Regular Expressions 101

Pro

^start of line

\{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

Group 1((?:(?:(?!\}).)+)(?:(?:\}\})?(?:(?:(?!\}).)+))+)

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?:(?!\}).)+)

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?!\}).)+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

Negative Lookahead(?!\})

\}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

.any character (except for line terminators)

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?:\}\})?(?:(?:(?!\}).)+))+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

Non-Capturing Group(?:\}\})?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

\}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?:(?!\}).)+)

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?!\}).)+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

Negative Lookahead(?!\})

\}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

.any character (except for line terminators)

\}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

Negative Lookahead(?!\})

\}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

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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26 tokens

Regular Expression

^\{((?:(?:(?!\}).)+)(?:(?:\}\})?(?:(?:(?!\}).)+))+)\}(?!\})

New

{class: name}

{ class : name }

{ 'class' : 'name' }

{ 'key' : 'value', 'key': 'value' }

{'key': 'value'}

{' key ': ' value ' , 'this': 'guy' }

{' class ': ' in session ' , 'this': 'guy' } string

{' class ': ' in session ' , 'this': 'guy' } string with {{ brackets }}

{' class ': '{{ parse me }}' }

{'key': 'value', checked: true}

{'key': 'value', checked: {{ bool }} }

{'asdf': 'fda', checked: {{ bool }}, strange: {{ bool }} } stuff {{ more }} #{interpolate}