Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternativeb.*?apple(*SKIP)(*F)

bthe literal b (98₁₀ / 142₈ / 62₁₆) (case sensitive)

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

applethe literal text apple (case sensitive)

(*SKIP)acts like (*PRUNE), but the next unanchored match attempt starts where (*SKIP) was reached instead of at the next subject character

(*F)forces the current match attempt to fail at this position

2nd Alternativeapple

applethe literal text apple (case sensitive)

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

Detailed match information will be displayed here automatically.

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Regular Expression

b.*?apple(*SKIP)(*F)|apple

New

>Matched
dolphin elephant apple star
dog cat apple banana

>Unmatched
map banana apple dog

>Only the first apple matched, others are unmatched.
map apple banana apple cat
map apple banana apple banana apple

>The first apple and the second apple matched, others are unmatched.
map apple dog apple banana apple banana apple

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