Recording of the "Regular Expr.+?ion Clas+q?" class event from the wiki.gg Discord Server held on June 15th, 2024.

Resources:
Regex Testing: https://regex101.com/
Documentation Reference: https://www.regular-expressions.info/
Special Characters Quick Reference: https://www.regular-expressions.info/...
Look Around Reference: https://www.regular-expressions.info/...
Lua Patterns (not regex but similar): https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extens...
Bot Passwords: https://river.me/blog/bot-passwords/

Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
00:42 - Covered Topics
01:18 - 1. What is a Regular Expression?
06:56 - 2. Special Meaning Characters: . and * and ?
14:28 - 3. Lazy vs Greedy Quantifiers
20:34 - Why you probably want to use Lazy most of the time
22:22 - 2. Special Meaning Character: +
23:27 - Regular-Expressions.info
26:15 - Special Meaning Characters: | and () and []
34:10 - 4. How to use Capture Groups
42:12 - Wiki Link Example
45:21 - Multiple Capture Groups
48:49 - 5. How to make Non-Capturing Groups
54:50 - Reasons why you may want to use Non-Capturing Groups
57:32 - 6. How to read the docs to remember how to use Look Around
1:07:16 - Positive Lookaround Example
1:10:32 - Regular Expressions' Flavors
1:13:06 - "Regular Expressions" in Lua (Patterns)
1:14:32 - Boundary Condition: \b
1:19:35 - Meta Escapes: ^ and $
1:21:35 - 7. SingleLine and MultiLine in AWB
1:29:28 - 8. Community Questions
1:30:13 - AutoWikiBrowser Quick Walkthrough
1:35:31 - When should I use a Bot account?
1:36:51 - How to set a Bot Password
1:37:21 - Closing Words