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Aleksei Aleinikov
Aleksei Aleinikov

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๐ŸŒ€ Regex Trick: Simulating a "Loop" Without Lookaheads or Scripting

What if you could extract multiple substrings from a line โ€” only if it starts with a special character โ€” using a single regular expression?

  • No lookahead.
  • No repeated captures.
  • No scripting.
  • Just pure regex wizardry: \K + (?<=\G)

๐Ÿง  In this article, I show:
How to simulate a loop in regex

  • Real-world examples for:
    • Filtering words after @
    • Capturing only inside quotes
    • Ignoring content in {...}
  • A clean, powerful way to extract multiple values under complex conditions

Perfect for parsing logs, selective data mining, or just leveling up your regex game ๐Ÿงช
๐Ÿ‘‰ Read here: Innovative "Loop" in Regex on Medium

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