Either INOUT or OUTPUT #### / # either this ^ S \s+ [-]* \d+ [\.\d+]* \s+ [-]* \d+ [\.\d+]* \s* \( \s* IOPUT | # or this OUTPUT \s* \) /ix #### / # all of this ^ S \s+ [-]* \d+ [\.\d+]* \s+ [-]* \d+ [\.\d+]* \s* \( \s* # and one of these two (?: IOPUT | OUTPUT ) # and all of this \s* \) /ix