Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

1st Alternative^[^\p{L}0-9]+

^start of string

Negated Character Class[^\p{L}0-9]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

\p{L}any Unicode letter

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

2nd Alternative[^\p{L}0-9]+\z

Negated Character Class[^\p{L}0-9]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

\p{L}any Unicode letter

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

\zend of string

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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25 tokens

^[^\p{L}0-9]+|[^\p{L}0-9]+\z

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