Regular Expressions 101

Pro

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

Group 1(-?\w+)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

-?optionally matches the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

Global pattern flags

y modifier: sticky. Matches only at the current search position instead of scanning ahead

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26 tokens

\w+(-?\w+)*