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Asked: 2026-05-23T00:52:28+00:00

I’d like a REGEXP that only picks up a substring that either starts at

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I’d like a REGEXP that only picks up a substring that either starts at the beginning of the string or is preceded by a space or separating character. How does this work?

For example,

[ _^]Smith

seems to be almost it!

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  1. Editorial Team
    (^|[ _])Smith

    ^ (start) or one of [ _] followed by Smith

    (| is the or operator)

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