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^.*?(?=\d*[a-z]\d*[a-z]|$)
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gmi
^ asserts position at start of a line
.*?
matches any character (except for line terminators)
*? Quantifier — Matches between zero and unlimited times, as few times as possible, expanding as needed (lazy)
Positive Lookahead
(?=\d*[a-z]\d*[a-z]|$)
Assert that the Regex below matches
1st Alternative
\d*[a-z]\d*[a-z]
\d*
matches a digit (equal to [0-9])
* Quantifier — Matches between zero and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy)
Match a single character present in the list below
[a-z]
a-z a single character in the range between a (index 97) and z (index 122) (case insensitive)
\d*
matches a digit (equal to [0-9])
* Quantifier — Matches between zero and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy)
Match a single character present in the list below
[a-z]
a-z a single character in the range between a (index 97) and z (index 122) (case insensitive)
2nd Alternative
$
$ asserts position at the end of a line
Global pattern flags
g modifier: global. All matches (don't return after first match)
m modifier: multi line. Causes ^ and $ to match the begin/end of each line (not only begin/end of string)
i modifier: insensitive. Case insensitive match (ignores case of [a-zA-Z])
Your regular expression does not match the subject string.Try launching the debugger to find out why.

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