Regular Expressions 101

Non-Capturing Group(?:in a|in the|in)

1st Alternativein a

in athe literal text in a (case sensitive)

2nd Alternativein the

in thethe literal text in the (case sensitive)

3rd Alternativein

inthe literal text in (case sensitive)

?optionally matches the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Group 1(.+?)

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

?optionally matches the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:area|section)

1st Alternativearea

areathe literal text area (case sensitive)

2nd Alternativesection

sectionthe literal text section (case sensitive)

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

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Search reference

Regular Expression

(?:in a|in the|in) ?(.+?) ?(?:area|section)

New

Then there should be 3 elements in the article list section
Then there should be 3 article preview elements in the article list section
Then there should be 3 article preview elements in the article list section in the article section

Regular Expression

Extraction