regex101: PCRE (Legacy) Match Workspace

^start of line

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?!^\s|[ \-']{2}|[\d\r\n\t\f\v!"#$%&()*+,\.\/:;<=>?@[\\\]^_`{|}~€‚ƒ„…†‡ˆ‰‹‘’“”•–—˜™›¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬®¯°±²³´¶·¸¹º»¼½¾¿×÷№′″ⁿ⁺⁰‱₁₂₃₄]|\s$).){1,50}

{1,50}repeats the group contents below between 1 and 50 times:

Negative Lookahead(?!^\s|[ \-']{2}|[\d\r\n\t\f\v!"#$%&()*+,\.\/:;<=>?@[\\\]^_`{|}~€‚ƒ„…†‡ˆ‰‹‘’“”•–—˜™›¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬®¯°±²³´¶·¸¹º»¼½¾¿×÷№′″ⁿ⁺⁰‱₁₂₃₄]|\s$)

1st Alternative^\s

^start of line

\sany whitespace character

2nd Alternative[ \-']{2}

Character Class[ \-']{2}

{2}matches exactly 2 characters from the set below:

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

3rd Alternative[\d\r\n\t\f\v!"#$%&()*+,\.\/:;<=>?@[\\\]^_`{|}~€‚ƒ„…†‡ˆ‰‹‘’“”•–—˜™›¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬®¯°±²³´¶·¸¹º»¼½¾¿×÷№′″ⁿ⁺⁰‱₁₂₃₄]

Character Class[\d\r\n\t\f\v!"#$%&()*+,\.\/:;<=>?@[\\\]^_`{|}~€‚ƒ„…†‡ˆ‰‹‘’“”•–—˜™›¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬®¯°±²³´¶·¸¹º»¼½¾¿×÷№′″ⁿ⁺⁰‱₁₂₃₄]

\da digit

\ra carriage return (ASCII 13)

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

\ta tab character (ASCII 9)

\fa form-feed character (ASCII 12)

\vany vertical whitespace character

!the literal ! (33₁₀ / 41₈ / 21₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

#the literal # (35₁₀ / 43₈ / 23₁₆)

$the literal $ (36₁₀ / 44₈ / 24₁₆)

%the literal % (37₁₀ / 45₈ / 25₁₆)

&the literal & (38₁₀ / 46₈ / 26₁₆)

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

?the literal ? (63₁₀ / 77₈ / 3F₁₆)

@the literal @ (64₁₀ / 100₈ / 40₁₆)

[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

^the literal ^ (94₁₀ / 136₈ / 5E₁₆)

_the literal _ (95₁₀ / 137₈ / 5F₁₆)

`the literal ` (96₁₀ / 140₈ / 60₁₆)

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

~the literal ~ (126₁₀ / 176₈ / 7E₁₆)

€the literal € (8364₁₀ / 20254₈ / 20AC₁₆)

‚the literal ‚ (8218₁₀ / 20032₈ / 201A₁₆)

ƒthe literal ƒ (402₁₀ / 622₈ / 192₁₆) (case sensitive)

„the literal „ (8222₁₀ / 20036₈ / 201E₁₆)

…the literal … (8230₁₀ / 20046₈ / 2026₁₆)

†the literal † (8224₁₀ / 20040₈ / 2020₁₆)

‡the literal ‡ (8225₁₀ / 20041₈ / 2021₁₆)

ˆthe literal ˆ (710₁₀ / 1306₈ / 2C6₁₆)

‰the literal ‰ (8240₁₀ / 20060₈ / 2030₁₆)

‹the literal ‹ (8249₁₀ / 20071₈ / 2039₁₆)

‘the literal ‘ (8216₁₀ / 20030₈ / 2018₁₆)

’the literal ’ (8217₁₀ / 20031₈ / 2019₁₆)

“the literal “ (8220₁₀ / 20034₈ / 201C₁₆)

”the literal ” (8221₁₀ / 20035₈ / 201D₁₆)

•the literal • (8226₁₀ / 20042₈ / 2022₁₆)

–the literal – (8211₁₀ / 20023₈ / 2013₁₆)

—the literal — (8212₁₀ / 20024₈ / 2014₁₆)

˜the literal ˜ (732₁₀ / 1334₈ / 2DC₁₆)

™the literal ™ (8482₁₀ / 20442₈ / 2122₁₆)

›the literal › (8250₁₀ / 20072₈ / 203A₁₆)

¡the literal ¡ (161₁₀ / 241₈ / A1₁₆)

¢the literal ¢ (162₁₀ / 242₈ / A2₁₆)

£the literal £ (163₁₀ / 243₈ / A3₁₆)

¤the literal ¤ (164₁₀ / 244₈ / A4₁₆)

¥the literal ¥ (165₁₀ / 245₈ / A5₁₆)

¦the literal ¦ (166₁₀ / 246₈ / A6₁₆)

§the literal § (167₁₀ / 247₈ / A7₁₆)

¨the literal ¨ (168₁₀ / 250₈ / A8₁₆)

©the literal © (169₁₀ / 251₈ / A9₁₆)

ªthe literal ª (170₁₀ / 252₈ / AA₁₆)

«the literal « (171₁₀ / 253₈ / AB₁₆)

¬the literal ¬ (172₁₀ / 254₈ / AC₁₆)

®the literal ® (174₁₀ / 256₈ / AE₁₆)

¯the literal ¯ (175₁₀ / 257₈ / AF₁₆)

°the literal ° (176₁₀ / 260₈ / B0₁₆)

±the literal ± (177₁₀ / 261₈ / B1₁₆)

²the literal ² (178₁₀ / 262₈ / B2₁₆)

³the literal ³ (179₁₀ / 263₈ / B3₁₆)

´the literal ´ (180₁₀ / 264₈ / B4₁₆)

¶the literal ¶ (182₁₀ / 266₈ / B6₁₆)

·the literal · (183₁₀ / 267₈ / B7₁₆)

¸the literal ¸ (184₁₀ / 270₈ / B8₁₆)

¹the literal ¹ (185₁₀ / 271₈ / B9₁₆)

ºthe literal º (186₁₀ / 272₈ / BA₁₆)

»the literal » (187₁₀ / 273₈ / BB₁₆)

¼the literal ¼ (188₁₀ / 274₈ / BC₁₆)

½the literal ½ (189₁₀ / 275₈ / BD₁₆)

¾the literal ¾ (190₁₀ / 276₈ / BE₁₆)

¿the literal ¿ (191₁₀ / 277₈ / BF₁₆)

×the literal × (215₁₀ / 327₈ / D7₁₆)

÷the literal ÷ (247₁₀ / 367₈ / F7₁₆)

№the literal № (8470₁₀ / 20426₈ / 2116₁₆)

′the literal ′ (8242₁₀ / 20062₈ / 2032₁₆)

″the literal ″ (8243₁₀ / 20063₈ / 2033₁₆)

ⁿthe literal ⁿ (8319₁₀ / 20177₈ / 207F₁₆)

⁺the literal ⁺ (8314₁₀ / 20172₈ / 207A₁₆)

⁰the literal ⁰ (8304₁₀ / 20160₈ / 2070₁₆)

‱the literal ‱ (8241₁₀ / 20061₈ / 2031₁₆)

₁the literal ₁ (8321₁₀ / 20201₈ / 2081₁₆)

₂the literal ₂ (8322₁₀ / 20202₈ / 2082₁₆)

₃the literal ₃ (8323₁₀ / 20203₈ / 2083₁₆)

₄the literal ₄ (8324₁₀ / 20204₈ / 2084₁₆)

4th Alternative\s$

\sany whitespace character

$end of line

.any character (except for line terminators)

$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

Search reference

Regular Expression

^(?:(?!^\s|[ \-']{2}|[\d\r\n\t\f\v!"#$%&()*+,\.\/:;<=>?@[\\\]^_`{|}~€‚ƒ„…†‡ˆ‰‹‘’“”•–—˜™›¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬®¯°±²³´¶·¸¹º»¼½¾¿×÷№′″ⁿ⁺⁰‱₁₂₃₄]|\s$).){1,50}$

New

Regex matches: from 1 to 50 international letters separated by single delimiter ( -')
Regex rejects: empty prefix/suffix, consecutive delimiters ( -'), digits, new line, tab, limited list of extended ASCII characters

Jo Nesbø
Pedro Almodóvar
بيدرو ألمودوبار
Sofija Jogailaitė
Akira Kurosawa
Куросава Акіра
Куросава Акира
黒澤明
黑澤明
আকিৰা কুৰোছাৱা
Tyue' Tgshh
CxCx5C5C
AKIRA KUROSAWA
Akir@ Kursawa
Stev3 Smith
STeve Smith
Steve SMith
Steve Sm1th
Steve G. Smith
d'Are to Beaware
Hyoung Kyoung Wu
Mike O'Neal
Steve Johnson-Smith
Jozef-Schmozev Hiemdel
O Henry Smith
Mathais d'Arras
Martin Luther King Jr
Downtown-James Brown
Darren McCarty
An Ni
O. Henry McCarty
George De FunkMaster
Kurtis B-Ball
Ahmad el Jeffe
John  Smith
'John Smith

Regular Expressions 101

Regular Expression

Extraction