regex101: PCRE2 (PHP) Match Workspace

^start of line

1st Alternativeselect

selectthe literal text select (case sensitive)

2nd Alternativechoose

choosethe literal text choose (case sensitive)

3rd Alternativecopy text

copy textthe literal text copy text (case sensitive)

4th Alternativecopytext

copytextthe literal text copytext (case sensitive)

5th Alternativecut text

cut textthe literal text cut text (case sensitive)

6th Alternativecuttext

cuttextthe literal text cuttext (case sensitive)

7th Alternativecorrect

correctthe literal text correct (case sensitive)

8th Alternativebold

boldthe literal text bold (case sensitive)

9th Alternativeunderline

underlinethe literal text underline (case sensitive)

10th Alternativedelete

deletethe literal text delete (case sensitive)

11th Alternativeheader

headerthe literal text header (case sensitive)

12th Alternativecapitalize

capitalizethe literal text capitalize (case sensitive)

13th Alternativeunbold

unboldthe literal text unbold (case sensitive)

14th Alternativedebold

deboldthe literal text debold (case sensitive)

15th Alternativedbold

dboldthe literal text dbold (case sensitive)

16th Alternativeuncapitalize

uncapitalizethe literal text uncapitalize (case sensitive)

17th Alternativeremove

removethe literal text remove (case sensitive)

18th Alternativecapitalise

capitalisethe literal text capitalise (case sensitive)

19th Alternativedcapitalise

dcapitalisethe literal text dcapitalise (case sensitive)

20th Alternativedecapitalicize

decapitalicizethe literal text decapitalicize (case sensitive)

21st Alternativedecapitalize

decapitalizethe literal text decapitalize (case sensitive)

22nd Alternativeuncapitalize

uncapitalizethe literal text uncapitalize (case sensitive)

23rd AlternativeUncap

Uncapthe literal text Uncap (case sensitive)

24th Alternatived capitalise

d capitalisethe literal text d capitalise (case sensitive)

25th Alternatived capitalize

26th Alternatived underline

27th Alternativedunderline

28th Alternativedeunderline

29th Alternativeununderline

30th Alternativegoto

31st Alternativemoveto

32nd Alternativemove

33rd Alternativeitalicize

34th Alternativeitalicise

35th Alternativeunitalicise

36th Alternativeunitalicize

Group 2(the)?

Group 3(last|previous|next)

Group 4(.*?)

$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

Search reference

Regular Expression

^(select|choose|copy text|copytext|cut text|cuttext|correct|bold|underline|delete|header|capitalize|unbold|debold|dbold|uncapitalize|remove|capitalise|dcapitalise|decapitalicize|decapitalize|uncapitalize|Uncap|d capitalise|d capitalize|d underline|dunderline|deunderline|ununderline|goto|moveto|move|italicize|italicise|unitalicise|unitalicize)(the)?(last|previous|next)(.*?)(word[s]?|line[s]?|sentence[s]?|paragraph[s]?|para[s]?|char[s]?|character[s]?|space|\n\n|\n\ns|\n|\ns)$

New

choosethenext10characters
underlinepreviousnewline
capitalizethenext5words
deleteprevious5paragraphs

Regular Expressions 101

Regular Expression

Substitution