Regular Expressions 101

Group 1([A-Z][A-Z|a-z|\-|’|'|.]*( | - ))+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

Character Class[A-Z]

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

Character Class[A-Z|a-z|\-|’|'|.]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

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

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

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

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

\-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

’the literal ’ (8217₁₀ / 20031₈ / 2019₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

Group 2( | - )

1st Alternative

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

2nd Alternative -

- the literal text -

Group 3([A-Z][A-Z|a-z|\-|'|’|.]*)

Character Class[A-Z]

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

Character Class[A-Z|a-z|\-|'|’|.]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

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

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

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

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

\-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

’the literal ’ (8217₁₀ / 20031₈ / 2019₁₆)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

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

Regular Expression

([A-Z][A-Z|a-z|\-|’|'|.]*( | - ))+([A-Z][A-Z|a-z|\-|'|’|.]*)

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