I have two scenarios and I want to capture both alternatives using a specific named group.
Scenario 1 – The apple falls far from the tree
Scenario 2 – The really mighty splendid big apple falls far from the tree
Is there a way to capture the fruit in both scenarios without using a lot of question marks and have it fall under the same named group?
The following works but only using two different group names:
The (?:(?P<Fruit1>apple)|really mighty splendid big (?P<Fruit2>apple)) falls far from the tree\s?
https://regex101.com/r/Ouiziy/1
>Solution :
Move the optional phrase outside the capture:
The (?:really mighty splendid big )?(?P<Fruit>apple) falls far from the tree\s?
See live demo.