Regular Expressions 101

^start of string

Character Class[a-zA-Z\u0080-\u024F]+

+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)

\u0080-\u024Fone character from (128₁₀) to ɏ (591₁₀) (case sensitive)

Non-Capturing Group(?:([\ \-\']|(\.\ ))[a-zA-Z\u0080-\u024F]+)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Group 1([\ \-\']|(\.\ ))

1st Alternative[\ \-\']

Character Class[\ \-\']

\ the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

2nd Alternative(\.\ )

Group 2(\.\ )

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

\ the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Character Class[a-zA-Z\u0080-\u024F]+

+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)

\u0080-\u024Fone character from (128₁₀) to ɏ (591₁₀) (case sensitive)

$end of string

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26 tokens

Regular Expression

^[a-zA-Z\u0080-\u024F]+(?:([\ \-\']|(\.\ ))[a-zA-Z\u0080-\u024F]+)*$

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