Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

\ban ASCII word boundary

Non-Capturing Group(?:apples?|pears?|strawberry|strawberries|grapes?)

1st Alternativeapples?

applethe literal text apple (case insensitive)

s?optionally matches the literal s (115₁₀ / 163₈ / 73₁₆) (case insensitive)

2nd Alternativepears?

pearthe literal text pear (case insensitive)

s?optionally matches the literal s (115₁₀ / 163₈ / 73₁₆) (case insensitive)

3rd Alternativestrawberry

strawberrythe literal text strawberry (case insensitive)

4th Alternativestrawberries

strawberriesthe literal text strawberries (case insensitive)

5th Alternativegrapes?

grapethe literal text grape (case insensitive)

s?optionally matches the literal s (115₁₀ / 163₈ / 73₁₆) (case insensitive)

\ban ASCII word boundary

Global pattern flags

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

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

Detailed match information will be displayed here automatically.

25 tokens

\b(?:apples?|pears?|strawberry|strawberries|grapes?)\b

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Today I ate an apple, then a pear, then a strawberry. This is my article and it's about apples and pears. I like strawberries as well though.

Today I ate an apple, then a pear, then a strawberry. This is my article and it's about apples and pears. I like strawberries as well though.