Regular Expressions 101

Pro

Group 1(\w[\w\.]*)

\wany word character

Character Class[\w\.]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

\wany word character

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

Positive Lookahead(?=@\w+\.[\w\.]+)

@the literal @ (64₁₀ / 100₈ / 40₁₆)

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

Character Class[\w\.]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

\wany word character

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

\ban ASCII word boundary

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

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25 tokens

Regular Expression

(\w[\w\.]*)(?=@\w+\.[\w\.]+)\b


I need a regular expression that will match email addresses, but exclude specific email addresses from the match

e.g. do not match;
charlie@outrunthebear.co.uk
mailto: sponge.bob@example.com
jim.bob@example.com
billy.bob@example.com
match all other email addresses;

may be test@example.com or a@b.com a.b.c@d.e.f.com
no.body@example.com
another.test.email@example.com
and.another.one@example.com.au