Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

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1st Alternative([\w*-′]*([\[(]([\[(]?[a-zA-Zα-ωΑ-Ωµ\-′,:]+\d?[+-]?[\])]?)+[\])\d+-]{1,})[\w*-′]*)

Group 1([\w*-′]*([\[(]([\[(]?[a-zA-Zα-ωΑ-Ωµ\-′,:]+\d?[+-]?[\])]?)+[\])\d+-]{1,})[\w*-′]*)

Character Class[\w*-′]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

\wa Unicode word character

*-′one character from * (42₁₀) to ′ (8242₁₀)

Group 2([\[(]([\[(]?[a-zA-Zα-ωΑ-Ωµ\-′,:]+\d?[+-]?[\])]?)+[\])\d+-]{1,})

Character Class[\[(]

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Group 3([\[(]?[a-zA-Zα-ωΑ-Ωµ\-′,:]+\d?[+-]?[\])]?)+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

Character Class[\[(]?

?matches at most one character from the set below:

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Character Class[a-zA-Zα-ωΑ-Ωµ\-′,:]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

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

α-ωone character from α (945₁₀) to ω (969₁₀) (case sensitive)

Α-Ωone character from Α (913₁₀) to Ω (937₁₀) (case sensitive)

µthe literal µ (181₁₀ / 265₈ / B5₁₆) (case sensitive)

\-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

′the literal ′ (8242₁₀ / 20062₈ / 2032₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

\d?optionally matches a Unicode decimal digit

Character Class[+-]?

?matches at most one character from the set below:

+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Character Class[\])]?

?matches at most one character from the set below:

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

Character Class[\])\d+-]{1,}

{1,}matches at least one character from the set below:

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

\da Unicode decimal digit

+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Character Class[\w*-′]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

\wa Unicode word character

*-′one character from * (42₁₀) to ′ (8242₁₀)

2nd Alternative(([A-z]+[a-z]*\d)+([A-z]+[a-z]*\d?)*)

Group 4(([A-z]+[a-z]*\d)+([A-z]+[a-z]*\d?)*)

Group 5([A-z]+[a-z]*\d)+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

Character Class[A-z]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

A-zone character from A (65₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

Character Class[a-z]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

\da Unicode decimal digit

Group 6([A-z]+[a-z]*\d?)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Character Class[A-z]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

A-zone character from A (65₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

Character Class[a-z]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

\d?optionally matches a Unicode decimal digit

Global pattern flags

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

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Regular Expression

([\w*-′]*([\[(]([\[(]?[a-zA-Zα-ωΑ-Ωµ\-′,:]+\d?[+-]?[\])]?)+[\])\d+-]{1,})[\w*-′]*)|(([A-z]+[a-z]*\d)+([A-z]+[a-z]*\d?)*)

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