Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

\ba Unicode word boundary

Non-Capturing Group(?:MS|PhD)

1st AlternativeMS

MSthe literal text MS (case sensitive)

2nd AlternativePhD

PhDthe literal text PhD (case sensitive)

\s*a Unicode whitespace character, repeated any number of times

Group 1((?:(?!\b(?:MS|PhD)\b).)*)

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?!\b(?:MS|PhD)\b).)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Negative Lookahead(?!\b(?:MS|PhD)\b)

\ba Unicode word boundary

Non-Capturing Group(?:MS|PhD)

1st AlternativeMS

MSthe literal text MS (case sensitive)

2nd AlternativePhD

PhDthe literal text PhD (case sensitive)

\ba Unicode word boundary

.any Unicode character (except for line terminators)

Character Class[.,]

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

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25 tokens

\b(?:MS|PhD)\s*((?:(?!\b(?:MS|PhD)\b).)*)[.,]

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Candidate with MS or PhD in Statistics, Computer Science, or similar field.
Applicant with MS in Biology or Chemistry desired.

Candidate with MS or PhD in Statistics, Computer Science, or similar field.
Applicant with MS in Biology or Chemistry desired.