Regular Expressions 101

Explanation
Pro

1st Alternative(^a[a-z]+a$)

Group 1(^a[a-z]+a$)

^start of line

athe literal a (97₁₀ / 141₈ / 61₁₆) (case sensitive)

Character Class[a-z]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

athe literal a (97₁₀ / 141₈ / 61₁₆) (case sensitive)

$end of line

2nd Alternative(^e[a-z]+e$)

Group 2(^e[a-z]+e$)

^start of line

ethe literal e (101₁₀ / 145₈ / 65₁₆) (case sensitive)

Character Class[a-z]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

ethe literal e (101₁₀ / 145₈ / 65₁₆) (case sensitive)

$end of line

3rd Alternative(^i[a-z]+i$)

Group 3(^i[a-z]+i$)

^start of line

ithe literal i (105₁₀ / 151₈ / 69₁₆) (case sensitive)

Character Class[a-z]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

ithe literal i (105₁₀ / 151₈ / 69₁₆) (case sensitive)

$end of line

4th Alternative(^o[a-z]+o$)

Group 4(^o[a-z]+o$)

^start of line

othe literal o (111₁₀ / 157₈ / 6F₁₆) (case sensitive)

Character Class[a-z]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

othe literal o (111₁₀ / 157₈ / 6F₁₆) (case sensitive)

$end of line

5th Alternative(^u[a-z]u+$)

Group 5(^u[a-z]u+$)

^start of line

uthe literal u (117₁₀ / 165₈ / 75₁₆) (case sensitive)

Character Class[a-z]

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

u+the literal u (117₁₀ / 165₈ / 75₁₆) (case sensitive), repeated at least once

$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

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Quick Reference

26 tokens

Regular Expression

(^a[a-z]+a$)|(^e[a-z]+e$)|(^i[a-z]+i$)|(^o[a-z]+o$)|(^u[a-z]u+$)

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