regex101: Testing

^start of line

Group 1(\s+)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

Group 2(((([a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\-\–\`\'\’]+[a-zA-Z]+)(((\s+[a-zA-Z]+)|(\s+[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\-\–\`\'\’]+[a-zA-Z]+)))?)(((\s+[a-zA-Z]+)|(\s+[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\-\–\`\'\’]+[a-zA-Z]+)))?(((\s+[a-zA-Z]+)|(\s+[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\-\–\`\'\’]+[a-zA-Z]+)))?)|([a-zA-Z ]+))

1st Alternative((([a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\-\–\`\'\’]+[a-zA-Z]+)(((\s+[a-zA-Z]+)|(\s+[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\-\–\`\'\’]+[a-zA-Z]+)))?)(((\s+[a-zA-Z]+)|(\s+[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\-\–\`\'\’]+[a-zA-Z]+)))?(((\s+[a-zA-Z]+)|(\s+[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\-\–\`\'\’]+[a-zA-Z]+)))?)

Group 3((([a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\-\–\`\'\’]+[a-zA-Z]+)(((\s+[a-zA-Z]+)|(\s+[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\-\–\`\'\’]+[a-zA-Z]+)))?)(((\s+[a-zA-Z]+)|(\s+[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\-\–\`\'\’]+[a-zA-Z]+)))?(((\s+[a-zA-Z]+)|(\s+[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\-\–\`\'\’]+[a-zA-Z]+)))?)

Group 4(([a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\-\–\`\'\’]+[a-zA-Z]+)(((\s+[a-zA-Z]+)|(\s+[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\-\–\`\'\’]+[a-zA-Z]+)))?)

Group 5([a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\-\–\`\'\’]+[a-zA-Z]+)

Character Class[a-zA-Z]

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

Character Class[a-zA-Z\-\–\`\'\’]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

\-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\–the literal – (8211₁₀ / 20023₈ / 2013₁₆)

\`the literal ` (96₁₀ / 140₈ / 60₁₆)

\'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

\’the literal ’ (8217₁₀ / 20031₈ / 2019₁₆)

Character Class[a-zA-Z]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

Group 6(((\s+[a-zA-Z]+)|(\s+[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\-\–\`\'\’]+[a-zA-Z]+)))?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

Group 7((\s+[a-zA-Z]+)|(\s+[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\-\–\`\'\’]+[a-zA-Z]+))

1st Alternative(\s+[a-zA-Z]+)

Group 8(\s+[a-zA-Z]+)

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

Character Class[a-zA-Z]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

2nd Alternative(\s+[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\-\–\`\'\’]+[a-zA-Z]+)

Group 9(\s+[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\-\–\`\'\’]+[a-zA-Z]+)

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

Character Class[a-zA-Z]

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

Character Class[a-zA-Z\-\–\`\'\’]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

\-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\–the literal – (8211₁₀ / 20023₈ / 2013₁₆)

\`the literal ` (96₁₀ / 140₈ / 60₁₆)

\'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

\’the literal ’ (8217₁₀ / 20031₈ / 2019₁₆)

Character Class[a-zA-Z]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

Group 10(((\s+[a-zA-Z]+)|(\s+[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\-\–\`\'\’]+[a-zA-Z]+)))?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

Group 11((\s+[a-zA-Z]+)|(\s+[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\-\–\`\'\’]+[a-zA-Z]+))

1st Alternative(\s+[a-zA-Z]+)

Group 12(\s+[a-zA-Z]+)

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

Character Class[a-zA-Z]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

2nd Alternative(\s+[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\-\–\`\'\’]+[a-zA-Z]+)

Group 13(\s+[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\-\–\`\'\’]+[a-zA-Z]+)

Group 14(((\s+[a-zA-Z]+)|(\s+[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\-\–\`\'\’]+[a-zA-Z]+)))?

2nd Alternative([a-zA-Z ]+)

Group 19(\s+)?

$end of line

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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Regular Expression

^(\s+)?(((([a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\-\–\`\'\’]+[a-zA-Z]+)(((\s+[a-zA-Z]+)|(\s+[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\-\–\`\'\’]+[a-zA-Z]+)))?)(((\s+[a-zA-Z]+)|(\s+[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\-\–\`\'\’]+[a-zA-Z]+)))?(((\s+[a-zA-Z]+)|(\s+[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\-\–\`\'\’]+[a-zA-Z]+)))?)|([a-zA-Z ]+))(\s+)?$

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