Regular Expressions 101

.*any Unicode character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

Group 1([.\w]+@\w+\.\w+)

Character Class[.\w]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

\wa Unicode word character

@the literal @ (64₁₀ / 100₈ / 40₁₆)

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

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

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

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

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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Search reference

Regular Expression

.*<([.\w]+@\w+\.\w+)>

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