Regular Expressions 101

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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)

Non-Capturing Group(?: [a-zA-Z]+)+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

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)

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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25 tokens

[a-zA-Z]+(?: [a-zA-Z]+)+

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Jean Acker 
Mary Kay Adams
Elizabeth Allen Alba Bailey
Blanche Baker Bowen Collinge Marie

Ryan
Filbert77
Mark 21
Franz.Dimaz