Regular Expressions 101

^start of line

Group 1((?:\w+ *){1,5})

Non-Capturing Group(?:\w+ *){1,5}

{1,5}repeats the group contents below between 1 and 5 times:

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

*the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆) , repeated any number of times

$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

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25 tokens

Regular Expression

^((?:\w+ *){1,5})$

New

abc def ghi jkl mno
abc def ghi jkl mno pqr
test test tes 
test test tse tse tse tes
test

abc def ghi jkl mno
abc def ghi jkl mno pqr
test test tes 
test test tse tse tse tes
test