Regular Expressions 101

Pro

^start of line

\p{L}+any Unicode letter, repeated at least once

Non-Capturing Group(?:[ -]\p{L}+)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Character Class[ -]

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\p{L}+any Unicode letter, repeated at least once

$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

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25 tokens

^\p{L}+(?:[ -]\p{L}+)*$

New

Ya-Mo
 -> OK
Ya-Mo-Ga
 -> OK
Ya--Mo
 -> FALSE
Ya---Mo
 -> FALSE
-Ya
 -> FALSE
-Ya-Mo-
 -> FALSE
Ya-
 -> FALSE

Ya-Mo
 -> OK
Ya-Mo-Ga
 -> OK
Ya--Mo
 -> FALSE
Ya---Mo
 -> FALSE
-Ya
 -> FALSE
-Ya-Mo-
 -> FALSE
Ya-
 -> FALSE