Regular Expressions 101

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^start of line

Negative Lookahead(?!.{36,})

.{36,}any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least 36 times

Character Class[a-z'-]{2,}

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

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

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\sany whitespace character

Character Class[a-z'-]{2,}

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

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

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

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

i modifier: insensitive. Matches without distinguishing uppercase and lowercase letters

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26 tokens

^(?!.{36,})[a-z'-]{2,}\s[a-z'-]{2,}

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Bartholomew Jamieson-Smithson-West 
Mellisa Wu
Li Smith 
Andy Bartholomew-Jamieson-Smithson-West
L Bartholomew-Jamieson-Smithson-Wu

Bartholomew Jamieson-Smithson-West 
Mellisa Wu
Li Smith 
Andy Bartholomew-Jamieson-Smithson-West
L Bartholomew-Jamieson-Smithson-Wu