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(\bbod\S*)|(embodi\S*)
/
gi
1st Alternative
(\bbod\S*)
1st Capturing Group
(\bbod\S*)
\b assert position at a word boundary: (^\w|\w$|\W\w|\w\W)
bod
matches the characters bod literally (case insensitive)
\S
matches any non-whitespace character (equivalent to [^\r\n\t\f\v ])
* matches the previous token between zero and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy)
2nd Alternative
(embodi\S*)
2nd Capturing Group
(embodi\S*)
embodi
matches the characters embodi literally (case insensitive)
\S
matches any non-whitespace character (equivalent to [^\r\n\t\f\v ])
* matches the previous token between zero and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy)
Global pattern flags
g modifier: global. All matches (don't return after first match)
i modifier: insensitive. Case insensitive match (ignores case of [a-zA-Z])
Your regular expression does not match the subject string.Try launching the debugger to find out why.

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/
gi

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Regular Expressions 101

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