Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

Positive Lookbehind(?<=^|[^\p{L}\p{N}\p{M}\p{Pc}])

1st Alternative^

^start of line

2nd Alternative[^\p{L}\p{N}\p{M}\p{Pc}]

Negated Character Class[^\p{L}\p{N}\p{M}\p{Pc}]

\p{L}any Unicode letter

\p{N}a decimal digit, letterlike number, or other numeric character

\p{M}a combining mark

\p{Pc}a connecting punctuation mark, such as an underscore

dziedāsthe literal text dziedās (case sensitive)

Positive Lookahead(?=$|[^\p{L}\p{N}\p{M}\p{Pc}])

1st Alternative$

$end of line

2nd Alternative[^\p{L}\p{N}\p{M}\p{Pc}]

Negated Character Class[^\p{L}\p{N}\p{M}\p{Pc}]

\p{L}any Unicode letter

\p{N}a decimal digit, letterlike number, or other numeric character

\p{M}a combining mark

\p{Pc}a connecting punctuation mark, such as an underscore

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

s modifier: single line. Allows a dot to match line terminators

u modifier: unicode. Treats the pattern and subject as UTF-16

Match Information

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Quick Reference

25 tokens

Regular Expression

(?<=^|[^\p{L}\p{N}\p{M}\p{Pc}])dziedās(?=$|[^\p{L}\p{N}\p{M}\p{Pc}])

New

16.
Māci, māte, man' dziedāt,
Māc' ar vienu Dieva dziesmu,
Ko dziedās dvēselite,
Pie Dieviņa aizgājuse.
#15b,27b.
16-1.
Māci mani, māmuliņa,
Jele vienu Dieva dziesmu,
Ko dziedās dvēselite,
Dieva duru dagājuse.
#33d.
4:[Dieva durvim pieiedama].
#137e.
4:[Debes durvim piegājusi].
#111d.
4:[Pie Dieviņa debesīs].
#137c.
16-2.
Māci mani, māmulite,
Māci kādu Dieva dziesmu,
Ko dziedašu, nogājuse
Pie Dieviņa nama durvu.
Ne Dieviņis iekšā laida,
Ne eņģeļi vārtus vēra.
#218.
16-3.
Tēvis, tēvis, māte, māte,
Mācat mani pātaros;
Es āziešu pie Dieviņa
Bez neviena pātariņa.
#172i.