Regular Expressions 101

Pro

^start of line

Negated Character Class[^;]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

Group 1([^;]*;)

Negated Character Class[^;]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

Group 2([^;]*;)

Negated Character Class[^;]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

Group 3(.*)

.*any character (except for line terminators), 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

^[^;]*;([^;]*;)([^;]*;)(.*)$

New

a;bb;c;D;e;fff
gg;h;ii;jj;kk;l;m;n

a;bb;c;D;e;fff
gg;h;ii;jj;kk;l;m;n