d{1,2})(?:-(\d{1,2})?)?)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Group 3(\d{1,2})

\d{1,2}a Unicode decimal digit, repeated between 1 and 2 times

Non-Capturing Group(?:-(\d{1,2})?)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Group 4(\d{1,2})?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\d{1,2}a Unicode decimal digit, repeated between 1 and 2 times

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25 tokens

(.*?)\s(\d{1,2})(?::(\d{1,2})(?:-(\d{1,2})?)?)?

2 Timothy 28:10-11

2 Timothy 28:10-11