Nice! I’ve been writing (and reading) regexes for over 20 years now. I can usually ‘read’ them on sight, but I’ve been wanting this tool for when it all goes wrong.
Which of course always happens at least once or twice in any new dataset/usage.
Oh ho ho ho… this is good. Anything that breaks apart regexes to make them easier to read and comment each logical unit is worth the extra lines and syntax. This is killer.
Regex would really benefit from a comprehensive industrial standard. It's such a powerful tool that you have to keep relearning whenever you switch contexts.
I have regex101 open in a tab any time I am developing a regex :). It's an awesome tool, and I especially appreciate the mini language reference in the lower right corner of the window.
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