Regular Expressions 101

Pro

1st Alternative^\[[^\]]*\]\s+

^start of line

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^\]]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

2nd Alternative\s+\[[^\]]*\]

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^\]]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

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

^\[[^\]]*\]\s+|\s+\[[^\]]*\]

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