Regular Expressions 101

Non-Capturing Group(?:^|,\s*)

1st Alternative^

^start of line

2nd Alternative,\s*

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

BIG BOATthe literal text BIG BOAT (case sensitive)

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

Positive Lookahead(?=,|$)

1st Alternative,

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

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

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Search reference

Regular Expression

(?:^|,\s*)BIG BOAT\s*(?=,|$)

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BIG BOAT     , GREEN CAR,BIG BOAT, YELLOW TRUCK,    BIG BOAT, AMAZON ECHO,      BIG BOAT    , BLUE CAR , BIG BOAT BLUE, TABLE, GLASSES, BIG BOAT