Regular Expressions 101

Positive Lookbehind(?<=[:;])

Character Class[:;]

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

Character Class[ ]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:[A-Z][A-Za-z .]{1,14}[, ]*){1,3}

{1,3}repeats the group contents below between 1 and 3 times:

Character Class[A-Z]

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

Character Class[A-Za-z .]{1,14}

{1,14}matches between 1 and 14 characters from the set below:

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

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

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

Character Class[, ]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Positive Lookahead(?=[;.])

Character Class[;.]

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

u modifier: unicode. Treats the pattern and subject as UTF-16

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Regular Expression

(?<=[:;])[ ]*(?:[A-Z][A-Za-z .]{1,14}[, ]*){1,3}(?=[;.])

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