Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

^start of line

Group 1([\w ]*)

Character Class[\w ]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

\wa Unicode word character

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Character Class[\w ]{6,}

{6,}matches at least 6 characters from the set below:

\wa Unicode word character

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

$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

Match Information

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Quick Reference

25 tokens

Regular Expression

^([\w ]*)-[\w ]{6,}$

New

blaablaablaablaa - blaablaa-12n
blaablaablaa-n3n
blaablaa - blaablaa-4nn5
blaablaablaablaa-nn0
blaablaablaa
blaablaablaablaa - blaablaa-12n123
blaablaablaablaa - blaablaa-12n12
blaablaablaablaa-nn0123

Extraction

blaablaablaablaa - blaablaa-12n
blaablaablaa-n3n
blaablaa - blaablaa-4nn5
blaablaablaablaa-nn0
blaablaablaa
blaablaablaablaa - blaablaa-12n123
blaablaablaablaa - blaablaa-12n12
blaablaablaablaa-nn0123