regex101: Python Match Workspace

Pro

\ba Unicode word boundary

Non-Capturing Group(?:omg|oh([ -])my\1god)

1st Alternativeomg

omgthe literal text omg (case sensitive)

2nd Alternativeoh([ -])my\1god

ohthe literal text oh (case sensitive)

Group 1([ -])

Character Class[ -]

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

mythe literal text my (case sensitive)

\1the text saved by group 1

godthe literal text god (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

25 tokens

Regular Expression

\b(?:omg|oh([ -])my\1god)\b

New

My goal is to go over a text file and count the amount of time the phrase 'oh my god' is written. the phrase can appear in different ways like:'omg' 'oh-my-god', 'oh my god!'... I've tried this pattern but I miss some and it doesn't count all of them:

Substitution

My goal is to go over a text file and count the amount of time the phrase 'oh my god' is written. the phrase can appear in different ways like:'omg' 'oh-my-god', 'oh my god!'... I've tried this pattern but I miss some and it doesn't count all of them: