regex101: PCRE (Legacy) Match Workspace

Definition Group(?(DEFINE)(?<cons>\b(?: (?<x>\d*) (?:(?<a0>0)|(?<a1>1)|(?<a2>2)|(?<a3>3)|(?<a4>4) |(?<a5>5)|(?<a6>6)|(?<a7>7)|(?<a8>8)) (?:9(?= 9*,\g{x}\d (?<y>\g{y}?+ 0)))* ,\g{x} (?(a0)1)(?(a1)2)(?(a2)3)(?(a3)4)(?(a4)5) (?(a5)6)(?(a6)7)(?(a7)8)(?(a8)9) (?(y)\g{y}) # handle the 999 => 1000 case separately | (?:9(?= 9*,1 (?<z>\g{z}?+ 0)))+ ,1\g{z} )\b))

Group cons(?<cons>\b(?: (?<x>\d*) (?:(?<a0>0)|(?<a1>1)|(?<a2>2)|(?<a3>3)|(?<a4>4) |(?<a5>5)|(?<a6>6)|(?<a7>7)|(?<a8>8)) (?:9(?= 9*,\g{x}\d (?<y>\g{y}?+ 0)))* ,\g{x} (?(a0)1)(?(a1)2)(?(a2)3)(?(a3)4)(?(a4)5) (?(a5)6)(?(a6)7)(?(a7)8)(?(a8)9) (?(y)\g{y}) # handle the 999 => 1000 case separately | (?:9(?= 9*,1 (?<z>\g{z}?+ 0)))+ ,1\g{z} )\b)

\ban ASCII word boundary

Non-Capturing Group(?: (?<x>\d*) (?:(?<a0>0)|(?<a1>1)|(?<a2>2)|(?<a3>3)|(?<a4>4) |(?<a5>5)|(?<a6>6)|(?<a7>7)|(?<a8>8)) (?:9(?= 9*,\g{x}\d (?<y>\g{y}?+ 0)))* ,\g{x} (?(a0)1)(?(a1)2)(?(a2)3)(?(a3)4)(?(a4)5) (?(a5)6)(?(a6)7)(?(a7)8)(?(a8)9) (?(y)\g{y}) # handle the 999 => 1000 case separately | (?:9(?= 9*,1 (?<z>\g{z}?+ 0)))+ ,1\g{z} )

1st Alternative (?<x>\d*) (?:(?<a0>0)|(?<a1>1)|(?<a2>2)|(?<a3>3)|(?<a4>4) |(?<a5>5)|(?<a6>6)|(?<a7>7)|(?<a8>8)) (?:9(?= 9*,\g{x}\d (?<y>\g{y}?+ 0)))* ,\g{x} (?(a0)1)(?(a1)2)(?(a2)3)(?(a3)4)(?(a4)5) (?(a5)6)(?(a6)7)(?(a7)8)(?(a8)9) (?(y)\g{y}) # handle the 999 => 1000 case separately

Group x(?<x>\d*)

\d*a digit, repeated any number of times

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?<a0>0)|(?<a1>1)|(?<a2>2)|(?<a3>3)|(?<a4>4) |(?<a5>5)|(?<a6>6)|(?<a7>7)|(?<a8>8))

1st Alternative(?<a0>0)

Group a0(?<a0>0)

0the literal 0 (48₁₀ / 60₈ / 30₁₆)

2nd Alternative(?<a1>1)

Group a1(?<a1>1)

1the literal 1 (49₁₀ / 61₈ / 31₁₆)

3rd Alternative(?<a2>2)

Group a2(?<a2>2)

2the literal 2 (50₁₀ / 62₈ / 32₁₆)

4th Alternative(?<a3>3)

Group a3(?<a3>3)

3the literal 3 (51₁₀ / 63₈ / 33₁₆)

5th Alternative(?<a4>4)

Group a4(?<a4>4)

4the literal 4 (52₁₀ / 64₈ / 34₁₆)

6th Alternative(?<a5>5)

Group a5(?<a5>5)

5the literal 5 (53₁₀ / 65₈ / 35₁₆)

7th Alternative(?<a6>6)

Group a6(?<a6>6)

6the literal 6 (54₁₀ / 66₈ / 36₁₆)

8th Alternative(?<a7>7)

Group a7(?<a7>7)

7the literal 7 (55₁₀ / 67₈ / 37₁₆)

9th Alternative(?<a8>8)

Group a8(?<a8>8)

8the literal 8 (56₁₀ / 70₈ / 38₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:9(?= 9*,\g{x}\d (?<y>\g{y}?+ 0)))*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

9the literal 9 (57₁₀ / 71₈ / 39₁₆)

Positive Lookahead(?= 9*,\g{x}\d (?<y>\g{y}?+ 0))

,the literal text ,

\g{x}the text saved by group x

Condition(?(a0)1)

Condition(?(a1)2)

Condition(?(a2)3)

Condition(?(a3)4)

Condition(?(a4)5)

Condition(?(a5)6)

Condition(?(a6)7)

Condition(?(a7)8)

Condition(?(a8)9)

Condition(?(y)\g{y})

Comment: handle the 999 => 1000 case separately

2nd Alternative (?:9(?= 9*,1 (?<z>\g{z}?+ 0)))+ ,1\g{z}

\ban ASCII word boundary

Comment: list of two or more consecutive integers

Positive Lookahead(?=(?&cons))

\d+a digit, repeated at least once

Non-Capturing Group(?:,(?=(?&cons))\d+)*

,the literal text ,

\d+a digit, repeated at least once

Global pattern flags

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

x modifier: extended. Ignores unescaped whitespace and comments outside character classes

25 tokens

Regular Expression

(?(DEFINE)(?<cons>\b(?:
    (?<x>\d*)
    (?:(?<a0>0)|(?<a1>1)|(?<a2>2)|(?<a3>3)|(?<a4>4)
               |(?<a5>5)|(?<a6>6)|(?<a7>7)|(?<a8>8))
    (?:9(?= 9*,\g{x}\d (?<y>\g{y}?+ 0)))*
    ,\g{x}
    (?(a0)1)(?(a1)2)(?(a2)3)(?(a3)4)(?(a4)5)
    (?(a5)6)(?(a6)7)(?(a7)8)(?(a8)9)
    (?(y)\g{y})
    # handle the 999 => 1000 case separately
  | (?:9(?= 9*,1 (?<z>\g{z}?+ 0)))+
    ,1\g{z}
)\b))

# list of two or more consecutive integers
(?=(?&cons))\d+
(?:,(?=(?&cons))\d+)*
,\d+

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