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Group 1(([[a-zA-Z\p{L}\.\-']{1,30})(\s))

Group 2([[a-zA-Z\p{L}\.\-']{1,30})

Character Class[[a-zA-Z\p{L}\.\-']{1,30}

{1,30}matches between 1 and 30 characters from the set below:

[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

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

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

\p{L}any Unicode letter

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

\-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Group 3(\s)

\sa Unicode whitespace character

Group 4(([a-zA-Z\p{L}\.\-']{1,30})(\s))?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

Group 5([a-zA-Z\p{L}\.\-']{1,30})

Character Class[a-zA-Z\p{L}\.\-']{1,30}

{1,30}matches between 1 and 30 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)

\p{L}any Unicode letter

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

\-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Group 6(\s)

\sa Unicode whitespace character

Group 7([[a-zA-Z\p{L}\.\-']{1,30})

Character Class[[a-zA-Z\p{L}\.\-']{1,30}

{1,30}matches between 1 and 30 characters from the set below:

[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

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

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

\p{L}any Unicode letter

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

\-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Group 8(\s)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\sa Unicode whitespace character

Group 9($[a-zA-Z\p{L}\.\-'\s]{1,50}$)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Character Class[a-zA-Z\p{L}\.\-'\s]{1,50}

{1,50}matches between 1 and 50 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)

\p{L}any Unicode letter

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

\-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

\sa Unicode whitespace character

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

$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

Search reference

Regular Expression

^(([[a-zA-Z\p{L}\.\-']{1,30})(\s))(([a-zA-Z\p{L}\.\-']{1,30})(\s))?([[a-zA-Z\p{L}\.\-']{1,30})(\s)?(\([a-zA-Z\p{L}\.\-'\s]{1,50}\))?$

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