Regular Expressions 101

Pro

Group 1(\S{5,})

\S{5,}any non-whitespace character, repeated at least 5 times

@the literal @ (64₁₀ / 100₈ / 40₁₆)

Group 2(gmail|hotmail)

1st Alternativegmail

gmailthe literal text gmail (case sensitive)

2nd Alternativehotmail

hotmailthe literal text hotmail (case sensitive)

.any character (except for line terminators)

comthe literal text com (case sensitive)

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

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25 tokens

(\S{5,})@(gmail|hotmail).com

.....@gmail.com
@@@@@@hotmail.com

.....@gmail.com
@@@@@@hotmail.com