regex101: IWANTOUT

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Group 1(([$\[])?([(?:IWantOut|WeWantOut)\w\.])+?([$\]])?(\W*\s*-*—*(>)+)\s*([$\[])?[\w\/\\,\s]+([$\]])?)

Group 2([\(\[])?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

Character Class[\(\[]

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

Group 3([(?:IWantOut|WeWantOut)\w\.])+?

+?repeats the group contents below at least once:

Character Class[(?:IWantOut|WeWantOut)\w\.]

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

?the literal ? (63₁₀ / 77₈ / 3F₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Ithe literal I (73₁₀ / 111₈ / 49₁₆) (case sensitive)

Wthe literal W (87₁₀ / 127₈ / 57₁₆) (case sensitive)

athe literal a (97₁₀ / 141₈ / 61₁₆) (case sensitive)

nthe literal n (110₁₀ / 156₈ / 6E₁₆) (case sensitive)

tthe literal t (116₁₀ / 164₈ / 74₁₆) (case sensitive)

Othe literal O (79₁₀ / 117₈ / 4F₁₆) (case sensitive)

uthe literal u (117₁₀ / 165₈ / 75₁₆) (case sensitive)

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

ethe literal e (101₁₀ / 145₈ / 65₁₆) (case sensitive)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

\wa Unicode word character

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

Group 4([\)\]])?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

Character Class[\)\]]

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

Group 5(\W*\s*-*—*(>)+)

\W*any character that is not a Unicode word character, repeated any number of times

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

-*the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆) , repeated any number of times

—*the literal — (8212₁₀ / 20024₈ / 2014₁₆) , repeated any number of times

Group 6(>)+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

>the literal text > (case sensitive)

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

Group 7([\(\[])?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

Character Class[\(\[]

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

Character Class[\w\/\\,\s]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

\wa Unicode word character

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

\sa Unicode whitespace character

Group 8([\)\]])?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

Character Class[\)\]]

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

s modifier: single line. Allows a dot to match line terminators

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

(([\(\[])?([(?:IWantOut|WeWantOut)\w\.])+?([\)\]])?(\W*\s*-*—*(&gt;)+)\s*([\(\[])?[\w\/\\,\s]+([\)\]])?)

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us----&gt; canada
[IWantOut] 25F Japan-&gt; USA/UK
[EU] -&gt; [AUS] Question about document translation
(22F) -&gt; Germany;
Looking for someone with experience moving out of USA to ---&gt;(Japan, Korea, Western Europe, or Australia)?  AKA, a mentor?
We want out U.S.-&gt;France;
USA -&gt; South America