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

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