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| )+$

New

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

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