regex101: PCRE (Legacy) Match Workspace

1st Alternative^([A-Z]{3}\s?(\d{3}|\d{2}|d{1})\s?[A-Z])

^start of line

Group 1([A-Z]{3}\s?(\d{3}|\d{2}|d{1})\s?[A-Z])

Character Class[A-Z]{3}

{3}matches exactly 3 characters from the set below:

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

\s?optionally matches any whitespace character

Group 2(\d{3}|\d{2}|d{1})

1st Alternative\d{3}

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

2nd Alternative\d{2}

\d{2}a digit, repeated exactly 2 times

3rd Alternatived{1}

d{1}the literal d (100₁₀ / 144₈ / 64₁₆) (case sensitive), repeated exactly 1 time

\s?optionally matches any whitespace character

Character Class[A-Z]

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

2nd Alternative([A-Z]\s?(\d{3}|\d{2}|\d{1})\s?[A-Z]{3})

Group 3([A-Z]\s?(\d{3}|\d{2}|\d{1})\s?[A-Z]{3})

Character Class[A-Z]

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

\s?optionally matches any whitespace character

Group 4(\d{3}|\d{2}|\d{1})

1st Alternative\d{3}

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

2nd Alternative\d{2}

\d{2}a digit, repeated exactly 2 times

3rd Alternative\d{1}

\d{1}a digit, repeated exactly 1 time

\s?optionally matches any whitespace character

Character Class[A-Z]{3}

{3}matches exactly 3 characters from the set below:

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

3rd Alternative(([A-HK-PRSVWY][A-HJ-PR-Y])\s?([0][2-9]|[1-9][0-9])\s?[A-HJ-PR-Z]{3})

Group 5(([A-HK-PRSVWY][A-HJ-PR-Y])\s?([0][2-9]|[1-9][0-9])\s?[A-HJ-PR-Z]{3})

Group 6([A-HK-PRSVWY][A-HJ-PR-Y])

Character Class[A-HK-PRSVWY]

A-Hone character from A (65₁₀) to H (72₁₀) (case sensitive)

K-Pone character from K (75₁₀) to P (80₁₀) (case sensitive)

Rthe literal R (82₁₀ / 122₈ / 52₁₆) (case sensitive)

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

Vthe literal V (86₁₀ / 126₈ / 56₁₆) (case sensitive)

Wthe literal W (87₁₀ / 127₈ / 57₁₆) (case sensitive)

Ythe literal Y (89₁₀ / 131₈ / 59₁₆) (case sensitive)

Character Class[A-HJ-PR-Y]

A-Hone character from A (65₁₀) to H (72₁₀) (case sensitive)

J-Pone character from J (74₁₀) to P (80₁₀) (case sensitive)

R-Yone character from R (82₁₀) to Y (89₁₀) (case sensitive)

\s?optionally matches any whitespace character

Group 7([0][2-9]|[1-9][0-9])

1st Alternative[0][2-9]

Character Class[0]

0the literal 0 (48₁₀ / 60₈ / 30₁₆)

Character Class[2-9]

2-9one character from 2 (50₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

2nd Alternative[1-9][0-9]

\s?optionally matches any whitespace character

Character Class[A-HJ-PR-Z]{3}

4th Alternative([A-Z]{3}\s?(\d{4})\s?)$

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]{3}\s?(\d{3}|\d{2}|d{1})\s?[A-Z])|([A-Z]\s?(\d{3}|\d{2}|\d{1})\s?[A-Z]{3})|(([A-HK-PRSVWY][A-HJ-PR-Y])\s?([0][2-9]|[1-9][0-9])\s?[A-HJ-PR-Z]{3})|([A-Z]{3}\s?(\d{4})\s?)$

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