Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

Group 1([0-9]{1,3}(,|[ ]|.)([0-9]{3}(,|[ ]|.))*[0-9]{3}|[0-9]+)

1st Alternative[0-9]{1,3}(,|[ ]|.)([0-9]{3}(,|[ ]|.))*[0-9]{3}

Character Class[0-9]{1,3}

{1,3}matches between 1 and 3 characters from the set below:

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

Group 2(,|[ ]|.)

1st Alternative,

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

2nd Alternative[ ]

Character Class[ ]

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

3rd Alternative.

.any character (except for line terminators)

Group 3([0-9]{3}(,|[ ]|.))*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Character Class[0-9]{3}

{3}matches exactly 3 characters from the set below:

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

Group 4(,|[ ]|.)

1st Alternative,

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

2nd Alternative[ ]

Character Class[ ]

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

3rd Alternative.

.any character (except for line terminators)

Character Class[0-9]{3}

{3}matches exactly 3 characters from the set below:

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

2nd Alternative[0-9]+

Character Class[0-9]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

Group 5(.[0-9][0-9])?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

.any character (except for line terminators)

Character Class[0-9]

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

Character Class[0-9]

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

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

Match Information

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Quick Reference

25 tokens

Regular Expression

([0-9]{1,3}(,|[ ]|.)([0-9]{3}(,|[ ]|.))*[0-9]{3}|[0-9]+)(.[0-9][0-9])?

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 some text date 11/03/2010 45,99 PLN some text telephone * 801 044 944 + 22 310 47 47