Regular Expressions 101

Explanation
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^start of string

Group 1(.+)

.+any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

slashes the literal text slashes (case sensitive)

Group 2(.+)

.+any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

\'?optionally matches the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

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

legthe literal text leg (case sensitive)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

$end of string, or before its final line terminator

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25 tokens

^(.+) slashes (.+)\'?s? leg\.$

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Yoko Ono slashes the Beatles's leg.