Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

^start of line

Non-Capturing Group(?:[\w+'\.\-\s]*?([\w'-]+))

Character Class[\w+'\.\-\s]*?

*?matches any number of characters from the set below:

\wany word character

+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

\-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\sany whitespace character

Group 1([\w'-]+)

Character Class[\w'-]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

\wany word character

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:,.*?)*?

*?repeats the group contents below any number of times:

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

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

tells the group, 'blah'the literal text tells the group, 'blah' (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

^(?:[\w+'\.\-\s]*?([\w'-]+))(?:,.*?)*? tells the group, 'blah'$

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Magi-cal Prin'cess Sab'ri-ne, the dragon violating sorceresss tells the group, 'blah'

Magi-cal Prin'cess Sab'ri-ne, the dragon violating sorceresss tells the group, 'blah'