Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

^start of line

Group 1([a-zA-Z])*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Character Class[a-zA-Z]

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

Group 2([0-9 -])+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

Character Class[0-9 -]

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Group 3([a-zA-Z \.])+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

Character Class[a-zA-Z \.]

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

$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

Match Information

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Quick Reference

25 tokens

Regular Expression

^([a-zA-Z])*([0-9 -])+([a-zA-Z \.])+$

New

1234
4775
773

6 S Surfway
70 N Grove St
1661-114 Old Country Rd

Calverton 
Freeport 
Riverhead 

85-10 151st Ave
70 N Grove St
703 Fresh Pond Av
B5 Schooner Ln
91 W. Parkview Dr
2105 Wallace Ave
1661-43 Old Country Rd
85-10 151 Ave

Substitution

1234
4775
773

6 S Surfway
70 N Grove St
1661-114 Old Country Rd

Calverton 
Freeport 
Riverhead 

85-10 151st Ave
70 N Grove St
703 Fresh Pond Av
B5 Schooner Ln
91 W. Parkview Dr
2105 Wallace Ave
1661-43 Old Country Rd
85-10 151 Ave