Regular Expressions 101

Pro

\ban ASCII word boundary

Group 1(\w)

\wany word character

Character Class[-'\w]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

\wany word character

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:[-",/\\*&'\w]* ){2,}

{2,}repeats the group contents below at least 2 times:

Character Class[-",/\\*&'\w]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

&the literal & (38₁₀ / 46₈ / 26₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

\wany word character

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

\1the text saved by group 1

Character Class[A-Z]{2,}

{2,}matches at least 2 characters from the set below:

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

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

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

Detailed match information will be displayed here automatically.

26 tokens

Regular Expression

\b(\w)[-'\w]* (?:[-",/\\*&'\w]* ){2,}\(\1[A-Z]{2,}\)

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This is a block of text MIDI The USB Device Class Definition for MIDI Devices transmits Music Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI).

I need to select only the "Music Instrument Digital Interface"