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# Capturing groups
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A part of the pattern can be enclosed in parentheses `pattern:(...)`. That's called a "capturing group".
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A part of a pattern can be enclosed in parentheses `pattern:(...)`. This is called a "capturing group".
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That has two effects:
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The pattern: `pattern:[-.\w]+@([\w-]+\.)+[\w-]{2,20}`.
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- The first part before `@` may include wordly characters, a dot and a dash `pattern:[-.\w]+`, like `match:john.smith`.
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- The first part before `@` may include any alphanumeric word characters, a dot and a dash `pattern:[-.\w]+`, like `match:john.smith`.
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- Then `pattern:@`
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- And then the domain. May be a second-level domain `site.com` or with subdomains like `host.site.com.uk`. We can match it as "a word followed by a dot" repeated one or more times for subdomains: `match:mail.` or `match:site.com.`, and then "a word" for the last part: `match:.com` or `match:.uk`.
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- And then the domain and maybe a second-level domain like `site.com` or with subdomains like `host.site.com.uk`. We can match it as "a word followed by a dot" repeated one or more times for subdomains: `match:mail.` or `match:site.com.`, and then "a word" for the last part: `match:.com` or `match:.uk`.
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The word followed by a dot is `pattern:(\w+\.)+` (repeated). The last word should not have a dot at the end, so it's just `\w{2,20}`. The quantifier `pattern:{2,20}` limits the length, because domain zones are like `.uk` or `.com` or `.museum`, but can't be longer than 20 characters.
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