regex101: JavaScript Match Workspace

Group 1(.+?([A-Z].)\.(?:['")\\\s]?)+?\s?)

.+?any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

Group 2([A-Z].)

Character Class[A-Z]

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

.any character (except for line terminators)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:['")\\\s]?)+?

+?repeats the group contents below at least once:

Character Class['")\\\s]?

?matches at most one character from the set below:

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

\sany whitespace character

\s?optionally matches any whitespace character

Global pattern flags

i modifier: insensitive. Matches without distinguishing uppercase and lowercase letters

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

Search reference

Regular Expression

(.+?([A-Z].)\.(?:['")\\\s]?)+?\s?)

New

If he's restin', I'll wake him up! (Shouts at the cage.) 'Ello, Mister Polly Parrot! (Owner hits the cage.) There, he moved!!!\r\n\r\nNorth Korea is accusing the U.S. government of being behind the making of the movie \"The Interview.\"\r\n\r\nAnd, in a dispatch on state media, the totalitarian regime warns the United States that U.S. \"citadels\" will be attacked, dwarfing the attack on Sony that led to the cancellation of the film's release.\r\n\r\nWhile steadfastly denying involvement in the hack, North Korea accused U.S. President Barack Obama of calling for \"symmetric counteraction.\"\r\n\r\n\"The DPRK has already launched the toughest counteraction. Nothing is more serious miscalculation than guessing that just a single movie production company is the target of this counteraction. Our target is all the citadels of the U.S. imperialists who earned the bitterest grudge of all Koreans,\" a report on state-run KCNA read."