Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternative\d{2}.\d{2}.\d{4}

\d{2}a digit, repeated exactly 2 times

.any character (except for line terminators)

\d{2}a digit, repeated exactly 2 times

.any character (except for line terminators)

\d{4}a digit, repeated exactly 4 times

2nd Alternative\d{1}.\d{2}.\d{4}

\d{1}a digit, repeated exactly 1 time

.any character (except for line terminators)

\d{2}a digit, repeated exactly 2 times

.any character (except for line terminators)

\d{4}a digit, repeated exactly 4 times

3rd Alternative\d{2}.\d{1}.\d{4}

\d{2}a digit, repeated exactly 2 times

.any character (except for line terminators)

\d{1}a digit, repeated exactly 1 time

.any character (except for line terminators)

\d{4}a digit, repeated exactly 4 times

4th Alternative\d{1}.\d{1}.\d{4}

\d{1}a digit, repeated exactly 1 time

.any character (except for line terminators)

\d{1}a digit, repeated exactly 1 time

.any character (except for line terminators)

\d{4}a digit, repeated exactly 4 times

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

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25 tokens

Regular Expression

\d{2}.\d{2}.\d{4}|\d{1}.\d{2}.\d{4}|\d{2}.\d{1}.\d{4}|\d{1}.\d{1}.\d{4}

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