Regular Expressions 101

Group 1(\w+ \w{3,})

\w+a Unicode word character, repeated at least once

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\w{3,}a Unicode word character, repeated at least 3 times

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

Group 2(\d{1,2}/\d{1,2}/\d{2})

\d{1,2}a Unicode decimal digit, repeated between 1 and 2 times

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\d{1,2}a Unicode decimal digit, repeated between 1 and 2 times

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\d{2}a Unicode decimal digit, repeated exactly 2 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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Regular Expression

(\w+ \w{3,}).*?(\d{1,2}/\d{1,2}/\d{2})

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