Regular Expressions 101

Pro

^start of line

\wany word character

Character Class[ \w]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\wany word character

Non-Capturing Group(?:;\w[ \w]+\w)+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

\wany word character

Character Class[ \w]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\wany word character

$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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26 tokens

Regular Expression

^\w[ \w]+\w(?:;\w[ \w]+\w)+$

New

a a;BBC;ccc
;aaa;bbb;ccc
aaa;bbb;ccc;
aaa;bbb;ccc;ddd
aaa;b;ccc
aaa;bbb;;ccc
aa a;bbb;ccc
aaa ;bbb;ccc
 aaa;bbb;ccc
aaa;bb b;ccc;ddd
aaa;bbb ;ccc;ddd
aaa;bbb