Regular Expressions 101

Pro

NAME: the literal text NAME: (case sensitive)

Group 1(\w*[-\w. ]*\w*[ ]*)

\w*any word character, repeated any number of times

Character Class[-\w. ]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\wany word character

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\w*any word character, repeated any number of times

Character Class[ ]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

POS: the literal text POS: (case sensitive)

Group 2([A-Z]{2})

Character Class[A-Z]{2}

{2}matches exactly 2 characters from the set below:

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

AGE: the literal text AGE: (case sensitive)

Group 3(\d\d)

\da digit

WT: the literal text WT: (case sensitive)

Group 4(\d{3})

\d{3}a digit, repeated exactly 3 times

BORN: the literal text BORN: (case sensitive)

Group 5(.*)

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

SALARY: the literal text SALARY: (case sensitive)

Group 6(\d+|N\/A)

1st Alternative\d+

\d+a digit, repeated at least once

2nd AlternativeN\/A

Nthe literal N (78₁₀ / 116₈ / 4E₁₆) (case sensitive)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Athe literal A (65₁₀ / 101₈ / 41₁₆) (case sensitive)

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

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25 tokens

NAME: (\w*[-\w. ]*\w*[ ]*) POS: ([A-Z]{2}) AGE: (\d\d) WT: (\d{3}) BORN: (.*) SALARY: (\d+|N\/A)

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