Regular Expressions 101

Group 1(.*)

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

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Group 2([0-9]{5}|2[AB][0-9]{3})

1st Alternative[0-9]{5}

Character Class[0-9]{5}

{5}matches exactly 5 characters from the set below:

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

2nd Alternative2[AB][0-9]{3}

2the literal 2 (50₁₀ / 62₈ / 32₁₆)

Character Class[AB]

Athe literal A (65₁₀ / 101₈ / 41₁₆) (case sensitive)

Bthe literal B (66₁₀ / 102₈ / 42₁₆) (case sensitive)

Character Class[0-9]{3}

{3}matches exactly 3 characters from the set below:

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Group 3(.*)

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

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

(.*) ([0-9]{5}|2[AB][0-9]{3}) (.*)

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19 Rue Clément Ader 91220 Brétigny-sur-Orge
35bis Rue des Ecoles 91700 Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois
7 Avenue Gilbert Fergant 91220 Le Plessis-Pâté
333 calle testo 2B220 Ajjastia

Regular Expression

Extraction