Regular Expressions 101

Pro

Group 1(Section1)

Section1the literal text Section1 (case sensitive)

Group 2((\n.*,.*)*\n\s*)

Group 3(\n.*,.*)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

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

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

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

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

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

Group lastLine(?'lastLine'.*)

.*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

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25 tokens

Regular Expression

(Section1)((\n.*,.*)*\n\s*)(?'lastLine'.*)

New

Section1
    George, 1998-1995
     Peter, 1999-1990
     John,  1984-1983
     Thomson,  1978-1965
     Simon, 1988-1960
Section2
     Gery,  2019-2015
     John,  1984-1983
     Thomson,  1978-1965

Extraction

Section1
    George, 1998-1995
     Peter, 1999-1990
     John,  1984-1983
     Thomson,  1978-1965
     Simon, 1988-1960
Section2
     Gery,  2019-2015
     John,  1984-1983
     Thomson,  1978-1965