Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

^start of line

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

Non-Capturing Group(?:probable|possible)

1st Alternativeprobable

probablethe literal text probable (case sensitive)

2nd Alternativepossible

possiblethe literal text possible (case sensitive)

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

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

Match Information

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Quick Reference

25 tokens

Regular Expression

^.*?(?:probable|possible).*

New

ID      Text
23      Patient has a probable chance of diabetes
78      He had to go to the doctor today
92      He mentioned possible diabetes
83      Patient likely has diabetes
45      She told us about her family history

Extraction

ID      Text
23      Patient has a probable chance of diabetes
78      He had to go to the doctor today
92      He mentioned possible diabetes
83      Patient likely has diabetes
45      She told us about her family history