Regular Expressions 101

Pro

^start of line

Negated Character Class[^@\n]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

@the literal @ (64₁₀ / 100₈ / 40₁₆)

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

Group 1(\B@[^@\s][^@\n]*){5,}

{5,}repeats the group contents below at least 5 times:

\Bnot an ASCII word boundary

@the literal @ (64₁₀ / 100₈ / 40₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^@\s]

@the literal @ (64₁₀ / 100₈ / 40₁₆)

\sany whitespace character

Negated Character Class[^@\n]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

@the literal @ (64₁₀ / 100₈ / 40₁₆)

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

$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

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25 tokens

Regular Expression

^[^@\n]*(\B@[^@\s][^@\n]*){5,}$

New

@Boddy is doing great with @shirly @rebecca @jimmy and @mom
@Boddy is doing great with test@shirly @rebecca @jimmy and @mom
@Boddy is doing great with @ @rebecca @jimmy and @mom

Extraction

@Boddy is doing great with @shirly @rebecca @jimmy and @mom
@Boddy is doing great with test@shirly @rebecca @jimmy and @mom
@Boddy is doing great with @ @rebecca @jimmy and @mom