Regular Expressions 101

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Group 1(\S+)

\S+any character that is not Unicode whitespace, repeated at least once

\s+a Unicode whitespace character, repeated at least once

Non-Capturing Group(?:gun store|establishments|supermarket)

1st Alternativegun store

gun storethe literal text gun store (case sensitive)

2nd Alternativeestablishments

establishmentsthe literal text establishments (case sensitive)

3rd Alternativesupermarket

supermarketthe literal text supermarket (case sensitive)

\ba Unicode word boundary

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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(\S+)\s+(?:gun store|establishments|supermarket)\b

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As reported on 30 December 2019, in Maipu, Metropolitan region, a group of at least 10 rioters attempted to loot a local gun store.

As reported on 30 December 2019, in Maipu, Metropolitan region, a group of at least 10 rioters attempted to loot a local gun store.