Regular Expressions 101

Pro

Group 1([0-9]{4})

Character Class[0-9]{4}

{4}matches exactly 4 characters from the set below:

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

Group 2([^;]*)

Negated Character Class[^;]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

Group 3([0-9]*)

Character Class[0-9]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

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

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

([0-9]{4})([^;]*);([0-9]*)

New

2008 10example data - (example) - data;200

2014 example data - (example) - data 2;2000

2008 10example data - (example) - data;200

2014 example data - (example) - data 2;2000