regex101: PCRE (Legacy) Match Workspace

Pro

Regionthe literal text Region (case sensitive)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

namethe literal text name (case sensitive)

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

=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

Group 1([\w'\\\s-]+)

Character Class[\w'\\\s-]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

\wany word character

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

\sany whitespace character

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:[\s,]+\w+=|,|$)

1st Alternative[\s,]+\w+=

Character Class[\s,]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

\sany whitespace character

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

2nd Alternative,

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

3rd Alternative$

$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

25 tokens

Regular Expression

Region\\ name\s*=([\w'\\\s-]+)(?:[\s,]+\w+=|,|$)

Region\ name=Provence\ Alpes\ Cote\ d'Azur shops=350,City=Nice
Region\ name=Provence\ Alpes\ Cote\ d'Azur,City=Nice shopsabcdabcdabcdasssss=350
City=Nice,Region\ name=Provence\ Alpes\ Cote\ d'Azur shopsabcdabcdabcdasssss=350
City=Nice,Region\ name =unknown shops=350

Substitution

Region\ name=Provence\ Alpes\ Cote\ d'Azur shops=350,City=Nice
Region\ name=Provence\ Alpes\ Cote\ d'Azur,City=Nice shopsabcdabcdabcdasssss=350
City=Nice,Region\ name=Provence\ Alpes\ Cote\ d'Azur shopsabcdabcdabcdasssss=350
City=Nice,Region\ name =unknown shops=350