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^start of line

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

25 tokens

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

New

Robert Alvarez
Yvonne Andersen
Bob Anderson (director)
Mike B. Anderson
Stephen Anderson (artist)
Joel Zwick
Terry Zwigoff
Andrzej Żuławski
Xawery Żuławski
Harald Zwart
Ezz El-Dine Zulficar (potate)
Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.

Substitution

Robert Alvarez
Yvonne Andersen
Bob Anderson (director)
Mike B. Anderson
Stephen Anderson (artist)
Joel Zwick
Terry Zwigoff
Andrzej Żuławski
Xawery Żuławski
Harald Zwart
Ezz El-Dine Zulficar (potate)
Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.