Regular Expressions 101

Pro

\p{L}any Unicode letter

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

Positive Lookahead(?=\s*\()

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

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25 tokens

\p{L}.*?(?=\s*\()

New

M.Joan (13-2)  
A.Alfred (20-13)  
F.O'Neil (12-231)  
D.Dan Fun (23-3)
T.Collins (51-82) J.Maddon (12-31)

M.Joan (13-2)  
A.Alfred (20-13)  
F.O'Neil (12-231)  
D.Dan Fun (23-3)
T.Collins (51-82) J.Maddon (12-31)