Help understanding RegEx logic/output

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Help understanding RegEx logic/output

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Nov-14-2020, 07:00 PM (This post was last modified: Nov-14-2020, 07:00 PM by bowlofred.)

\w matches a single character (only), so the parentheses (\w) captures a single character.

Any remaining characters are matched by the \w* expression. The asterisk allows it to match repeatedly. Without the parentheses, the characters are not captured.

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Help understanding RegEx logic/output - by pyNewbee - Nov-14-2020, 06:45 PM

RE: Help understanding RegEx logic/output - by bowlofred - Nov-14-2020, 07:00 PM

RE: Help understanding RegEx logic/output - by pyNewbee - Nov-15-2020, 02:01 AM

RE: Help understanding RegEx logic/output - by bowlofred - Nov-14-2020, 07:16 PM

RE: Help understanding RegEx logic/output - by pyNewbee - Nov-15-2020, 02:21 AM

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