Regular Expressions 101

^start of line

Group 1(1[0-2]|0?[1-9])

1st Alternative1[0-2]

1the literal 1 (49₁₀ / 61₈ / 31₁₆)

Character Class[0-2]

0-2one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 2 (50₁₀)

2nd Alternative0?[1-9]

0?optionally matches the literal 0 (48₁₀ / 60₈ / 30₁₆)

Character Class[1-9]

1-9one character from 1 (49₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Character Class[0-5]

0-5one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 5 (53₁₀)

Character Class[0-9]

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Group 2(AM|PM)

1st AlternativeAM

AMthe literal text AM (case sensitive)

2nd AlternativePM

PMthe literal text PM (case sensitive)

$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

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Search reference

Regular Expression

^(1[0-2]|0?[1-9]):[0-5][0-9] (AM|PM)$

New

11:45 PM
11:45 MP
11:4 PM
1:45 AM
11:45:AM
:45 AM

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