Regular Expressions 101

^start of line

Group 1(([A-Za-z]+[,.]?[ ]?|[a-z]+['-]?)+)

Group 2([A-Za-z]+[,.]?[ ]?|[a-z]+['-]?)+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

1st Alternative[A-Za-z]+[,.]?[ ]?

Character Class[A-Za-z]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

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

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

Character Class[,.]?

?matches at most one character from the set below:

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

Character Class[ ]?

?matches at most one character from the set below:

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

2nd Alternative[a-z]+['-]?

Character Class[a-z]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

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

Character Class['-]?

?matches at most one character from the set below:

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

$end of line

Global pattern flags

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

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Regular Expression

^(([A-Za-z]+[,.]?[ ]?|[a-z]+['-]?)+)$

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fsdfdsd skjadhsajd
ASDDAS SASSAS
ASAFDAASQDAF
dsad3sdsadsad 
Mathias d'Arras
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Hector Sausage-Hausen
dhasd537645
hjg$%$jkdsfkjsdf
dlksaj@lkdfjs.com
dlksaj@lkdfjs
sdasdsadasd'dsad
M Edwin
R A T K Ranawaka

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