Regular Expressions 101

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^start of line

Character Class[\p{L}\s.’\-,]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

\p{L}any Unicode letter

\sany whitespace character

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

’the literal ’ (8217₁₀ / 20031₈ / 2019₁₆)

\-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

$end of line

Global pattern flags

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

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

^[\p{L}\s.’\-,]+$

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Bruce Schneier                  
Schneier, Bruce
Schneier, Bruce Wayne
O’Malley, John F.
John O’Malley-Smith
Cher