Regular Expressions 101

Pro

Non-Capturing Group(?:{([^{}]*)}|\b\w[\w.-]*)

1st Alternative{([^{}]*)}

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

Group 1([^{}]*)

Negated Character Class[^{}]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

2nd Alternative\b\w[\w.-]*

\ba Unicode word boundary

\wa Unicode word character

Character Class[\w.-]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

\wa Unicode word character

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Group 2(@[\w.-]+\.\w+)

@the literal @ (64₁₀ / 100₈ / 40₁₆)

Character Class[\w.-]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

\wa Unicode word character

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

\w+a Unicode word character, repeated at least once

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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25 tokens

(?:{([^{}]*)}|\b\w[\w.-]*)(@[\w.-]+\.\w+)

New

Emails like {annie,bonnie}@gmail.com, annie2@gmail.com, then a bonnie2@gmail.com.