Regular Expressions 101

Pro

^start of line

Group 1([0-9]{5})

Character Class[0-9]{5}

{5}matches exactly 5 characters from the set below:

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

Character Class[\s-_]?

?matches at most one character from the set below:

\sany whitespace character

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

_the literal _ (95₁₀ / 137₈ / 5F₁₆)

Group 2(\w+)

\w+any word character, 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

Regular Expression

^([0-9]{5})[\s-_]?(\w+)$

New

Haushalt Zwei
Handweg 2
29320 Hermannsburg

Haushalt Drei
Handweg 33
47118 Hermannsburg

Haushalt Vier
Handweg 444
08156Hermannsburg

Haushalt Fünf
Handweg 55555
08156-Hermannsburg

Substitution

Haushalt Zwei
Handweg 2
29320 Hermannsburg

Haushalt Drei
Handweg 33
47118 Hermannsburg

Haushalt Vier
Handweg 444
08156Hermannsburg

Haushalt Fünf
Handweg 55555
08156-Hermannsburg