(\d)\d\1
The \1
refers back to what was captured in the group enclosed by parentheses. If you have more than one Capturing Group, using \1
, \2
as sequence referring.
(\d)
matches the first digit and captures it\d
matches the next digit but does not capture it because it is not enclosed in parentheses\1
references the captured digit707-827-7019
Notice there’re four 7
in the number, so below we capture first 7
, and refer it three times using Back References
(d)0\1\D\d\d\1\D\1\d\d\d
Date: 2025/04/28