regex101: PCRE (Legacy) Match Workspace

^start of line

Group 1(([A-Z]{1,2}[0-9][A-Z0-9]?|ASCN|STHL|TDCU|BBND|[BFS]IQQ|PCRN|TKCA) ?[0-9][A-Z]{2}|BFPO ?[0-9]{1,4}|(KY[0-9]|MSR|VG|AI)[ -]?[0-9]{4}|[A-Z]{2} ?[0-9]{2}|GE ?CX|GIR ?0A{2}|SAN ?TA1)

1st Alternative([A-Z]{1,2}[0-9][A-Z0-9]?|ASCN|STHL|TDCU|BBND|[BFS]IQQ|PCRN|TKCA) ?[0-9][A-Z]{2}

Group 2([A-Z]{1,2}[0-9][A-Z0-9]?|ASCN|STHL|TDCU|BBND|[BFS]IQQ|PCRN|TKCA)

1st Alternative[A-Z]{1,2}[0-9][A-Z0-9]?

Character Class[A-Z]{1,2}

{1,2}matches between 1 and 2 characters from the set below:

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

Character Class[0-9]

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

Character Class[A-Z0-9]?

?matches at most one character from the set below:

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

2nd AlternativeASCN

ASCNthe literal text ASCN (case sensitive)

3rd AlternativeSTHL

STHLthe literal text STHL (case sensitive)

4th AlternativeTDCU

TDCUthe literal text TDCU (case sensitive)

5th AlternativeBBND

BBNDthe literal text BBND (case sensitive)

6th Alternative[BFS]IQQ

Character Class[BFS]

Bthe literal B (66₁₀ / 102₈ / 42₁₆) (case sensitive)

Fthe literal F (70₁₀ / 106₈ / 46₁₆) (case sensitive)

Sthe literal S (83₁₀ / 123₈ / 53₁₆) (case sensitive)

IQQthe literal text IQQ (case sensitive)

7th AlternativePCRN

PCRNthe literal text PCRN (case sensitive)

8th AlternativeTKCA

TKCAthe literal text TKCA (case sensitive)

?optionally matches the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Character Class[0-9]

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

Character Class[A-Z]{2}

{2}matches exactly 2 characters from the set below:

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

2nd AlternativeBFPO ?[0-9]{1,4}

BFPOthe literal text BFPO (case sensitive)

?optionally matches the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Character Class[0-9]{1,4}

{1,4}matches between 1 and 4 characters from the set below:

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

3rd Alternative(KY[0-9]|MSR|VG|AI)[ -]?[0-9]{4}

Group 3(KY[0-9]|MSR|VG|AI)

1st AlternativeKY[0-9]

KYthe literal text KY (case sensitive)

Character Class[0-9]

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

2nd AlternativeMSR

MSRthe literal text MSR (case sensitive)

3rd AlternativeVG

VGthe literal text VG (case sensitive)

4th AlternativeAI

Character Class[ -]?

Character Class[0-9]{4}

4th Alternative[A-Z]{2} ?[0-9]{2}

5th AlternativeGE ?CX

6th AlternativeGIR ?0A{2}

7th AlternativeSAN ?TA1

$end of line

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

25 tokens

Regular Expression

^(([A-Z]{1,2}[0-9][A-Z0-9]?|ASCN|STHL|TDCU|BBND|[BFS]IQQ|PCRN|TKCA) ?[0-9][A-Z]{2}|BFPO ?[0-9]{1,4}|(KY[0-9]|MSR|VG|AI)[ -]?[0-9]{4}|[A-Z]{2} ?[0-9]{2}|GE ?CX|GIR ?0A{2}|SAN ?TA1)$

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EC1A 1BB
W1A 0AX
M1 1AE
B33 8TH
CR2 6XH
DN55 1PT
IV21 2LR

Regular Expressions 101

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