Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

Group 1((?:^.*\d.*\n){0,2})

Non-Capturing Group(?:^.*\d.*\n){0,2}

{0,2}repeats the group contents below between 0 and 2 times:

^start of line

.*any Unicode character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

\da Unicode decimal digit

.*any Unicode character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

VATthe literal text VAT (case sensitive)

Group 2((?:\n.*\d.*){0,2})

Non-Capturing Group(?:\n.*\d.*){0,2}

{0,2}repeats the group contents below between 0 and 2 times:

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

.*any Unicode character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

\da Unicode decimal digit

.*any Unicode character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

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

Detailed match information will be displayed here automatically.

25 tokens

((?:^.*\d.*\n){0,2})VAT((?:\n.*\d.*){0,2})

New

Subtotal AED1,232.20
AED61.61
VAT
5 % Tax:
RECEIPT TOTAL: AED1.293.81

fo
bar
Subtotal AED1,232.20
AED61.61
VAT
5 % Tax:
RECEIPT TOTAL: AED1.293.81

Subtotal AED1,232.20
AED61.61
VAT
5 % Tax:
RECEIPT TOTAL: AED1.293.81

fo
bar
Subtotal AED1,232.20
AED61.61
VAT
5 % Tax:
RECEIPT TOTAL: AED1.293.81