Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternative^(\w+,\s\w+\s\w+)$

^start of line

Group 1(\w+,\s\w+\s\w+)

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

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

\sa Unicode whitespace character

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

\sa Unicode whitespace character

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

$end of line

2nd Alternative^(\w+,\s\w+\s\w+\.)$

^start of line

Group 2(\w+,\s\w+\s\w+\.)

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

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

\sa Unicode whitespace character

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

\sa Unicode whitespace character

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

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

$end of line

3rd Alternative^(\w+,\s\w+)$

^start of line

Group 3(\w+,\s\w+)

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

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

\sa Unicode whitespace character

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

$end of line

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

^(\w+,\s\w+\s\w+)$|^(\w+,\s\w+\s\w+\.)$|^(\w+,\s\w+)$

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