Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternative$\s*([^\s()][^()]*)$

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

Group 1([^\s()][^()]*)

Negated Character Class[^\s()]

\sany whitespace character

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^()]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

2nd Alternative[^\s()][^()]*

Negated Character Class[^\s()]

\sany whitespace character

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^()]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

)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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Regular Expression

\(\s*([^\s()][^()]*)\)|[^\s()][^()]*

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