Regular Expressions 101

Pro

^start of line

Negated Character Class[^,\n]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:[^,\n]+,?){0,2}

{0,2}repeats the group contents below between 0 and 2 times:

Negated Character Class[^,\n]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

,?optionally matches the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

$end of line

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

^[^,\n]+,(?:[^,\n]+,?){0,2}$

New

New York, New York, United States
New York, New York
New York
New York, New York, United States,asdsad
new yorok,asdasd,asddasd

New York, New York, United States
New York, New York
New York
New York, New York, United States,asdsad
new yorok,asdasd,asddasd