Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternative^.*[<(]

^start of line

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

Character Class[<(]

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

2nd Alternative[>)].*

Character Class[>)]

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

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

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

^.*[<(]|[>)].*

Some Name <same.name@example.com>
same.name2@example.com
Some Name3 (same.name3@example.com)
Some Name4 (same.name4@example.com)