regex101: Find validation name and name inside parentheses

Explanation

Pro

1st Alternative(?:(?<=[\s,.:;"']|^)\p{Lu}\p{Ll}+(?:[\s]\p{Lu}\p{Ll}+)*(?=[\s,.:;"']|$))

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?<=[\s,.:;"']|^)\p{Lu}\p{Ll}+(?:[\s]\p{Lu}\p{Ll}+)*(?=[\s,.:;"']|$))

Positive Lookbehind(?<=[\s,.:;"']|^)

1st Alternative[\s,.:;"']

Character Class[\s,.:;"']

\sany whitespace character

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

2nd Alternative^

^start of line

\p{Lu}an uppercase letter

\p{Ll}+a lowercase letter, repeated at least once

Non-Capturing Group(?:[\s]\p{Lu}\p{Ll}+)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Character Class[\s]

\sany whitespace character

\p{Lu}an uppercase letter

\p{Ll}+a lowercase letter, repeated at least once

Positive Lookahead(?=[\s,.:;"']|$)

1st Alternative[\s,.:;"']

Character Class[\s,.:;"']

\sany whitespace character

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

2nd Alternative$

$end of line

2nd Alternative(?<=((?<=[\s,.:;"']|^)\p{Lu}\p{Ll}+(?:[\s]\p{Lu}\p{Ll}+)*(?=[\s,.:;"']|$))\s$)(?:\p{L}*?)(?=$)

Positive Lookbehind(?<=((?<=[\s,.:;"']|^)\p{Lu}\p{Ll}+(?:[\s]\p{Lu}\p{Ll}+)*(?=[\s,.:;"']|$))\s\()

Group 1((?<=[\s,.:;"']|^)\p{Lu}\p{Ll}+(?:[\s]\p{Lu}\p{Ll}+)*(?=[\s,.:;"']|$))

Positive Lookbehind(?<=[\s,.:;"']|^)

1st Alternative[\s,.:;"']

Character Class[\s,.:;"']

\sany whitespace character

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

2nd Alternative^

^start of line

\p{Lu}an uppercase letter

\p{Ll}+a lowercase letter, repeated at least once

Non-Capturing Group(?:[\s]\p{Lu}\p{Ll}+)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Character Class[\s]

\sany whitespace character

\p{Lu}an uppercase letter

\p{Ll}+a lowercase letter, repeated at least once

Positive Lookahead(?=[\s,.:;"']|$)

1st Alternative[\s,.:;"']

Character Class[\s,.:;"']

\sany whitespace character

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

2nd Alternative$

$end of line

\sany whitespace character

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\p{L}*?)

Positive Lookahead(?=\))

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

u modifier: unicode. Enables Unicode-aware matching and escape syntax

Quick Reference

26 tokens

Regular Expression

(?:(?<=[\s,.:;"']|^)\p{Lu}\p{Ll}+(?:[\s]\p{Lu}\p{Ll}+)*(?=[\s,.:;"']|$))|(?<=((?<=[\s,.:;"']|^)\p{Lu}\p{Ll}+(?:[\s]\p{Lu}\p{Ll}+)*(?=[\s,.:;"']|$))\s\()(?:\p{L}*?)(?=\))

Unit Tests

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