regex101: PCRE (Legacy) Match Workspace

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?:;|^)\h*(?<name>[^;<>]+)\h+<(?<email>[^<>\s@;]+@[^\s@<>;]+)>|(?<email>[^<>\s@;]+@[^\s@<>;]+))

1st Alternative(?:;|^)\h*(?<name>[^;<>]+)\h+<(?<email>[^<>\s@;]+@[^\s@<>;]+)>

Non-Capturing Group(?:;|^)

1st Alternative;

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

2nd Alternative^

^start of string

\h*any horizontal whitespace character, repeated any number of times

Group name(?<name>[^;<>]+)

Negated Character Class[^;<>]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

\h+any horizontal whitespace character, repeated at least once

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

Group email(?<email>[^<>\s@;]+@[^\s@<>;]+)

Negated Character Class[^<>\s@;]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

\sany whitespace character

@the literal @ (64₁₀ / 100₈ / 40₁₆)

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

@the literal @ (64₁₀ / 100₈ / 40₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^\s@<>;]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

\sany whitespace character

@the literal @ (64₁₀ / 100₈ / 40₁₆)

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

2nd Alternative(?<email>[^<>\s@;]+@[^\s@<>;]+)

Group email(?<email>[^<>\s@;]+@[^\s@<>;]+)

Negated Character Class[^<>\s@;]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

\sany whitespace character

@the literal @ (64₁₀ / 100₈ / 40₁₆)

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

@the literal @ (64₁₀ / 100₈ / 40₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^\s@<>;]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

\sany whitespace character

@the literal @ (64₁₀ / 100₈ / 40₁₆)

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

J modifier: Allow duplicate subpattern names

Search reference

Regular Expression

(?:(?:;|^)\h*(?<name>[^;<>]+)\h+<(?<email>[^<>\s@;]+@[^\s@<>;]+)>|(?<email>[^<>\s@;]+@[^\s@<>;]+))

New

jeff <jeff@store.com>; john <john@bbaft.com>; joe@company.com; jj@abc.info; jamie <jam@sub.abc.com>
james@company.com

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Regular Expression

Substitution