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Regex tester
Flags g, i, m, s, and u are here, plus common patterns. It stops after 10,000 matches.
Common patterns
Captured groups
Why this exists
You can check whether a log line, an address, or a date fits a pattern before running it in code.
What a pair of parentheses captured is listed next to the match.
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01How to use it
Put the pattern between the slashes and choose the flags.
Matching stretches in the text below are colored, and captured groups are listed apart.
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02What you get
The date example finds five places, such as 2024-03-15 and 2024/12/31.
Email, URL, IP, and Korean phone patterns can be filled in at once.
Entered2024-03-15
날짜 5 -
03Worth knowing
Without g, only the first match appears.
A grammar error is explained in a sentence: parentheses, a range, or a flag.
Questions
- QDoes the text leave this browser?
- ANo. The trial finishes in the browser you have open.
- QWhy does it stop after 1 second?
- ANested repeats can grow without end, so it cuts off before the page freezes.
- QWhere do the groups appear?
- AOnly matches that captured something in parentheses are listed below, up to 50.