The regular expression:
(?i-msx:(.*?))
matches as follows:
NODE EXPLANATION
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(?i-msx: group, but do not capture (case-insensitive)
(with ^ and $ matching normally) (with . not
matching \n) (matching whitespace and #
normally):
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''
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( group and capture to \1:
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.*? any character except \n (0 or more times
(matching the least amount possible))
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) end of \1
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''
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) end of grouping
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