Regular Expressions 101

Pro

^start of line

Group 1(.*?)

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

+the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆) , repeated at least once

Group 2(\d+(?:[-.\/]\d+)?)

\d+a digit, repeated at least once

Non-Capturing Group(?:[-.\/]\d+)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

Character Class[-.\/]

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\d+a digit, repeated at least once

Non-Capturing Group(?: *(\S.*))?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

*the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆) , repeated any number of times

Group 3(\S.*)

\Sany non-whitespace character

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

$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

^(.*?) +(\d+(?:[-.\/]\d+)?)(?: *(\S.*))?$

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SomeStreet 59A
Somestreet 59-65
6' SomeStreet 59
Somestreet 1.1
Somestreet 65 A/1
6' Somestreet 324/326 A/1