Regular Expressions 101

Pro

robert the literal text robert (case sensitive)

Group 1(.+?)

.+?any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:palmer )+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

palmer the literal text palmer (case sensitive)

sent for the boatthe literal text sent for the boat (case sensitive)

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

robert (.+?) (?:palmer )+sent for the boat

New

robert eric palmer sent for the boat
robert eric william palmer sent for the boat
robert eric palmer palmer palmer sent for the boat