Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

Group 1(^\w+ &.*)

^start of line

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

&the literal text &

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

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.

26 tokens

(^\w+ &.*)

New

Paul & Mary Atkins - 
John Arnold & Dave Badman - 
----DO NOT MATCH----
John Baines & Dave Adams -

Paul & Mary Atkins - 
John Arnold & Dave Badman - 
----DO NOT MATCH----
John Baines & Dave Adams -