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Get path from any text

Created2023-01-31 14:38
Updated2023-07-23 20:17
TypeMatch
FlavorPCRE2 (PHP)
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Get path (windows style) from any type of text (error message, e-mail corps ...), quoted or not. THIS IS THE SINGLE LINE VERSION ! If you want understand how it work or edit it, go https://regex101.com/r/7o2fyy Relative path are not supported The goal is to catch what "Look like" a path. See the limitations UNC path and prefix path like //./], [//?/] or [//./UNC/] are allowed some url path like [file:///C:/] or [file://] are allowed Catch path quoted with ["] and [']. But these quotes are include with the catch Quoted path is not concerned by limitations Limitations : (only unquoted path) [dot] and [space] is allowed, but not in a row [dot+space] or [space+dot at end of file name isn't catched INSIDE A NAME FILE (or last directory if it is a path to a directory) : [comma] is not supported (it stop the catch) after a first [dot], any [space] stop the catch after a [space], catch is stoped if next character is not a [letter], [digit] or [-] so, double [space] stop the catch Compatibility compatible PCRE, PCRE2 AutoHotkey : don't forget to escape "%" in "`%" /!\ Powershell and .Net /!\\ : this regex need some modification to be interpreted by powershell. You have to replace each (?&CapturGroupName) by \k. Use this powershell code to do this replacement : ` $powershellRegex = @' [Put here the regex to replace (?&CapturGroupName) with \k] '@ -replace '\(\?&(\w+)\)', '\k' ` This example code must return : [Put here the regex to replace \k with \k]
Submitted by nitrateag

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Regular ExpressionOpen Workspace

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^(https?:\/\/)?(www\.)?([a-zA-Z0-9](?!.*--)[a-zA-Z0-9-]{1,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])(\.(?!.*--)(?!.*---)[a-zA-Z0-9](?!.*--)[a-zA-Z0-9-]{1,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])*\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}/?$
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gm

Description
Created2024-12-24 08:56
TypeMatch
FlavorPython

This regex pattern is designed to validate URLs with the following key features:

  1. Protocol Support: Optionally matches http:// or https://.
  2. Subdomain Handling: Supports optional www. and valid subdomains.
  3. Domain Name Validation: Ensures proper formatting of domain names:
    • Prevents double hyphens (--) in domain or subdomain names.
    • Enforces domain name length between 1 and 63 characters per label.
  4. Top-Level Domain (TLD): Validates TLDs with 2 or more alphabetic characters.
  5. Trailing Slash: Optionally allows a trailing slash (/) at the end of the URL.

Example Matches:

  • https://www.example.com
  • http://example.org
  • example.net/

Example Non-Matches:

  • http://-example.com (invalid hyphen usage)
  • https://example..com (double dot)
  • ftp://example.com (unsupported protocol)

Feel free to test and tweak as per your requirements! 馃幆

Submitted by Hadi Mousavi
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