Regular Expressions 101

Non-Capturing Group(?:-(?!p[io]ng)\w+)+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Negative Lookahead(?!p[io]ng)

pthe literal p (112₁₀ / 160₈ / 70₁₆) (case sensitive)

Character Class[io]

ithe literal i (105₁₀ / 151₈ / 69₁₆) (case sensitive)

othe literal o (111₁₀ / 157₈ / 6F₁₆) (case sensitive)

ngthe literal text ng (case sensitive)

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

-?optionally matches the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

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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Search reference

Regular Expression

(?:-(?!p[io]ng)\w+)+-?

New

pong-ping-bink-ping-pong-ping-donk
ping-pong-ping-pong-fong-song-pong-bing

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