Regex to Match Multiple Words In Different Order

Question

string sample: "universal studios japan"

How do i make so that it matches with "japan universal studios" AND also with "japan univer"

Right now I'm using the following to regex :

^(?=.*\bjapan\b)(?=.*\buniversal\b)(?=.*\bstudios\b)

which works but

^(?=.*\bjapan\b)(?=.*\buniver\b)

does not work. It has to be a complete match for the second word..

^(?=.*\bjapan\b)(?=.*\buniversal\b) would work..

What changes do i need to make?

Just drop the word boundary after `univer`? If that's not enough, can you clarify with more examples? — CertainPerformance, Sep 04 '18 at 05:07

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 04 '18 at 05:51

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^(?=.*\bjapan\b)(?=.*\buniver(?:sal)?\b)

You can make sal optional.

See demo.

answered Sep 04 '18 at 05:51

vks

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