Regular Expressions 101

Pro

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

\j*the literal j (106₁₀ / 152₈ / 6A₁₆) (case sensitive), repeated any number of times

Positive Lookahead(?=(?:[A-Z]\.)*\h+[A-Z])

Non-Capturing Group(?:[A-Z]\.)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Character Class[A-Z]

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

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

\h+any horizontal whitespace character, repeated at least once

Character Class[A-Z]

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

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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25 tokens

\.\j*(?=(?:[A-Z]\.)*\h+[A-Z])

New

J.J. Scott
J. S. Joyce
RV. Bradley Carter
M. N. K. Brailey

J.J. Scott
J. S. Joyce
RV. Bradley Carter
M. N. K. Brailey