Regular Expressions 101

Pro

1st Alternative^[.,?!'"]+

^start of line

Character Class[.,?!'"]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

?the literal ? (63₁₀ / 77₈ / 3F₁₆)

!the literal ! (33₁₀ / 41₈ / 21₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

2nd Alternative[.,?!'"]+$

Character Class[.,?!'"]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

?the literal ? (63₁₀ / 77₈ / 3F₁₆)

!the literal ! (33₁₀ / 41₈ / 21₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

$end of line

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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26 tokens

^[.,?!'"]+|[.,?!'"]+$

New

'Hello world, josh's car.,'

Hello World.......
..,!Bye World

.???'"""Again, what message should I type here!!!

'Hello world, josh's car.,'

Hello World.......
..,!Bye World

.???'"""Again, what message should I type here!!!