Regular Expressions 101

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^start of line

Non-Capturing Group(?:abc|defg|hi| )+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

1st Alternativeabc

abcthe literal text abc (case sensitive)

2nd Alternativedefg

defgthe literal text defg (case sensitive)

3rd Alternativehi

hithe literal text hi (case sensitive)

4th Alternative

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

$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

^(?:abc|defg|hi| )+$

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abc defg hi
abc hi defg
defg abc hi
defg hi abc
hi abc defg
hi defg ghi
ih defg ghi