regex101: JavaScript Match Workspace

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Group 1((?:(?:[A-Z'-]{2,}[ ]){1,})((?:[ ]?[A-Z][a-z\u00E0-\u0178'-]+){1,})|((?:[A-Z][a-z\u00E0-\u0178'-]+[ ]){1,})([A-Z'-]{2,}))

1st Alternative(?:(?:[A-Z'-]{2,}[ ]){1,})((?:[ ]?[A-Z][a-z\u00E0-\u0178'-]+){1,})

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?:[A-Z'-]{2,}[ ]){1,})

Non-Capturing Group(?:[A-Z'-]{2,}[ ]){1,}

{1,}repeats the group contents below at least once:

Character Class[A-Z'-]{2,}

{2,}matches at least 2 characters from the set below:

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

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Character Class[ ]

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Group 2((?:[ ]?[A-Z][a-z\u00E0-\u0178'-]+){1,})

Non-Capturing Group(?:[ ]?[A-Z][a-z\u00E0-\u0178'-]+){1,}

{1,}repeats the group contents below at least once:

Character Class[ ]?

?matches at most one character from the set below:

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Character Class[A-Z]

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

Character Class[a-z\u00E0-\u0178'-]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

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

\u00E0-\u0178one character from à (224₁₀) to Ÿ (376₁₀) (case sensitive)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

2nd Alternative((?:[A-Z][a-z\u00E0-\u0178'-]+[ ]){1,})([A-Z'-]{2,})

Group 3((?:[A-Z][a-z\u00E0-\u0178'-]+[ ]){1,})

Non-Capturing Group(?:[A-Z][a-z\u00E0-\u0178'-]+[ ]){1,}

{1,}repeats the group contents below at least once:

Character Class[A-Z]

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

Character Class[a-z\u00E0-\u0178'-]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

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

\u00E0-\u0178one character from à (224₁₀) to Ÿ (376₁₀) (case sensitive)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Character Class[ ]

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Group 4([A-Z'-]{2,})

Character Class[A-Z'-]{2,}

{2,}matches at least 2 characters from the set below:

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

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

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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

Search reference

Regular Expression

^((?:(?:[A-Z'-]{2,}[ ]){1,})((?:[ ]?[A-Z][a-z\u00E0-\u0178'-]+){1,})|((?:[A-Z][a-z\u00E0-\u0178'-]+[ ]){1,})([A-Z'-]{2,}))$

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