Regexdrillkey=value pairs
A regex exercise from Regexdrill. Solve it with a pattern box with live highlighting in your browser, checked against hidden test strings, and it is checked the moment you submit.
The task
Lines hold key=value pairs separated by semicolons. Capture every pair: the key (word characters) in group 1 and the value (everything up to the next semicolon, possibly empty) in group 2.
What this exercise teaches
(\w+)=([^;]*) reads the key, then everything that is not a semicolon, so values with spaces and empty values both work.
A hint if you get stuck
A negated class like [^;]* stops at the separator, whatever the value contains.
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