Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternative([A-Z]\w+\s+[A-Z]\w+)

Group 1([A-Z]\w+\s+[A-Z]\w+)

Character Class[A-Z]

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

\w+a Unicode word character, repeated at least once

\s+a Unicode whitespace character, repeated at least once

Character Class[A-Z]

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

\w+a Unicode word character, repeated at least once

2nd Alternative([A-Z]\w+)(?=\s+and\s+[A-Z]\w+\s+([A-Z]\w+))

Group 2([A-Z]\w+)

Character Class[A-Z]

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

\w+a Unicode word character, repeated at least once

Positive Lookahead(?=\s+and\s+[A-Z]\w+\s+([A-Z]\w+))

\s+a Unicode whitespace character, repeated at least once

andthe literal text and (case sensitive)

\s+a Unicode whitespace character, repeated at least once

Character Class[A-Z]

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

\w+a Unicode word character, repeated at least once

\s+a Unicode whitespace character, repeated at least once

Group 3([A-Z]\w+)

Character Class[A-Z]

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

\w+a Unicode word character, repeated at least once

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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Regular Expression

([A-Z]\w+\s+[A-Z]\w+)|([A-Z]\w+)(?=\s+and\s+[A-Z]\w+\s+([A-Z]\w+))

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