Split string to groups with regex

June 28, 2022

I had 6 strings:
[db1 db2] /my/first/path/ /second/optional/path/
[db1 db2] /my/first/path/
--all /my/first/path/ /second/optional/path/
--all /my/first/path/
db /my/first/path/ /second/optional/path/
db /my/first/path/

Is it possible to create regex to split each of this strings to 2 groups (or 3 groups if optional path is added)

>Solution :

Try using the following regex:

^([^\/]+) (\/\S+) ?(\/.+)?

Explanation:

^: the start of string symbol
([^\/]+): Group 1, composed of any character other than a slash
: a space
(\/\S+): Group 2, composed of a slash and any non space character
?: an optional space
(\/.+)?: Group 3 (optional), composed of what remains of the string (any character)