Regular Expressions 101

Pro

1st Alternative[\p{L}\'\’\d][\p{L}\.\ \'\/\,\’\d-]*(*SKIP)(*FAIL)

Character Class[\p{L}\'\’\d]

\p{L}any Unicode letter

\'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

\’the literal ’ (8217₁₀ / 20031₈ / 2019₁₆)

\da Unicode decimal digit

Character Class[\p{L}\.\ \'\/\,\’\d-]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

\p{L}any Unicode letter

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

\ the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

\’the literal ’ (8217₁₀ / 20031₈ / 2019₁₆)

\da Unicode decimal digit

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

(*SKIP)acts like (*PRUNE), but the next unanchored match attempt starts where (*SKIP) was reached instead of at the next subject character

(*FAIL)forces the current match attempt to fail at this position

2nd Alternative.

.any Unicode character (except for line terminators)

Global pattern flags

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

u modifier: unicode. Treats the pattern and subject as UTF-16

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