regex101: surnames

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(?m)applies the following effective flags to the remainder of the pattern: gm

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

\ba Unicode word boundary

Character Class[A-ZÀ-Ü]

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

À-Üone character from À (192₁₀) to Ü (220₁₀) (case sensitive)

Character Class[A-ZÀ-Ü ’']{2,}

{2,}matches at least 2 characters from the set below:

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

À-Üone character from À (192₁₀) to Ü (220₁₀) (case sensitive)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

’the literal ’ (8217₁₀ / 20031₈ / 2019₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Positive Lookahead(?= |$)

1st Alternative

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

2nd Alternative$

$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

25 tokens

Regular Expression

(?m)\b[A-ZÀ-Ü][A-ZÀ-Ü ’']{2,}(?= |$)

DEL ?PRATO
DEL !PRATO
DEL PRATO!
DEL PRATO1
+DEL PRATO!
DEL? P!RATO 
DEL? PRaTO
DEL aPRATO
DEL PRATOb



MARIO’APICELLA
MARIO’ APICELLA
MARIO ’ APICELLA
MARIO     ’       '   APICELLA

ÒÌFÚ''' CIAOÙÜÒÌ'",
abcÒÌFÚ'
ÒÌFÚ' abcCIAOÙÜÒÌ'
abcÒÌFÚ' CIAOÙÜÒÌ
ÒÌFÚ'abc' CIAOÙÜÒÌ’
ÒÌFÚ' CIAOÙÜÒÌabc'
ÒÌFÚ' CIAOÙÜÒÌabc' ÒÌFÚ' CIAOÙÜÒÌabc'

Extraction

DEL ?PRATO
DEL !PRATO
DEL PRATO!
DEL PRATO1
+DEL PRATO!
DEL? P!RATO 
DEL? PRaTO
DEL aPRATO
DEL PRATOb



MARIO’APICELLA
MARIO’ APICELLA
MARIO ’ APICELLA
MARIO     ’       '   APICELLA

ÒÌFÚ''' CIAOÙÜÒÌ'",
abcÒÌFÚ'
ÒÌFÚ' abcCIAOÙÜÒÌ'
abcÒÌFÚ' CIAOÙÜÒÌ
ÒÌFÚ'abc' CIAOÙÜÒÌ’
ÒÌFÚ' CIAOÙÜÒÌabc'
ÒÌFÚ' CIAOÙÜÒÌabc' ÒÌFÚ' CIAOÙÜÒÌabc'