[Solved] Groups in regular expressions (follow up)

by


It creates a custom regex pattern – explanation as below

Name (\w)\w*

Name (\w)\w*

Options: Case insensitive

  • Match the character string “Name ” literally (case insensitive) Name
  • Match the regex below and capture its match into backreference number 1 (\w)
    • Match a single character that is a “word character” (letter, digit, or underscore in the active code page) \w
  • Match a single character that is a “word character” (letter, digit, or underscore in the active code page) \w*
    • Between zero and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy) *

1

solved Groups in regular expressions (follow up)