Regular Expressions 101

Pro

^start of line

Positive Lookahead(?=.*?\bApple\b)

.*?any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

\ban ASCII word boundary

Applethe literal text Apple (case insensitive)

\ban ASCII word boundary

Positive Lookahead(?=.*?\bBat\b)

.*?any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

\ban ASCII word boundary

Batthe literal text Bat (case insensitive)

\ban ASCII word boundary

Positive Lookahead(?=.*?\bCar\b)

.*?any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

\ban ASCII word boundary

Carthe literal text Car (case insensitive)

\ban ASCII word boundary

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

Non-Capturing Group(?:, ?\w+){2}

{2}repeats the group contents below exactly 2 times:

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

?optionally matches the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

$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

i modifier: insensitive. Matches without distinguishing uppercase and lowercase letters

Detailed match information will be displayed here automatically.

25 tokens

^(?=.*?\bApple\b)(?=.*?\bBat\b)(?=.*?\bCar\b)\w+(?:, ?\w+){2}$

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Bat, Car, Apple
Car, Bat, Apple
Apple, Car, Bat
Apple, Car, Bat, Stick
Bat, Car
Apple