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    Group subpatterns: prefix(?:one|two|three)suffix Commented Oct 18, 2019 at 13:36
  • Here is an example of what you may want in Perl: perl -le 'print "Complete this list for Dave by five" =~ m{Complete \s+ this \s+ list \s+ for \s+ ( Dave | Paul | Adam ) \s+ by \s+ five}xms;' Prints: Dave Commented Oct 18, 2019 at 20:27