Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Group 1([-a-z]+)

Character Class[-a-z]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

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

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\d+a Unicode decimal digit, repeated at least once

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-z]+)-\d+

New

variety.com/2017/biz/news/tax-march-donald-trump-protest-1202031487/
variety.com/2017/biz/the/life/of/madam/green/news/tax-march-donald-trump-protest-1202031487/
variety.com/2017/biz/the/life/of/news/tax-march-donald-trump-protest-1202031487/the/days/of/our/lives