get_matches('The (truth|pineapple) is (?:rarely)? pure and (nee*v(ah|er) sh?imple)','The truth is rarely pure and never simple, Wilde said')==['The truth is rarely pure and never simple','truth','never simple','er']&
get_matches('You say (.*) \(and I say (.*)\)\.','You say hello (and I say goodbye).')===['You say hello (and I say goodbye).','hello','goodbye']&
get_matches('I(?: am)? the ((walrus|egg man).*)\!','I am the egg man, I am the walrus !')===['I am the egg man, I am the walrus !','egg man, I am the walrus ','egg man']&
get_matches('this (does) not match','foo bar')===[false,false]