Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternative(?<match_this>b\s+(?:\S+\s+){1,3}f)

Group match_this(?<match_this>b\s+(?:\S+\s+){1,3}f)

bthe literal b (98₁₀ / 142₈ / 62₁₆) (case sensitive)

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

Non-Capturing Group(?:\S+\s+){1,3}

{1,3}repeats the group contents below between 1 and 3 times:

\S+any non-whitespace character, repeated at least once

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

fthe literal f (102₁₀ / 146₈ / 66₁₆) (case sensitive)

2nd Alternative(?<not_overlap1><not-overlap1>d\s+(?:\S+\s+){1,4}g)

Group not_overlap1(?<not_overlap1><not-overlap1>d\s+(?:\S+\s+){1,4}g)

<not-overlap1>dthe literal text <not-overlap1>d (case sensitive)

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

Non-Capturing Group(?:\S+\s+){1,4}

{1,4}repeats the group contents below between 1 and 4 times:

\S+any non-whitespace character, repeated at least once

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

gthe literal g (103₁₀ / 147₈ / 67₁₆) (case sensitive)

3rd Alternative(?<not_overlap2>c\s+(?:\S+\s+){1,4}e)

Group not_overlap2(?<not_overlap2>c\s+(?:\S+\s+){1,4}e)

cthe literal c (99₁₀ / 143₈ / 63₁₆) (case sensitive)

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

Non-Capturing Group(?:\S+\s+){1,4}

{1,4}repeats the group contents below between 1 and 4 times:

\S+any non-whitespace character, repeated at least once

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

ethe literal e (101₁₀ / 145₈ / 65₁₆) (case sensitive)

Global pattern flags

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

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Regular Expression

(?<match_this>b\s+(?:\S+\s+){1,3}f)|(?<not_overlap1><not-overlap1>d\s+(?:\S+\s+){1,4}g)|(?<not_overlap2>c\s+(?:\S+\s+){1,4}e)

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a b c d e f c g e b c f d g

a b c d e f c g e b c f d g