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/\w\b\w/

A word boundary (\b) surrounded by 'word' characters (\w - one of [_a-zA-Z0-9]). It is unmatchable since one of the characters preceding or following a word boundary must be a non-'word' character.

By the way: this is similar to the unmatchable expression

/\W\b\W/

where \W means non-'word' character.

6 characters

/\w\b\w/

A word boundary (\b) surrounded by 'word' characters (\w - one of [_a-zA-Z0-9]). It is unmatchable since one of the characters preceding or following a word boundary must be a non-'word' character.

By the way: this is similar to the unmatchable expression

/\W\b\W/

where \W means non-'word' character.

8 characters

/\w\b\w/

A word boundary (\b) surrounded by 'word' characters (\w - one of [_a-zA-Z0-9]). It is unmatchable since one of the characters preceding or following a word boundary must be a non-'word' character.

By the way: this is similar to the unmatchable expression

/\W\b\W/

where \W means non-'word' character.

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6 characters

/\w\b\w/

A word boundary (\b) surrounded by 'word' characters (\w - one of [_a-zA-Z0-9]). It is unmatchable since one of the characters preceding or following a word boundary must be a non-'word' character.

By the way: this is similar to the unmatchable expression

/\W\b\W/

where \W means non-'word' character.

6 characters

/\w\b\w/

A word boundary (\b) surrounded by 'word' characters (\w). It is unmatchable since one of the characters preceding or following a word boundary must be a non-'word' character.

By the way: this is similar to the unmatchable expression

/\W\b\W/

where \W means non-'word' character.

6 characters

/\w\b\w/

A word boundary (\b) surrounded by 'word' characters (\w - one of [_a-zA-Z0-9]). It is unmatchable since one of the characters preceding or following a word boundary must be a non-'word' character.

By the way: this is similar to the unmatchable expression

/\W\b\W/

where \W means non-'word' character.

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Sven Hohenstein
Sven Hohenstein
  • 2.5k
  • 3
  • 15
  • 26

6 characters

/\w\b\w/

A word boundary (\b) surrounded by 'word' characters (\w). It is unmatchable since one of the characters preceding or following a word boundary must be a non-'word' character.

By the way: this is similar to the unmatchable expression

/\W\b\W/

where \W means non-'word' character.