Regular Expressions 101

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?:X.*Y)|(?:Y.*X))

1st Alternative(?:X.*Y)

Non-Capturing Group(?:X.*Y)

Xthe literal X (88₁₀ / 130₈ / 58₁₆) (case sensitive)

.*any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

Ythe literal Y (89₁₀ / 131₈ / 59₁₆) (case sensitive)

2nd Alternative(?:Y.*X)

Non-Capturing Group(?:Y.*X)

Ythe literal Y (89₁₀ / 131₈ / 59₁₆) (case sensitive)

.*any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

Xthe literal X (88₁₀ / 130₈ / 58₁₆) (case sensitive)

Group 1(.*)

.*any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

Non-Capturing Group(?:Z)

Zthe literal Z (90₁₀ / 132₈ / 5A₁₆) (case sensitive)

Global pattern flags

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

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25 tokens

Regular Expression

(?:(?:X.*Y)|(?:Y.*X))(.*)(?:Z)

New

The only X thing Z that X should Y match Z is match.