Regular Expressions 101

^start of line

Group day(?<day>[\d]*)

Character Class[\d]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

\da digit

Non-Capturing Group(?:-|\/)

1st Alternative-

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

2nd Alternative\/

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Group month(?<month>[\d]*)

Character Class[\d]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

\da digit

Non-Capturing Group(?:-|\/)

1st Alternative-

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

2nd Alternative\/

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Group year(?<year>[\d]*)

Character Class[\d]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

\da digit

$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

Regular Expression

^(?<day>[\d]*)(?:-|\/)(?<month>[\d]*)(?:-|\/)(?<year>[\d]*)$

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