Regular Expressions 101

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^start of line

Group 1([0-9¼½¾]*|[0-9](\/|,|.)[0-9])

1st Alternative[0-9¼½¾]*

Character Class[0-9¼½¾]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

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

¼the literal ¼ (188₁₀ / 274₈ / BC₁₆)

½the literal ½ (189₁₀ / 275₈ / BD₁₆)

¾the literal ¾ (190₁₀ / 276₈ / BE₁₆)

2nd Alternative[0-9](\/|,|.)[0-9]

Character Class[0-9]

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

Group 2(\/|,|.)

1st Alternative\/

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

2nd Alternative,

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

3rd Alternative.

.any character (except for line terminators)

Character Class[0-9]

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

\sany whitespace character

Group 3(oz|cup|tsp|tbsp|dash)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

1st Alternativeoz

ozthe literal text oz (case sensitive)

2nd Alternativecup

cupthe literal text cup (case sensitive)

3rd Alternativetsp

tspthe literal text tsp (case sensitive)

4th Alternativetbsp

tbspthe literal text tbsp (case sensitive)

5th Alternativedash

dashthe literal text dash (case sensitive)

\sany whitespace character

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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26 tokens

^([0-9¼½¾]*|[0-9](\/|,|.)[0-9])\s(oz|cup|tsp|tbsp|dash)?\s

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14½ oz gin
¾ oz fresh lemon juice
½ oz Lillet Blanc
0,5 dash angostura
1/2 oz Lillet Blanc
½ oz white crème de cacaot

14½ oz gin
¾ oz fresh lemon juice
½ oz Lillet Blanc
0,5 dash angostura
1/2 oz Lillet Blanc
½ oz white crème de cacaot