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The regular expression:
(?-imsx:/^(\d+)/)
matches as follows:
NODE EXPLANATION
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(?-imsx: group, but do not capture (case-sensitive)
(with ^ and $ matching normally) (with . not
matching \n) (matching whitespace and #
normally):
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/ '/'
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^ the beginning of the string
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( group and capture to \1:
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\d+ digits (0-9) (1 or more times (matching
the most amount possible))
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) end of \1
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/ '/'
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) end of grouping
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