Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

Group 1(\w[\w\s-]*?)

\wany word character

Character Class[\w\s-]*?

*?matches any number of characters from the set below:

\wany word character

\sany whitespace character

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

Non-Capturing Group(?:-\s+)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

Womenthe literal text Women (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

(\w[\w\s-]*?)\s+(?:-\s+)?Women

New

(1-0) PK-35 - Women
(2-2) PK-35 Women
(1-0) Real Betis - Women
(2-2) Real Betis Women

(1-0) PK-35 - Women
(2-2) PK-35 Women
(1-0) Real Betis - Women
(2-2) Real Betis Women