Regular Expressions 101

Save & Share

  • Regex Version: ver. 1
  • Update Regex
    ctrl+⇧+s
  • Save new Regex
    ctrl+s
  • Add to Community Library

Flavor

  • PCRE2 (PHP >=7.3)
  • PCRE (PHP <7.3)
  • ECMAScript (JavaScript)
  • Python
  • Golang
  • Java 8
  • .NET 7.0 (C#)
  • Rust
  • Regex Flavor Guide

Function

  • Match
  • Substitution
  • List
  • Unit Tests

Tools

Sponsors
There are currently no sponsors. Become a sponsor today!
An explanation of your regex will be automatically generated as you type.
Detailed match information will be displayed here automatically.
  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • Substitution
  • A single character of: a, b or c
    [abc]
  • A character except: a, b or c
    [^abc]
  • A character in the range: a-z
    [a-z]
  • A character not in the range: a-z
    [^a-z]
  • A character in the range: a-z or A-Z
    [a-zA-Z]
  • Any single character
    .
  • Alternate - match either a or b
    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
  • Any non-whitespace character
    \S
  • Any digit
    \d
  • Any non-digit
    \D
  • Any word character
    \w
  • Any non-word character
    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
  • Capturing group
    (...)
  • Zero or one of a
    a?
  • Zero or more of a
    a*
  • One or more of a
    a+
  • Exactly 3 of a
    a{3}
  • 3 or more of a
    a{3,}
  • Between 3 and 6 of a
    a{3,6}
  • Start of string
    ^
  • End of string
    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
  • Non-word boundary
    \B

Regular Expression
No Match

/
/
g

Test String

Code Generator

Generated Code

import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Example { public static void main(String[] args) { final String regex = "(\\${1,2})[^]*?[^\\\\]\\1|[^\\$]+"; final String string = "some text outside $ \\$2+\\$ $ which includes $\\$$\n" + "Now some $${}$$ $\\{\\}$inline mathjax $2+2$\n" + "And in new lines\n" + "$$\n" + "2+2\n" + "$$\n" + "$\n" + "2+2\\\\\n" + "3+3\\\\\n" + " 4+4\\\\\n" + "$\n" + "more inline $2+2\\$ \\$2+2$ $2+2$, $3+4$\n" + "separated $2+2$ by some text $ 2+2 $ again\n" + "double newlines\n" + "$2+2$\n" + "$2+2$\n" + "Dollar again $ \\$42 $\n" + "$$ \\$42 $$\n" + "$$\n" + " \\frac{4}{2}+\n" + " \\frac{4}{2}\n" + "$$\n\n" + "And some more tests:\n" + "\\> a) $\\dr{1}{2}+\\left(\\dr23-\\dr34\\right)$<<<\n" + " \\> b) $\\dr{1}{5}+\\left(\\dr23-\\dr12\\right)$<<<\n" + " \\> c) $\\dr{1}{2}+\\left(\\dr{3}{4}-\\dr32\\right)$<<<\n" + " \\> d) $\\left(\\dr{3}{10}-\\dr{5}{2}\\right)+\\dr7{20}$<<<\n" + " \\> e) $\\dr{2}{3}+\\left(\\dr{3}{2}-\\dr14\\right)$<<<\n" + " \\> f) $\\left(\\dr{14}{5}-\\dr7{10}\\right)+\\dr{11}{10}$.<<<\n\n" + "$$\n" + " a^{\\rr mn}=\\sq[n]{a^m}.\n" + "$$\n\n" + "$$\n" + "\\begin{align}\n" + "&a^x\\cdot a^y=a^{x+y}\\\\\n" + "&\\dr{a^x}{a^y}=a^{x-y}\\\\\n" + "&(a^x)^y=a^{xy}\\\\\n" + "&(ab)^x=a^xb^x\\\\\n" + "&\\left(\\dr ab\\right)^x=\\dr{a^x}{b^x}.\n" + "\\end{align}\n" + "$$\n\n" + "$$\n" + " \\sq[4]{5\\sq5}=(5\\sq5)^{\\rr14}=(5\\.5^{\\rr12})^{\\rr14}=\n" + " (5^{1+\\rr12})^{\\rr14}=(5^{\\rr32})^{\\rr14}=5^{\\rr38}.\n" + " $$\n\n" + "Hope that's it.\n\n\n"; final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex); final Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(string); while (matcher.find()) { System.out.println("Full match: " + matcher.group(0)); for (int i = 1; i <= matcher.groupCount(); i++) { System.out.println("Group " + i + ": " + matcher.group(i)); } } } }

Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for Java, please visit: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html