Regular Expressions 101

Group 1(([\w\s\d]+\s)(is the|is a|are the|are a|was)\s([\w\d\s\[\]\)\(,']+))

Group 2([\w\s\d]+\s)

Character Class[\w\s\d]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

\wany word character

\sany whitespace character

\da digit

\sany whitespace character

Group 3(is the|is a|are the|are a|was)

1st Alternativeis the

is thethe literal text is the (case sensitive)

2nd Alternativeis a

is athe literal text is a (case sensitive)

3rd Alternativeare the

are thethe literal text are the (case sensitive)

4th Alternativeare a

are athe literal text are a (case sensitive)

5th Alternativewas

wasthe literal text was (case sensitive)

\sany whitespace character

Group 4([\w\d\s\[\]\)\(,']+)

Character Class[\w\d\s\[\]\)\(,']+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

\wany word character

\da digit

\sany whitespace character

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

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Regular Expression

(([\w\s\d]+\s)(is the|is a|are the|are a|was)\s([\w\d\s\[\]\)\(,']+))

Test String
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Hendrik Weber (born 1975), better known as Pantha du Prince, Panthel and Glühen 4 is a German producer, composer and conceptual artist for Electro, Techno, House, Minimal and Noise affiliated with Hamburg's Dial music label[1][2] and British label Rough Trade.[3]

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