Regular Expressions 101

Pro

Group 1(^.?)

^start of line

.?optionally matches any Unicode character (except for line terminators)

Group 2(\w+)

\w+a Unicode word character, repeated at least once

Group 3( +\w+)

+the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆) , repeated at least once

\w+a Unicode word character, repeated at least once

Group 4(\s|.*?)

1st Alternative\s

\sa Unicode whitespace character

2nd Alternative.*?

.*?any Unicode character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

$end of line

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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25 tokens

(^.?)(\w+)( +\w+)(\s|.*?)$

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smith john go home your shift getting over in the 30 minute later then why you here

smith john go home your shift getting over in the 30 minute later then why you here