Regex in match \ and :

Question

Capture first part of string with trailing delimiter ':' or '\'

REGEX

^([^:\]+)

OUTPUT

PATTERN ERROR

DATA

TEST:TEST
TEST\TEST

GOAL

TEST
TEST

```\``` is used to escape, try escaping your ```\```: `^([^:\\]+)` — Nick Parsons, Oct 11 '19 at 13:26

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 11 '19 at 13:27

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Try:

^([^:\\]+[:\\])

TEST:TEST # Matches TEST
TEST\TEST # Matches TEST
TESTisgood # No match

answered Oct 11 '19 at 13:27

sindri_baldur

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