Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

^start of line

\d*a digit, repeated any number of times

Non-Capturing Group(?:[ ]?\d+[ ]?[&\/-][ ]?\d+)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

Character Class[ ]?

?matches at most one character from the set below:

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\d+a digit, repeated at least once

Character Class[ ]?

?matches at most one character from the set below:

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Character Class[&\/-]

&the literal & (38₁₀ / 46₈ / 26₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Character Class[ ]?

?matches at most one character from the set below:

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\d+a digit, repeated at least once

Character Class[ ]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Group 1([\w.]+(?:[ ]+\w+)*)

Character Class[\w.]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

\wany word character

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:[ ]+\w+)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Character Class[ ]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

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

^\d*(?:[ ]?\d+[ ]?[&\/-][ ]?\d+)?[ ]*([\w.]+(?:[ ]+\w+)*)

New

2 Main Street -> 'Main Street'

5 & 6 Shore Lane -> 'Shore Lane'

7/8 Bay Way -> 'Bay Way'

73-97 Park Dr E -> 'Park Dr E'

2781  Boyle Street -> 'Boyle Street'

267 1/2 Brad St -> 'Brad St'

433 W. 49th St. -> 'W 49th St'

One  Building Road -> 'One Building Road'

Extraction

2 Main Street -> 'Main Street'

5 & 6 Shore Lane -> 'Shore Lane'

7/8 Bay Way -> 'Bay Way'

73-97 Park Dr E -> 'Park Dr E'

2781  Boyle Street -> 'Boyle Street'

267 1/2 Brad St -> 'Brad St'

433 W. 49th St. -> 'W 49th St'

One  Building Road -> 'One Building Road'