Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternative([A-Za-z]{1,})\.

Group 1([A-Za-z]{1,})

Character Class[A-Za-z]{1,}

{1,}matches at least one character 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 . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

2nd Alternative(\d{2}-\d{2}-\d{4})

Group 2(\d{2}-\d{2}-\d{4})

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

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

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

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\d{4}a digit, repeated exactly 4 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,})\.|(\d{2}-\d{2}-\d{4})

New

First line of text

Second line I only need the last word before the dot London.

Here i only want the date 11-11-2023.

Goodbye