Regular Expressions 101

Pro

Group 1(.+?)

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

Group 2([\s,.!?;:)([\]]+)

Character Class[\s,.!?;:)([\]]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

\sany whitespace character

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

!the literal ! (33₁₀ / 41₈ / 21₁₆)

?the literal ? (63₁₀ / 77₈ / 3F₁₆)

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

i modifier: insensitive. Matches without distinguishing uppercase and lowercase letters

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26 tokens

(.+?)([\s,.!?;:)([\]]+)

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