regex101: Python Match Workspace

Pro

\ba Unicode word boundary

Negative Lookahead(?!(?:Although|Also)\b)

Non-Capturing Group(?:Although|Also)

1st AlternativeAlthough

Althoughthe literal text Although (case sensitive)

2nd AlternativeAlso

Alsothe literal text Also (case sensitive)

\ba Unicode word boundary

Non-Capturing Group(?:[A-Z][A-Za-z'`-]+)

Character Class[A-Z]

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

Character Class[A-Za-z'`-]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

`the literal ` (96₁₀ / 140₈ / 60₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:,? (?:(?:and |& )?(?:[A-Z][A-Za-z'`-]+)|(?:et al.?)))*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

,?optionally matches the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?:and |& )?(?:[A-Z][A-Za-z'`-]+)|(?:et al.?))

1st Alternative(?:and |& )?(?:[A-Z][A-Za-z'`-]+)

Non-Capturing Group(?:and |& )?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

1st Alternativeand

and the literal text and (case sensitive)

2nd Alternative&

& the literal text &

Non-Capturing Group(?:[A-Z][A-Za-z'`-]+)

Character Class[A-Z]

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

Character Class[A-Za-z'`-]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

`the literal ` (96₁₀ / 140₈ / 60₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

2nd Alternative(?:et al.?)

Non-Capturing Group(?:et al.?)

et althe literal text et al (case sensitive)

.?optionally matches any Unicode character (except for line terminators)

Non-Capturing Group(?:, *(?:19|20)[0-9][0-9](?:, p\.? [0-9]+)?| *$(?:19|20)[0-9][0-9](?:, p\.? [0-9]+)?$)

1st Alternative, *(?:19|20)[0-9][0-9](?:, p\.? [0-9]+)?

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

*the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆) , repeated any number of times

Non-Capturing Group(?:19|20)

1st Alternative19

19the literal text 19

2nd Alternative20

20the literal text 20

Character Class[0-9]

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

Character Class[0-9]

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

Non-Capturing Group(?:, p\.? [0-9]+)?

2nd Alternative *$(?:19|20)[0-9][0-9](?:, p\.? [0-9]+)?$

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

25 tokens

Regular Expression

\b(?!(?:Although|Also)\b)(?:[A-Z][A-Za-z'`-]+)(?:,? (?:(?:and |& )?(?:[A-Z][A-Za-z'`-]+)|(?:et al.?)))*(?:, *(?:19|20)[0-9][0-9](?:, p\.? [0-9]+)?| *\((?:19|20)[0-9][0-9](?:, p\.? [0-9]+)?\))

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