regex101: JavaScript Substitution Workspace

Explanation

Pro

\ban ASCII word boundary

Group 1(t)

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

Non-Capturing Group(?:anks *(?=[.?!]\n|to|for|in|ever)|[han]{3}([ks]{2}|x)+|hx|anx)

1st Alternativeanks *(?=[.?!]\n|to|for|in|ever)

anksthe literal text anks (case insensitive)

*the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆) , repeated any number of times

Positive Lookahead(?=[.?!]\n|to|for|in|ever)

1st Alternative[.?!]\n

Character Class[.?!]

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

?the literal ? (63₁₀ / 77₈ / 3F₁₆)

!the literal ! (33₁₀ / 41₈ / 21₁₆)

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

2nd Alternativeto

tothe literal text to (case insensitive)

3rd Alternativefor

forthe literal text for (case insensitive)

4th Alternativein

inthe literal text in (case insensitive)

5th Alternativeever

everthe literal text ever (case insensitive)

2nd Alternative[han]{3}([ks]{2}|x)+

Character Class[han]{3}

{3}matches exactly 3 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)

Group 2([ks]{2}|x)+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

1st Alternative[ks]{2}

Character Class[ks]{2}

{2}matches exactly 2 characters from the set below:

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

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

2nd Alternativex

xthe literal x (120₁₀ / 170₈ / 78₁₆) (case insensitive)

3rd Alternativehx

hxthe literal text hx (case insensitive)

4th 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

Quick Reference

26 tokens

Regular Expression

\b(t)(?:anks *(?=[.?!]\n|to|for|in|ever)|[han]{3}([ks]{2}|x)+|hx|anx)\b

Fix:

thx		28,227 results 
thanx		12,147
Tanks		 1,087    <-- may actually mean _tanks_.
 tanks in advance
 tanks everyone
 tanks for the help
 Tanks!
thansk		   518
tanx		   125
tahnks		    97


Leave alone:

thank you
tank, tanks of acid,
task, tasks
Suppose there is a production line with 8 tanks: each filled with a different substance for parts to be dipped in. The parts will be dropped into tanks by a crane along side the tanks. (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25062870/)

Substitution

$1hanks

Fix:

thx		28,227 results 
thanx		12,147
Tanks		 1,087    <-- may actually mean _tanks_.
 tanks in advance
 tanks everyone
 tanks for the help
 Tanks!
thansk		   518
tanx		   125
tahnks		    97


Leave alone:

thank you
tank, tanks of acid,
task, tasks
Suppose there is a production line with 8 tanks: each filled with a different substance for parts to be dipped in. The parts will be dropped into tanks by a crane along side the tanks. (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25062870/)