regex101: PCRE2 (PHP) Match Workspace

^start of line

Group description(?P<description>.{25}(?=\s{3,})|.{23}|.{25})

1st Alternative.{25}(?=\s{3,})

.{25}any character (except for line terminators), repeated exactly 25 times

Positive Lookahead(?=\s{3,})

\s{3,}any whitespace character, repeated at least 3 times

2nd Alternative.{23}

.{23}any character (except for line terminators), repeated exactly 23 times

3rd Alternative.{25}

.{25}any character (except for line terminators), repeated exactly 25 times

Group city(?P<city>\S.{12})

\Sany non-whitespace character

.{12}any character (except for line terminators), repeated exactly 12 times

Group 3((?P<region1> (A[KLRZ]|C[AOT]|D[CE]|FL|GA|HI|I[ADLN]|K[SY]|LA|M[ADEINOST]|N[CDEHJMVY]|O[HKR]|PA|RI|S[CD]|T[NX]|UT|V[AT]|W[AIVY]) ?)|( USA)|((?P<region2>(A[KLRZ]|C[AOT]|D[CE]|FL|GA|HI|I[ADLN]|K[SY]|LA|M[ADEINOST]|N[CDEHJMVY]|O[HKR]|PA|RI|S[CD]|T[NX]|UT|V[AT]|W[AIVY]))USA?)|US)

1st Alternative(?P<region1> (A[KLRZ]|C[AOT]|D[CE]|FL|GA|HI|I[ADLN]|K[SY]|LA|M[ADEINOST]|N[CDEHJMVY]|O[HKR]|PA|RI|S[CD]|T[NX]|UT|V[AT]|W[AIVY]) ?)

Group region1(?P<region1> (A[KLRZ]|C[AOT]|D[CE]|FL|GA|HI|I[ADLN]|K[SY]|LA|M[ADEINOST]|N[CDEHJMVY]|O[HKR]|PA|RI|S[CD]|T[NX]|UT|V[AT]|W[AIVY]) ?)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Group 5(A[KLRZ]|C[AOT]|D[CE]|FL|GA|HI|I[ADLN]|K[SY]|LA|M[ADEINOST]|N[CDEHJMVY]|O[HKR]|PA|RI|S[CD]|T[NX]|UT|V[AT]|W[AIVY])

1st AlternativeA[KLRZ]

Athe literal A (65₁₀ / 101₈ / 41₁₆) (case sensitive)

Character Class[KLRZ]

Kthe literal K (75₁₀ / 113₈ / 4B₁₆) (case sensitive)

Lthe literal L (76₁₀ / 114₈ / 4C₁₆) (case sensitive)

Rthe literal R (82₁₀ / 122₈ / 52₁₆) (case sensitive)

Zthe literal Z (90₁₀ / 132₈ / 5A₁₆) (case sensitive)

2nd AlternativeC[AOT]

Cthe literal C (67₁₀ / 103₈ / 43₁₆) (case sensitive)

Character Class[AOT]

Athe literal A (65₁₀ / 101₈ / 41₁₆) (case sensitive)

Othe literal O (79₁₀ / 117₈ / 4F₁₆) (case sensitive)

Tthe literal T (84₁₀ / 124₈ / 54₁₆) (case sensitive)

3rd AlternativeD[CE]

Dthe literal D (68₁₀ / 104₈ / 44₁₆) (case sensitive)

Character Class[CE]

Cthe literal C (67₁₀ / 103₈ / 43₁₆) (case sensitive)

Ethe literal E (69₁₀ / 105₈ / 45₁₆) (case sensitive)

4th AlternativeFL

FLthe literal text FL (case sensitive)

5th AlternativeGA

GAthe literal text GA (case sensitive)

6th AlternativeHI

HIthe literal text HI (case sensitive)

7th AlternativeI[ADLN]

Ithe literal I (73₁₀ / 111₈ / 49₁₆) (case sensitive)

Character Class[ADLN]

Athe literal A (65₁₀ / 101₈ / 41₁₆) (case sensitive)

Dthe literal D (68₁₀ / 104₈ / 44₁₆) (case sensitive)

Lthe literal L (76₁₀ / 114₈ / 4C₁₆) (case sensitive)

Nthe literal N (78₁₀ / 116₈ / 4E₁₆) (case sensitive)

8th AlternativeK[SY]

Kthe literal K (75₁₀ / 113₈ / 4B₁₆) (case sensitive)

Character Class[SY]

Sthe literal S (83₁₀ / 123₈ / 53₁₆) (case sensitive)

Ythe literal Y (89₁₀ / 131₈ / 59₁₆) (case sensitive)

9th AlternativeLA

LAthe literal text LA (case sensitive)

10th AlternativeM[ADEINOST]

Mthe literal M (77₁₀ / 115₈ / 4D₁₆) (case sensitive)

Character Class[ADEINOST]

11th AlternativeN[CDEHJMVY]

12th AlternativeO[HKR]

13th AlternativePA

14th AlternativeRI

15th AlternativeS[CD]

16th AlternativeT[NX]

17th AlternativeUT

18th AlternativeV[AT]

19th AlternativeW[AIVY]

?optionally matches the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

2nd Alternative( USA)

3rd Alternative((?P<region2>(A[KLRZ]|C[AOT]|D[CE]|FL|GA|HI|I[ADLN]|K[SY]|LA|M[ADEINOST]|N[CDEHJMVY]|O[HKR]|PA|RI|S[CD]|T[NX]|UT|V[AT]|W[AIVY]))USA?)

4th AlternativeUS

$end of line

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

25 tokens

Regular Expression

^(?P<description>.{25}(?=\s{3,})|.{23}|.{25})(?P<city>\S.{12})((?P<region1> (A[KLRZ]|C[AOT]|D[CE]|FL|GA|HI|I[ADLN]|K[SY]|LA|M[ADEINOST]|N[CDEHJMVY]|O[HKR]|PA|RI|S[CD]|T[NX]|UT|V[AT]|W[AIVY]) ?)|( USA)|((?P<region2>(A[KLRZ]|C[AOT]|D[CE]|FL|GA|HI|I[ADLN]|K[SY]|LA|M[ADEINOST]|N[CDEHJMVY]|O[HKR]|PA|RI|S[CD]|T[NX]|UT|V[AT]|W[AIVY]))USA?)|US)$

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