Regular Expressions 101

^start of line

Non-Capturing Group(?:N|S|E|W|NW|NE|SW|SE)

1st AlternativeN

Nthe literal N (78₁₀ / 116₈ / 4E₁₆) (case sensitive)

2nd AlternativeS

Sthe literal S (83₁₀ / 123₈ / 53₁₆) (case sensitive)

3rd AlternativeE

Ethe literal E (69₁₀ / 105₈ / 45₁₆) (case sensitive)

4th AlternativeW

Wthe literal W (87₁₀ / 127₈ / 57₁₆) (case sensitive)

5th AlternativeNW

NWthe literal text NW (case sensitive)

6th AlternativeNE

NEthe literal text NE (case sensitive)

7th AlternativeSW

SWthe literal text SW (case sensitive)

8th AlternativeSE

SEthe literal text SE (case sensitive)

$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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25 tokens

Regular Expression

^(?:N|S|E|W|NW|NE|SW|SE)$

New

N
S
E
W
NW
NE
SW
SE
SED
NEW

N
S
E
W
NW
NE
SW
SE
SED
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