Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

Group 1(.+?)

.+?any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

& the literal text &

Group 2(.+?)

.+?any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

& the literal text &

Group 3(.*)

.*any 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

Match Information

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Quick Reference

25 tokens

Regular Expression

(.+?) & (.+?) & (.*)

New

Dreamy & Claire Willis & Daniel Kandi
Earth & Wind & Fire
Jimmy & James & The Tempos

Don't work for
Bob & Graeme & Sean & Greg
Legrand & Charrie & Aulivier & Danot
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant

Substitution

$1 & $3 & $2

Dreamy & Claire Willis & Daniel Kandi
Earth & Wind & Fire
Jimmy & James & The Tempos

Don't work for
Bob & Graeme & Sean & Greg
Legrand & Charrie & Aulivier & Danot
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant