Regular Expressions 101

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Non-Capturing Group(?:\S+\s+){1,3}

{1,3}repeats the group contents below between 1 and 3 times:

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

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

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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25 tokens

(?:\S+\s+){1,3}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Etiam imperdiet fringilla est, eu tristique risus varius vitae.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Etiam imperdiet fringilla est, eu tristique risus varius vitae.