regex101: PCRE2 (PHP) Match Workspace

Pro

^start of line

Group 1([a-zA-Z]+)

Character Class[a-zA-Z]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

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

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

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Group 2(x? ?[a-zA-Z-]*)

x?optionally matches the literal x (120₁₀ / 170₈ / 78₁₆) (case sensitive)

?optionally matches the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Character Class[a-zA-Z-]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

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

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

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

?optionally matches the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

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

25 tokens

Regular Expression

^([a-zA-Z]+) (x? ?[a-zA-Z-]*) ?(.*)$

New

Salix x sepulcralis 'Chrysocoma'
Aesculus x carnea
Prunus 'Accolade'
Acer campestre 'Elsrijk'
Acer platanoides 'Autumn Blaze'
Abies alba
Betula utilis var. jacquemontii
Crataegus crus-galli
Crataegus laevigata 'Paul's Scarlet'
Ilex 'Nellie R. Stevens'
Sorbus x thuringiaca 'Fastigiata'

Substitution

Salix x sepulcralis 'Chrysocoma'
Aesculus x carnea
Prunus 'Accolade'
Acer campestre 'Elsrijk'
Acer platanoides 'Autumn Blaze'
Abies alba
Betula utilis var. jacquemontii
Crataegus crus-galli
Crataegus laevigata 'Paul's Scarlet'
Ilex 'Nellie R. Stevens'
Sorbus x thuringiaca 'Fastigiata'