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Group 1((?P<fname>[A-Za-zåé]+ ?[A-Za-zåé]+\.? ?)+ (?P<lname>[A-Za-zåé]+\.? ?))

Group fname(?P<fname>[A-Za-zåé]+ ?[A-Za-zåé]+\.? ?)+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

Character Class[A-Za-zåé]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

åthe literal å (229₁₀ / 345₈ / E5₁₆) (case sensitive)

éthe literal é (233₁₀ / 351₈ / E9₁₆) (case sensitive)

?optionally matches the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Character Class[A-Za-zåé]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

åthe literal å (229₁₀ / 345₈ / E5₁₆) (case sensitive)

éthe literal é (233₁₀ / 351₈ / E9₁₆) (case sensitive)

\.?optionally matches the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

?optionally matches the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Group lname(?P<lname>[A-Za-zåé]+\.? ?)

Character Class[A-Za-zåé]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

åthe literal å (229₁₀ / 345₈ / E5₁₆) (case sensitive)

éthe literal é (233₁₀ / 351₈ / E9₁₆) (case sensitive)

\.?optionally matches the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

?optionally matches the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?:\d+,)+ ?)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

Non-Capturing Group(?:\d+,)+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

\d+a Unicode decimal digit, repeated at least once

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

?optionally matches the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

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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Regular Expression

((?P<fname>[A-Za-zåé]+ ?[A-Za-zåé]+\.? ?)+ (?P<lname>[A-Za-zåé]+\.? ?))(?:(?:\d+,)+ ?)?

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