regex101: How to document a Regex? Example 2

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Group 1((?# Capturing group for the type name) \/+(?# Start with / or // ) [^\/\[\]]+(?# Type name exclusing start of attribute and next type) (?:(?# Non-capturing group for the attribute) \[(?# Start of an attribute) [^\]']*(?# Anything but end of attribute or start of string) (?:(?# non-capturing group for string) '(?# string start) [^']*(?# anything inside the string, except end of string) '(?# string end) )(?# end of string group) \](?# end of attribute) )?(?# Attribute can occur 0 or one time) )+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

Comment: Capturing group for the type name

the literal ↵ (10₁₀ / 12₈ / A₁₆)

\/+the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆) , repeated at least once

Comment: Start with / or //

the literal ↵ (10₁₀ / 12₈ / A₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^\/\[\]]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

Comment: Type name exclusing start of attribute and next type

the literal ↵ (10₁₀ / 12₈ / A₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?# Non-capturing group for the attribute) \[(?# Start of an attribute) [^\]']*(?# Anything but end of attribute or start of string) (?:(?# non-capturing group for string) '(?# string start) [^']*(?# anything inside the string, except end of string) '(?# string end) )(?# end of string group) \](?# end of attribute) )?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

Comment: Non-capturing group for the attribute

the literal ↵ (10₁₀ / 12₈ / A₁₆)

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

Comment: Start of an attribute

the literal ↵ (10₁₀ / 12₈ / A₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^\]']*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Comment: Anything but end of attribute or start of string

the literal ↵ (10₁₀ / 12₈ / A₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?# non-capturing group for string) '(?# string start) [^']*(?# anything inside the string, except end of string) '(?# string end) )

Comment: non-capturing group for string

'the literal text ↵'

Comment: string start

the literal ↵ (10₁₀ / 12₈ / A₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^']*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Comment: anything inside the string, except end of string

'the literal text ↵'

Comment: string end

the literal ↵ (10₁₀ / 12₈ / A₁₆)

Comment: end of string group

the literal ↵ (10₁₀ / 12₈ / A₁₆)

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

Comment: end of attribute

the literal ↵ (10₁₀ / 12₈ / A₁₆)

Comment: Attribute can occur 0 or one time

the literal ↵ (10₁₀ / 12₈ / A₁₆)

Comment: Type can occur once or many times

25 tokens

Regular Expression

((?# Capturing group for the type name)
\/+(?# Start with / or // )
[^\/\[\]]+(?# Type name exclusing start of attribute and next type)
(?:(?# Non-capturing group for the attribute)
\[(?# Start of an attribute)
[^\]']*(?# Anything but end of attribute or start of string)
(?:(?# non-capturing group for string)
'(?# string start)
[^']*(?# anything inside the string, except end of string)
'(?# string end)
)(?# end of string group)
\](?# end of attribute)
)?(?# Attribute can occur 0 or one time)
)+(?# Type can occur once or many times)

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