Regular Expressions 101

Pro

1st Alternative,\s(\S+)\s!

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

\sa Unicode whitespace character

Group 1(\S+)

\S+any character that is not Unicode whitespace, repeated at least once

\sa Unicode whitespace character

!the literal ! (33₁₀ / 41₈ / 21₁₆)

2nd Alternative-\s(\S+)\sj

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\sa Unicode whitespace character

Group 2(\S+)

\S+any character that is not Unicode whitespace, repeated at least once

\sa Unicode whitespace character

jthe literal j (106₁₀ / 152₈ / 6A₁₆) (case insensitive)

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

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

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25 tokens

Regular Expression

,\s(\S+)\s!|-\s(\S+)\sj

New

""" Yay you made it, User1 ! — 25/03/2022 --------------- User2 joined the party. — 22/03/2022 --------------- Yay you made it, User3 ! — 29/03/2022 --------------- User4 joined the party. — 28/03/2022"""

Substitution

""" Yay you made it, User1 ! — 25/03/2022 --------------- User2 joined the party. — 22/03/2022 --------------- Yay you made it, User3 ! — 29/03/2022 --------------- User4 joined the party. — 28/03/2022"""