Regular Expression

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RegExp Tester: Test RegExp Online Tool

Welcome to RegExp Tester, your ultimate online tool for testing and debugging Regular Expressions (RegEx). Whether you're a seasoned developer or just starting with RegEx, our platform offers powerful features to streamline your workflow and ensure accurate pattern matching.

Why Choose RegExp Tester?

  1. User-Friendly Interface
  • Intuitive Design: Our interface is designed for simplicity and functionality, making it easy to write, edit, and test your Regular Expressions.
  • Real-Time Results: Instantly see matches, groups, and replacements as you type, ensuring rapid debugging and refinement.
  1. Advanced Features
  • Multiple Engines: Test your RegEx patterns across different RegEx engines including JavaScript, Python, PHP, and more, ensuring compatibility with your target environment.
  • Flags Support: Easily toggle flags like global, case-insensitive, and multiline to fine-tune your expressions.
  • Highlighting: Visualize matches within your test strings, aiding in understanding and debugging complex patterns.
  1. Built-in Libraries and Snippets
  • Library Integration: Access a library of commonly used Regular Expressions for email validation, URL matching, phone numbers, and more.
  • Custom Snippets: Save and reuse your frequently used patterns and expressions for efficiency and consistency.
  1. Collaboration and Sharing
  • Shareable URLs: Share your RegEx tests with colleagues or clients via unique URLs, facilitating collaboration and feedback.
  • Export Results: Export your test results in various formats (JSON, CSV) for documentation or further analysis.
  1. Performance and Reliability
  • Cloud-Based: Enjoy the reliability and scalability of a cloud-based platform, ensuring optimal performance even under heavy usage.
  • Regular Updates: Stay up-to-date with the latest features and improvements as we continuously enhance our platform based on user feedback.

How to Use RegExp Tester?

  1. Write Your RegEx: Start by writing or pasting your Regular Expression into the input field.
  2. Input Test Strings: Enter test strings that you want to match against your Regular Expression.
  3. Review Results: Immediately view matched text, groups, and replacements highlighted within your test strings.
  4. Refine and Debug: Adjust your RegEx pattern and flags as needed based on real-time feedback.

Tips for Effective RegExp Testing

  • Start Simple: Begin with basic patterns and gradually add complexity.
  • Use Anchors: Utilize ^ and $ to ensure exact matches from start to end.
  • Test Edge Cases: Consider various scenarios including empty strings and special characters.
  • Utilize Flags: Experiment with case-insensitive (/i), global (/g), and multiline (/m) flags for comprehensive testing.

RegExp Tester Supported RegExp Flags

Explore the versatility and power of RegExp Tester through its comprehensive support for a wide array of RegExp flags, each tailored to enhance your pattern matching capabilities in different programming environments.

RegExp Tester case Flag: i

This flag makes the pattern matching case insensitive, meaning it ignores differences between uppercase and lowercase letters.

Example: /hello/i matches "hello", "Hello", "HELLO", etc.

RegExp Tester global Flag: g

This flag allows the pattern to match all occurrences in the input string, not just the first one.

Example: /o/g in the string "Hello" matches both "o" characters.

RegExp Tester multiline Flag: m

This flag enables the caret ^ and dollar sign $ to match the start and end of each line within a multiline string, rather than just the start and end of the whole string.

Example: /^start/m matches "start" at the beginning of any line in a multiline string.

RegExp Tester dotAll Flag: s

This flag makes the dot . in the pattern match all characters, including newline characters (\n), which it does not normally match.

Example: /foo.bar/s matches "foo\nbar" as a single string.

RegExp Tester unicode Flag: u

This flag enables full Unicode support for the pattern, including proper handling of characters outside the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP).

Example: /^\p{Sc}/u matches any currency symbol at the start of the string in a Unicode-aware manner.

RegExp Tester sticky Flag: y

This flag restricts matches to those occurring at the current position in the text, as specified by the lastIndex property of the RegExp object.

Example: /foo/y matches "foo" only if it is directly after the previous match in the string.

RegExp Tester ungreedy Flag: d

This flag makes quantifiers (*, +, ?, {}) behave in a non-greedy manner, matching as few characters as possible.

Example: /a.*?b/ matches the shortest substring between "a" and "b".

RegExp Tester extended Flag: x

This flag allows the pattern to contain whitespace and comments, making it easier to write and understand complex regular expressions.

Example: / foo # Match 'foo' followed by a space /x matches "foo" followed by a space.