Regular Expressions 101

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Group 1([a-zA-Z! ,;“”.\-:]+(\n|$)){3}

{3}repeats the group contents below exactly 3 times:

Character Class[a-zA-Z! ,;“”.\-:]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

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

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

!the literal ! (33₁₀ / 41₈ / 21₁₆)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

“the literal “ (8220₁₀ / 20034₈ / 201C₁₆)

”the literal ” (8221₁₀ / 20035₈ / 201D₁₆)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

\-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Group 2(\n|$)

1st Alternative\n

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

2nd Alternative$

$end of string, or before its final line terminator

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

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([a-zA-Z! ,;“”.\-:]+(\n|$)){3}

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