Regular Expressions 101

Pro

Group 1([ADFJMNOS]{1,3}\w*\s)

Character Class[ADFJMNOS]{1,3}

{1,3}matches between 1 and 3 characters from the set below:

Athe literal A (65₁₀ / 101₈ / 41₁₆) (case insensitive)

Dthe literal D (68₁₀ / 104₈ / 44₁₆) (case insensitive)

Fthe literal F (70₁₀ / 106₈ / 46₁₆) (case insensitive)

Jthe literal J (74₁₀ / 112₈ / 4A₁₆) (case insensitive)

Mthe literal M (77₁₀ / 115₈ / 4D₁₆) (case insensitive)

Nthe literal N (78₁₀ / 116₈ / 4E₁₆) (case insensitive)

Othe literal O (79₁₀ / 117₈ / 4F₁₆) (case insensitive)

Sthe literal S (83₁₀ / 123₈ / 53₁₆) (case insensitive)

\w*any word character, repeated any number of times

\sany whitespace character

Group 2([0-9]{1,2},\s)

Character Class[0-9]{1,2}

{1,2}matches between 1 and 2 characters from the set below:

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

\sany whitespace character

Group 3([0-9]{4})

Character Class[0-9]{4}

{4}matches exactly 4 characters from the set below:

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

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

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

x modifier: extended. Ignores unescaped whitespace and comments outside character classes

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25 tokens

([ADFJMNOS]{1,3}\w*\s) ([0-9]{1,2},\s) ([0-9]{4})

April 15, 2015 coordinating committee

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April 15, 2015 coordinating committee