Regular Expressions 101

Pro

^start of line

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

Group 3(apple|orange|plum|pear|chery)

1st Alternativeapple

applethe literal text apple (case sensitive)

2nd Alternativeorange

orangethe literal text orange (case sensitive)

3rd Alternativeplum

plumthe literal text plum (case sensitive)

4th Alternativepear

pearthe literal text pear (case sensitive)

5th Alternativechery

cherythe literal text chery (case sensitive)

Non-Capturing Group(?: |$)

1st Alternative

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

2nd Alternative$

$end of line

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

^(((apple|orange|plum|pear|chery)(?: |$))+)$

New

apple orange plum
apple grape plum
apple chery
orange
apples
appleplum
chery apple apple apple chery

apple orange plum
apple grape plum
apple chery
orange
apples
appleplum
chery apple apple apple chery