Regular Expressions 101

^start of line

Negated Character Class[^\t]

\ta tab character (ASCII 9)

Group 1(.*?)

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

Positive Lookahead(?=\t)

\ta tab character (ASCII 9)

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

^[^\t](.*?)(?=\t)

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[ 0-9 ]	1984
	2 mothers in a h d b playground
	2001: A Space Odyssey
	42nd Street
	4-H
	50 Cent
	60 Minutes
A	A
	A
	A 1
	A cappella
	A.D.