Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternative(text1).*(text2)

Group 1(text1)

text1the literal text text1 (case sensitive)

.*any character, repeated any number of times

Group 2(text2)

text2the literal text text2 (case sensitive)

2nd Alternative\2.*\1

\2the text saved by group 2

.*any character, repeated any number of times

\1the text saved by group 1

Global pattern flags

s modifier: single line. Allows a dot to match line terminators

Detailed match information will be displayed here automatically.

25 tokens

Regular Expression

(text1).*(text2)|\2.*\1

New

text0 asdf asdf asdf
asdf asdf text1 asdf
asdf text2 asdf
asdf

text0 asdf asdf asdf
asdf asdf text1 asdf
asdf text2 asdf
asdf