Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

1st Alternative^[?:!.,;'\"«»]+

^start of line

Character Class[?:!.,;'\"«»]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

?the literal ? (63₁₀ / 77₈ / 3F₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

!the literal ! (33₁₀ / 41₈ / 21₁₆)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

«the literal « (171₁₀ / 253₈ / AB₁₆)

»the literal » (187₁₀ / 273₈ / BB₁₆)

2nd Alternative[?:!.,;'\"«»]+$

Character Class[?:!.,;'\"«»]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

?the literal ? (63₁₀ / 77₈ / 3F₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

!the literal ! (33₁₀ / 41₈ / 21₁₆)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

«the literal « (171₁₀ / 253₈ / AB₁₆)

»the literal » (187₁₀ / 273₈ / BB₁₆)

$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

No unit tests

Add a test to get started

25 tokens

^[?:!.,;'\"«»]+|[?:!.,;'\"«»]+$

There are no unit tests.