Regular Expressions 101

Pro

\ba Unicode word boundary

Group 1((?:\w+[^\w\n]+){0,2}you\b(?:[^\w\n]+\w+){0,2})

Non-Capturing Group(?:\w+[^\w\n]+){0,2}

{0,2}repeats the group contents below between 0 and 2 times:

\w+a Unicode word character, repeated at least once

Negated Character Class[^\w\n]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

\wa Unicode word character

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

youthe literal text you (case sensitive)

\ba Unicode word boundary

Non-Capturing Group(?:[^\w\n]+\w+){0,2}

{0,2}repeats the group contents below between 0 and 2 times:

Negated Character Class[^\w\n]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

\wa Unicode word character

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

\w+a Unicode word character, repeated at least once

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

Detailed match information will be displayed here automatically.

25 tokens

\b((?:\w+[^\w\n]+){0,2}you\b(?:[^\w\n]+\w+){0,2})

New

how are you doing today where is she going
do you like blueberry ice cream does not make sure 
this works but you know that the translation is on

how are you doing today where is she going
do you like blueberry ice cream does not make sure 
this works but you know that the translation is on