Regular Expressions 101

Pro

^start of line

Group 1([A-Z][a-z]+ )*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Character Class[A-Z]

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

Character Class[a-z]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

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

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Character Class[A-Z]

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

Character Class[a-z]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

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

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

Detailed match information will be displayed here automatically.

25 tokens

Regular Expression

^([A-Z][a-z]+ )*[A-Z][a-z]+

New

Sao Jose Do Rio Preto 1
Sao Jose Do Rio Preto 2
San Luis 1
Belo Horizonte 3
Rio De Janeiro EDU
Goiania (Jc-01)
Rio De Janeiro (JE-09)
Rio De Janeiro 1 (CFMG)

Extraction

Sao Jose Do Rio Preto 1
Sao Jose Do Rio Preto 2
San Luis 1
Belo Horizonte 3
Rio De Janeiro EDU
Goiania (Jc-01)
Rio De Janeiro (JE-09)
Rio De Janeiro 1 (CFMG)