Regular Expressions 101

^start of line

Group 1([^.(]*)

Negated Character Class[^.(]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^ ]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Group 2([^?.]*.)

Negated Character Class[^?.]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

?the literal ? (63₁₀ / 77₈ / 3F₁₆)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

.any character (except for line terminators)

Group 3([^0-9,]*)

Negated Character Class[^0-9,]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

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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Search reference

Regular Expression

^([^.(]*)[^ ]*([^?.]*.)([^0-9,]*)

New

Some AB, Author C, Names DEF,(2018) The title string. T journal name, 10, 560–564
Some AB, Author C, Names DEF (2018) The title string? T journal name 10:560-564
Some AB, Author C, Names DEF et al (2018) The title string? T journal name 10:560-564
Some AB, Author C, Names DEF. The title string. T journal name 2018; 10: 560-564
Some AB, Author C, Names DEF. The title string. T journal name 2018;10:560-564