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Example #1 Examples of valid patterns
/<\/\w+>/
|(\d{3})-\d+|Sm
/^(?i)php[34]/
{^\s+(\s+)?$}
Example #2 Examples of invalid patterns
/href='(.*)'
- missing ending delimiter
/\w+\s*\w+/J
- unknown modifier 'J'
1-\d3-\d3-\d4|
- missing starting delimiter