Regex to match string containing two names in any order

Question

I need logical AND in regex.

something like

jack AND james

agree with following strings

• \'hi jack here is

Answer 1

You can do checks using lookarounds:

^(?=.*\bjack\b)(?=.*\bjames\b).*$

Test it.

This approach has the advantage that you can easily specify multiple conditions.

^(?=.*\bjack\b)(?=.*\bjames\b)(?=.*\bjason\b)(?=.*\bjules\b).*$