Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

^start of line

Group 1([A-Z ]+\b)

Character Class[A-Z ]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\ban ASCII word boundary

Group 2(\w+)

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

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

Detailed match information will be displayed here automatically.

25 tokens

^([A-Z ]+\b)(\w+)

FARMER John
OVERMARS DE Rafa
VAN DER BELT Dick

FARMER John
OVERMARS DE Rafa
VAN DER BELT Dick