Regular Expressions 101

Pro

1st Alternative\b(?:DDP|DD\+?)\s?5\.1

\ban ASCII word boundary

Non-Capturing Group(?:DDP|DD\+?)

1st AlternativeDDP

DDPthe literal text DDP (case sensitive)

2nd AlternativeDD\+?

DDthe literal text DD (case sensitive)

\+?optionally matches the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

\s?optionally matches any whitespace character

5the literal 5 (53₁₀ / 65₈ / 35₁₆)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

1the literal 1 (49₁₀ / 61₈ / 31₁₆)

2nd Alternative5\.1\s?(?:DDP|DD\+?)

5the literal 5 (53₁₀ / 65₈ / 35₁₆)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

1the literal 1 (49₁₀ / 61₈ / 31₁₆)

\s?optionally matches any whitespace character

Non-Capturing Group(?:DDP|DD\+?)

1st AlternativeDDP

DDPthe literal text DDP (case sensitive)

2nd AlternativeDD\+?

DDthe literal text DD (case sensitive)

\+?optionally matches the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

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

Regular Expression

\b(?:DDP|DD\+?)\s?5\.1|5\.1\s?(?:DDP|DD\+?)

New

Want All Selected
DDP 5.1
DD+ 5.1
DD 5.1
DDP5.1
DD+5.1
DD5.1

Want All Selected
5.1 DDP
5.1 DD+
5.1 DD
5.1DDP
5.1DD+
5.1DD

Don't want the 5.1 ending selected
5.1 DDP 5.1
5.1 DD+ 5.1
5.1 DD 5.1
5.1DDP5.1
5.1DD+5.1
5.1DD5.1

Don't want the ending single number 5 selected
5.1 DDP 5
5.1 DD+ 5
5.1 DD 5
5.1DDP5
5.1DD+5
5.1DD5