Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

Positive Lookahead(?=^.{6,}$)

^start of line

.{6,}any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least 6 times

$end of line

Group 1((?=.*\w)(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[0-9])(?=.*[|!"$%&\/\?\^\'\\\+\-\*]))

Positive Lookahead(?=.*\w)

.*any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

\wany word character

Positive Lookahead(?=.*[A-Z])

.*any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

Character Class[A-Z]

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

Positive Lookahead(?=.*[a-z])

.*any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

Character Class[a-z]

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

Positive Lookahead(?=.*[0-9])

.*any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

Character Class[0-9]

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

Positive Lookahead(?=.*[|!"$%&\/\?\^\'\\\+\-\*])

.*any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

Character Class[|!"$%&\/\?\^\'\\\+\-\*]

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

!the literal ! (33₁₀ / 41₈ / 21₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

$the literal $ (36₁₀ / 44₈ / 24₁₆)

%the literal % (37₁₀ / 45₈ / 25₁₆)

&the literal & (38₁₀ / 46₈ / 26₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

\?the literal ? (63₁₀ / 77₈ / 3F₁₆)

\^the literal ^ (94₁₀ / 136₈ / 5E₁₆)

\'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

\+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

\-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

^start of line

.*any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

Match Information

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Quick Reference

25 tokens

Regular Expression

(?=^.{6,}$)((?=.*\w)(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[0-9])(?=.*[|!"$%&\/\(\)\?\^\'\\\+\-\*]))^.*

New

my valid 2passwoRd+
my missing number passwoRd+
MY MISSING LOWERCASE LETTER 2PASSWORD+
my missing uppercase letter 2passwod+
my missing special character 2passwoRd
not valid password

Extraction

my valid 2passwoRd+
my missing number passwoRd+
MY MISSING LOWERCASE LETTER 2PASSWORD+
my missing uppercase letter 2passwod+
my missing special character 2passwoRd
not valid password