Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

^start of line

Group 1((?:outcome|disposition):(?: ?the)? ?judgments? ?of(?: ?the)? ?court ?of ?appeals.*?)

Non-Capturing Group(?:outcome|disposition)

1st Alternativeoutcome

outcomethe literal text outcome (case insensitive)

2nd Alternativedisposition

dispositionthe literal text disposition (case insensitive)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?: ?the)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

?optionally matches the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

thethe literal text the (case insensitive)

?optionally matches the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

judgmentthe literal text judgment (case insensitive)

s?optionally matches the literal s (115₁₀ / 163₈ / 73₁₆) (case insensitive)

?optionally matches the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

ofthe literal text of (case insensitive)

Non-Capturing Group(?: ?the)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

?optionally matches the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

thethe literal text the (case insensitive)

?optionally matches the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

courtthe literal text court (case insensitive)

?optionally matches the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

ofthe literal text of (case insensitive)

?optionally matches the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

appealsthe literal text appeals (case insensitive)

.*?any Unicode character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?:\.|;|:|,? ?and|,)?(?: ?the)? judgments? of(?: ?the)?.*(?:trial|circuit|chancery) court)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\.|;|:|,? ?and|,)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

1st Alternative\.

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

2nd Alternative;

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

3rd Alternative:

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

4th Alternative,? ?and

,?optionally matches the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

?optionally matches the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

andthe literal text and (case insensitive)

5th Alternative,

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?: ?the)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

?optionally matches the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

thethe literal text the (case insensitive)

judgmentthe literal text judgment (case insensitive)

s?optionally matches the literal s (115₁₀ / 163₈ / 73₁₆) (case insensitive)

ofthe literal text of (case insensitive)

Non-Capturing Group(?: ?the)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

?optionally matches the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

thethe literal text the (case insensitive)

.*any Unicode character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

Non-Capturing Group(?:trial|circuit|chancery)

1st Alternativetrial

trialthe literal text trial (case insensitive)

2nd Alternativecircuit

circuitthe literal text circuit (case insensitive)

3rd Alternativechancery

chancerythe literal text chancery (case insensitive)

courtthe literal text court (case insensitive)

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

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25 tokens

Regular Expression

^((?:outcome|disposition):(?: ?the)? ?judgments? ?of(?: ?the)? ?court ?of ?appeals.*?)(?:(?:\.|;|:|,? ?and|,)?(?: ?the)? judgments? of(?: ?the)?.*(?:trial|circuit|chancery) court)

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