Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

Group year(?<year>[0-9]{4})

Character Class[0-9]{4}

{4}matches exactly 4 characters from the set below:

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

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Group month(?<month>[0-9]{2})

Character Class[0-9]{2}

{2}matches exactly 2 characters from the set below:

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

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Group day(?<day>[0-9]{2})

Character Class[0-9]{2}

{2}matches exactly 2 characters from the set below:

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

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

(?<year>[0-9]{4})-(?<month>[0-9]{2})-(?<day>[0-9]{2})

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