Regular Expressions 101

Pro

Character Class[\w .,-]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

\wa Unicode word character

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Character Class[\w .,-]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

\wa Unicode word character

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^\W_]

\Wany character that is not a Unicode word character

_the literal _ (95₁₀ / 137₈ / 5F₁₆)

Character Class[\w .,-]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

\wa Unicode word character

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

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

Detailed match information will be displayed here automatically.

25 tokens

[\w .,-]+:[\w .,-]*[^\W_][\w .,-]*;

ONE:;TWO:,,d,-;THREE:fsdfsd;FOUR:43879293847;FIVE:dsa. dsa, 56;SIX: ;SEVEN:,,,;EIGHT:--;

ONE:;TWO:,,d,-;THREE:fsdfsd;FOUR:43879293847;FIVE:dsa. dsa, 56;SIX: ;SEVEN:,,,;EIGHT:--;