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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • Substitution
  • A single character of: a, b or c
    [abc]
  • A character except: a, b or c
    [^abc]
  • A character in the range: a-z
    [a-z]
  • A character not in the range: a-z
    [^a-z]
  • A character in the range: a-z or A-Z
    [a-zA-Z]
  • Any single character
    .
  • Alternate - match either a or b
    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
  • Any non-whitespace character
    \S
  • Any digit
    \d
  • Any non-digit
    \D
  • Any word character
    \w
  • Any non-word character
    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
  • Capturing group
    (...)
  • Zero or one of a
    a?
  • Zero or more of a
    a*
  • One or more of a
    a+
  • Exactly 3 of a
    a{3}
  • 3 or more of a
    a{3,}
  • Between 3 and 6 of a
    a{3,6}
  • Start of string
    ^
  • End of string
    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
  • Non-word boundary
    \B

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const regex = /customer name is ([\w\s]*?(?=(?:and|or|$)))?(?:(?:(?:and|or) customer id is )(\d*)|c)? ?(?:(?:(?:and|or) policy id is ([a-zA-Z0-9]*)))?/gm; // Alternative syntax using RegExp constructor // const regex = new RegExp('customer name is ([\\w\\s]*?(?=(?:and|or|$)))?(?:(?:(?:and|or) customer id is )(\\d*)|c)? ?(?:(?:(?:and|or) policy id is ([a-zA-Z0-9]*)))?', 'gm') const str = `customer name is jason estibeiro and customer id is 1234532 customer name is jason estibeiro or customer id is 1234532 customer name is sajal sharma and customer id is 1234532 and policy id is abcd1234 customer name is sajal sharma and customer id is 1234532 or policy id is abcd1234 customer name is sajal sharma or customer id is 1234532 and policy id is abcd1234 customer name is sajal sharma or customer id is 1234532 or policy id is abcd1234 customer name is tarun and policy id is abcd1234 customer name is tarun or policy id is abcd1234 customer name is omkar customer name is dhiraj nambiar`; // Reset `lastIndex` if this regex is defined globally // regex.lastIndex = 0; let m; while ((m = regex.exec(str)) !== null) { // This is necessary to avoid infinite loops with zero-width matches if (m.index === regex.lastIndex) { regex.lastIndex++; } // The result can be accessed through the `m`-variable. m.forEach((match, groupIndex) => { console.log(`Found match, group ${groupIndex}: ${match}`); }); }

Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for JavaScript, please visit: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Regular_Expressions