Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

\ban ASCII word boundary

Group 1(t)

tthe literal t (116₁₀ / 164₈ / 74₁₆) (case insensitive)

Non-Capturing Group(?:[hanks]{4,5}|hx|anx)

1st Alternative[hanks]{4,5}

Character Class[hanks]{4,5}

{4,5}matches between 4 and 5 characters from the set below:

hthe literal h (104₁₀ / 150₈ / 68₁₆) (case insensitive)

athe literal a (97₁₀ / 141₈ / 61₁₆) (case insensitive)

nthe literal n (110₁₀ / 156₈ / 6E₁₆) (case insensitive)

kthe literal k (107₁₀ / 153₈ / 6B₁₆) (case insensitive)

sthe literal s (115₁₀ / 163₈ / 73₁₆) (case insensitive)

2nd Alternativehx

hxthe literal text hx (case insensitive)

3rd Alternativeanx

anxthe literal text anx (case insensitive)

\ban ASCII word boundary

Global pattern flags

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

i modifier: insensitive. Matches without distinguishing uppercase and lowercase letters

Detailed match information will be displayed here automatically.

26 tokens

\b(t)(?:[hanks]{4,5}|hx|anx)\b

New

Fix:

Tanks    <-- there's a chance they actually mean _tanks_.
thx
tanx
thansk
tahnks

Leave:

tank
task
tasks

Fix:

Tanks    <-- there's a chance they actually mean _tanks_.
thx
tanx
thansk
tahnks

Leave:

tank
task
tasks