Regular Expressions 101

^start of line

Character Class[a-zA-Z._'~,-]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

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

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

_the literal _ (95₁₀ / 137₈ / 5F₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

~the literal ~ (126₁₀ / 176₈ / 7E₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?: +[a-zA-Z._'~,-]+)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

+the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆) , repeated at least once

Character Class[a-zA-Z._'~,-]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

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

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

_the literal _ (95₁₀ / 137₈ / 5F₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

~the literal ~ (126₁₀ / 176₈ / 7E₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

$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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Regular Expression

^[a-zA-Z._'~,-]+(?: +[a-zA-Z._'~,-]+)*$

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