Regular Expressions 101

Pro

^start of string

Character Class[a-zA-Z]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

Non-Capturing Group(?:[\s-'.&/][a-zA-Z]+)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Character Class[\s-'.&/]

\sany whitespace character

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

&the literal & (38₁₀ / 46₈ / 26₁₆)

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Character Class[a-zA-Z]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

Non-Capturing Group(?:[.|\s])?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

Character Class[.|\s]

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

\sany whitespace character

Non-Capturing Group(?:[$a-z$])*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Character Class[$a-z$]

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

$end of string

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26 tokens

^[a-zA-Z]+(?:[\s-'.&/][a-zA-Z]+)*(?:[.|\s])?(?:[\(a-z\)])*$