Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternative([\w\W]{16,})

Group 1([\w\W]{16,})

Character Class[\w\W]{16,}

{16,}matches at least 16 characters from the set below:

\wany word character

\Wany non-word character

2nd Alternative([^-\s0-9[:alpha]])

Group 2([^-\s0-9[:alpha]])

Negated Character Class[^-\s0-9[:alpha]

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\sany whitespace character

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

[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

athe literal a (97₁₀ / 141₈ / 61₁₆) (case sensitive)

lthe literal l (108₁₀ / 154₈ / 6C₁₆) (case sensitive)

pthe literal p (112₁₀ / 160₈ / 70₁₆) (case sensitive)

hthe literal h (104₁₀ / 150₈ / 68₁₆) (case sensitive)

]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

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Regular Expression

([\w\W]{16,})|([^-\s0-9[:alpha]])