Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

1st Alternative\bgoat\s*milk\b(*SKIP)(*FAIL)

\ban ASCII word boundary

goatthe literal text goat (case sensitive)

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

milkthe literal text milk (case sensitive)

\ban ASCII word boundary

(*SKIP)acts like (*PRUNE), but the next unanchored match attempt starts where (*SKIP) was reached instead of at the next subject character

(*FAIL)forces the current match attempt to fail at this position

2nd Alternative\b(?:eggs?|milk)\b

\ban ASCII word boundary

Non-Capturing Group(?:eggs?|milk)

1st Alternativeeggs?

eggthe literal text egg (case sensitive)

s?optionally matches the literal s (115₁₀ / 163₈ / 73₁₆) (case sensitive)

2nd Alternativemilk

milkthe literal text milk (case sensitive)

\ban ASCII word boundary

Global pattern flags

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

Match Information

Detailed match information will be displayed here automatically.

Quick Reference

25 tokens

Regular Expression

\bgoat\s*milk\b(*SKIP)(*FAIL)|\b(?:eggs?|milk)\b

New

milk, goatmilk, goat milk, cow milk, watch out for ( milk, eggs), egg, cornstarch
milk. goatmilk. goat milk. cow milk. watch out for ( milk, eggs). egg. cornstarch
milk goatmilk goat milk cow milk watch out for ( milk, eggs). egg cornstarch

Substitution

milk, goatmilk, goat milk, cow milk, watch out for ( milk, eggs), egg, cornstarch
milk. goatmilk. goat milk. cow milk. watch out for ( milk, eggs). egg. cornstarch
milk goatmilk goat milk cow milk watch out for ( milk, eggs). egg cornstarch