Q: How do I use the Email with Display Name regex in JavaScript?

Use the pattern /(?:([\w\s]+)\s+)? ?/g with the String.match() or String.matchAll() method. For example: const matches = text.match(/(?:([\w\s]+)\s+)? ?/g);

Question 1

What does the Email with Display Name regex pattern do?

Accepted Answer

Optionally captures a display name (word characters and spaces) followed by an email address that may be enclosed in angle brackets. Group 1 captures the display name, group 2 captures the email.

Question 2

How do I use the Email with Display Name regex in JavaScript?

Accepted Answer

Use the pattern /(?:([\w\s]+)\s+)??/g with the String.match() or String.matchAll() method. For example: const matches = text.match(/(?:([\w\s]+)\s+)??/g);

Question 3

What regex flags does this pattern use?

Accepted Answer

This pattern uses the global flag (g). The global flag finds all matches in the input, not just the first.

Question 4

Which programming languages support this regex?

Accepted Answer

Fully supported in JS, PYTHON, JAVA, PHP, GO

Question 5

What strings does this regex match?

Accepted Answer

This pattern matches strings like: John Doe , jane@example.org, Support Team . It does not match strings like: <>, John Doe, < >.

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Language	Support
JS	Full support
PYTHON	Full support
JAVA	Full support
PHP	Full support
GO	Full support