Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternative[\w]+

Character Class[\w]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

\wany word character

2nd Alternative[.,!?;]

Character Class[.,!?;]

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

!the literal ! (33₁₀ / 41₈ / 21₁₆)

?the literal ? (63₁₀ / 77₈ / 3F₁₆)

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

3rd Alternative['\w]

Character Class['\w]

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

\wany word character

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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Search reference

Regular Expression

[\w]+|[.,!?;]|['\w]

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