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Asked: May 26, 20262026-05-26T19:30:36+00:00 2026-05-26T19:30:36+00:00

Imagine the case of a text like : Abc: deF:

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Imagine the case of a text like :

Abc:  
deF:(  
gH:  
iLm:(

i want to select only “deF:” and “iLm:”: can i do it whit regex ?
something like *\w+:\(+ -last

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    2026-05-26T19:30:36+00:00Added an answer on May 26, 2026 at 7:30 pm

    What implementation?

    You want positive lookahead:

    \w+:(?=\()
    

    Note that the ( is escaped in the lookahead expression. You may need an additional \ to embed the expression itself as a string literal in your language (whatever that is).

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