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5

Bible reference extractor

Python
For scraping http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/
Submitted by antaytheist-owner - 9 years ago
5

ipv6

PCRE (PHP <7.3)
Match an ipv6 address
Submitted by Frusty - 8 years ago
5

Match Only Text

Python
no description available
Submitted by anonymous - 8 years ago
5

get specific value from html tag

PCRE (PHP <7.3)
no description available
Submitted by A.ROA - 8 years ago
5

North American Phone Number

ECMAScript (JavaScript)
Validate North American phone numbers with capture groups for the Area Code, Exchange Code, Line Number, and Extension.
Submitted by AaronBoots - 8 years ago
5

Match any url in text or html (http, https)

PCRE2 (PHP >=7.3)
Match any url in text or html (http, https)
Submitted by Jérémy Munsch - 3 years ago
6

Repair unquoted HTML attribute values

PCRE (PHP <7.3)
Usually MSWord HTML exports
Submitted by Ka. - 11 years ago
6

Matching balanced parens, brackets, and braces

PCRE (PHP <7.3)
no description available
Submitted by Noah Luck Easterly - 11 years ago
6

Password

ECMAScript (JavaScript)
no description available
Submitted by anonymous - 11 years ago (Last modified a year ago)
6

ID003 device info

PCRE (PHP <7.3)
no description available
Submitted by sasjaq - 11 years ago
6

reg Ex number range check

PCRE (PHP <7.3)
Hi, I am trying to get a reg ex that will test a number range and also allow european number convention like , for decimal point. I have this one for range check - ^(4-9{3}|1-9{4,5}|12{6}|30-4{5}|3500000)$ and I have this one for allow comma ^\s?([\d\.]+(\,\d{1,2})?|\,\d{1,2})\s$ but I need a comb...
Submitted by TimJ - 10 years ago
6

json

PCRE (PHP <7.3)
{1:aa,2:bb,3:"aa:bb"}
Submitted by suat & umut - 10 years ago
6

Split address line into street name and house number

PCRE (PHP <7.3)
This regular expression splits an address line like for example "1117 Franklin Blvd" into the street name and house number. It also supports addresses where street name and house number are the other way around (e.g. "Mustermannstr. 1"). Furthermore, this regular expression also supports address lin...
Submitted by Andre Wisplinghoff - 10 years ago
6

Replace caracters not inside HTM tags

ECMAScript (JavaScript)
Select a character (or string) ingnoring if that element is inside the HTML tags. Useful to apply html tags using replace.
Submitted by Alex5B - 10 years ago
6

Extract style

PCRE (PHP <7.3)
no description available
Submitted by anonymous - 9 years ago
6

IOS3166 Country Code Identification REGEX

Python
IOS3166 Country Code Identification REGEX
Submitted by theitgeek@recu.org.uk - 9 years ago
6

Username:Password

PCRE (PHP <7.3)
Regex For finding username:password
Submitted by Ghost - 9 years ago
6

search word with an accent

ECMAScript (JavaScript)
search any word with an accent
Submitted by Thegner Pierre - 9 years ago
6

Find consecutive duplicate words

Python
no description available
Submitted by anonymous - 9 years ago
6

Email with + symbol

ECMAScript (JavaScript)
email that accepts the plus (+) symbol
Submitted by luckcheese - 9 years ago
1...892893894895896...900

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Regular Expression
ECMAScript (JavaScript)

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\t])+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|"(?:[^\"\r\\]|\\.|(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t]))*"(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*)*\<(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*(?:@(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+(?:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|\[([^\[\]\r\\]|\\.)*\](?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*)(?:\.(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+(?:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|\[([^\[\]\r\\]|\\.)*\](?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*))*(?:,@(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+(?:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|\[([^\[\]\r\\]|\\.)*\](?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*)(?:\.(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+(?:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|\[([^\[\]\r\\]|\\.)*\](?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*))*)*:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*)?(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+(?:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|"(?:[^\"\r\\]|\\.|(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t]))*"(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*)(?:\.(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+(?:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|"(?:[^\"\r\\]|\\.|(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t]))*"(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*))*@(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+(?:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|\[([^\[\]\r\\]|\\.)*\](?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*)(?:\.(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+(?:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|\[([^\[\]\r\\]|\\.)*\](?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*))*\>(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*)(?:,\s*(?:(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+(?:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|"(?:[^\"\r\\]|\\.|(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t]))*"(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*)(?:\.(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+(?:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|"(?:[^\"\r\\]|\\.|(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t]))*"(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*))*@(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+(?:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|\[([^\[\]\r\\]|\\.)*\](?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*)(?:\.(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+(?:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|\[([^\[\]\r\\]|\\.)*\](?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*))*|(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+(?:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|"(?:[^\"\r\\]|\\.|(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t]))*"(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*)*\<(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*(?:@(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+(?:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|\[([^\[\]\r\\]|\\.)*\](?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*)(?:\.(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+(?:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|\[([^\[\]\r\\]|\\.)*\](?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*))*(?:,@(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+(?:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|\[([^\[\]\r\\]|\\.)*\](?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*)(?:\.(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+(?:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|\[([^\[\]\r\\]|\\.)*\](?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*))*)*:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*)?(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+(?:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|"(?:[^\"\r\\]|\\.|(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t]))*"(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*)(?:\.(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+(?:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|"(?:[^\"\r\\]|\\.|(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t]))*"(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*))*@(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+(?:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|\[([^\[\]\r\\]|\\.)*\](?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*)(?:\.(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+(?:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|\[([^\[\]\r\\]|\\.)*\](?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*))*\>(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*))*)?;\s*)
/
gm
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Description

Regex from the Mail::RFC822::Address: regexp-based address validation

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Submitted by Igor Julliano Aguiar Sotero - a year ago