If the terse run-together-ness of usual regexes is unclear, you may also want to look into 'freespace' formatting... which lets you insert insignificant whitesp

If the terse run-together-ness of usual regexes is unclear, you may also want to look into 'freespace' formatting... which lets you insert insignificant whitespace to break the regex into logical groups/lines, and even add inline comments: http://www.regular-expressions.info/freespacing.html http://www.regular-expressions.info/freespacing.html