Regex Tester

πŸ” Regex Tester

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Common Regex Patterns
  • \d - Digit (0-9)
  • \w - Word character (a-z, A-Z, 0-9, _)
  • \s - Whitespace
  • . - Any character except newline
  • [a-z] - Any lowercase letter
  • [A-Z] - Any uppercase letter
  • [0-9] - Any digit
Quantifiers
  • * - 0 or more
  • + - 1 or more
  • ? - 0 or 1
  • {n} - Exactly n times
  • {n,} - n or more times
  • {n,m} - Between n and m times
Anchors
  • ^ - Start of string
  • $ - End of string
  • \b - Word boundary

πŸ’‘ Regex Tips

  • Use non-greedy quantifiers (*?, +?) when appropriate
  • Prefer specific character classes (\d) over generic ones (.)
  • Use online regex testers to validate patterns across languages
  • Comment complex regexes using the (?#comment) syntax
  • Test with edge cases to ensure pattern robustness