Regular Expressions 101

^start of line

Group 1([A-Za-z ]*)

Character Class[A-Za-z ]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

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

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

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\1*the text saved by group 1, repeated any number of times

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\s)

\sany whitespace character

Group 2(\w*,\s)

\w*any word character, repeated any number of times

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

\sany whitespace character

Group 3(CEP\s\d{5}-\d{3})

CEPthe literal text CEP (case sensitive)

\sany whitespace character

\d{5}a digit, repeated exactly 5 times

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\d{3}a digit, repeated exactly 3 times

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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Search reference

Regular Expression

^([A-Za-z ]*)\1*,(?:\s)(\w*,\s)(CEP\s\d{5}-\d{3})

New

Travessa dos Santos, 101, CEP 12345-678
Avenida Brasil, 456A, CEP 16945-017
Rua das Flores, 123, CEP 60321-105
Rua dos Sonhos Gabriel dos santos sao paulo, 12B, CEP 12345678

Regular Expression

Extraction