Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

Group 1(A)

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

Group 2(5|8)

1st Alternative5

5the literal 5 (53₁₀ / 65₈ / 35₁₆)

2nd Alternative8

8the literal 8 (56₁₀ / 70₈ / 38₁₆)

Group 3(F|M|G|C)

1st AlternativeF

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

2nd AlternativeM

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

3rd AlternativeG

Gthe literal G (71₁₀ / 107₈ / 47₁₆) (case sensitive)

4th AlternativeC

Cthe literal C (67₁₀ / 103₈ / 43₁₆) (case sensitive)

Group 4(2|3)

1st Alternative2

2the literal 2 (50₁₀ / 62₈ / 32₁₆)

2nd Alternative3

3the literal 3 (51₁₀ / 63₈ / 33₁₆)

Group 5(0|2)

1st Alternative0

0the literal 0 (48₁₀ / 60₈ / 30₁₆)

2nd Alternative2

2the literal 2 (50₁₀ / 62₈ / 32₁₆)

Group 6((-)(A|B|C|D|E|F|G){4,4}){3,3}

{3,3}repeats the group contents below exactly 3 times:

Group 7(-)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Group 8(A|B|C|D|E|F|G){4,4}

{4,4}repeats the group contents below exactly 4 times:

1st AlternativeA

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

2nd AlternativeB

Bthe literal B (66₁₀ / 102₈ / 42₁₆) (case sensitive)

3rd AlternativeC

Cthe literal C (67₁₀ / 103₈ / 43₁₆) (case sensitive)

4th AlternativeD

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

5th AlternativeE

Ethe literal E (69₁₀ / 105₈ / 45₁₆) (case sensitive)

6th AlternativeF

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

7th AlternativeG

Gthe literal G (71₁₀ / 107₈ / 47₁₆) (case sensitive)

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

Match Information

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Quick Reference

25 tokens

Regular Expression

(A)(5|8)(F|M|G|C)(2|3)(0|2)((-)(A|B|C|D|E|F|G){4,4}){3,3}

New

A8F30-ABCD-EFGG-AAAA

Extraction

A8F30-ABCD-EFGG-AAAA