Regular Expressions 101

Pro

Positive Lookbehind(?<=[a-zéè])

Character Class[a-zéè]

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

éthe literal é (233₁₀ / 351₈ / E9₁₆) (case sensitive)

èthe literal è (232₁₀ / 350₈ / E8₁₆) (case sensitive)

Negative Lookbehind(?<!Mc)

Mcthe literal text Mc (case sensitive)

Positive Lookahead(?=[A-ZÉÈÊ])

Character Class[A-ZÉÈÊ]

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

Éthe literal É (201₁₀ / 311₈ / C9₁₆) (case sensitive)

Èthe literal È (200₁₀ / 310₈ / C8₁₆) (case sensitive)

Êthe literal Ê (202₁₀ / 312₈ / CA₁₆) (case sensitive)

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

(?<=[a-zéè])(?<!Mc)(?=[A-ZÉÈÊ])

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James CameronSteven Spielberg
Martin Scorsese
John McQueen

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James CameronSteven Spielberg
Martin Scorsese
John McQueen