Regular Expressions 101

Group 1(.*?)

.*?any Unicode character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

Group 2(.*)

.*any Unicode character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

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

(.*?),(.*)

Test String
New

Geranium, Ivy
Geranium, Zonal
Geranium, Interspecific
Impatiens, New Guinea
Petunia, Trailing
Petunia, Spreading
Petunia, Miniature Trailing
Impatiens, Interspecific New Guinea
Mum, Garden
Mum, Pot
Combinations, Vigorous

Substitution
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\2 \1

Regular Expression

Test StringNew

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Test String
New

Substitution
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