regex101: phone number matcher

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Group 1(\+?[\d]{1,3}([-]{0,2}|[\s]+)?)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\+?optionally matches the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

Character Class[\d]{1,3}

{1,3}matches between 1 and 3 characters from the set below:

\da digit

Group 2([-]{0,2}|[\s]+)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

1st Alternative[-]{0,2}

Character Class[-]{0,2}

{0,2}matches between 0 and 2 characters from the set below:

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

2nd Alternative[\s]+

Character Class[\s]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

\sany whitespace character

\(?optionally matches the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Group 3(\d{3})

\d{3}a digit, repeated exactly 3 times

\)?optionally matches the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

Group 4([-]{0,2}|[\s])?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

1st Alternative[-]{0,2}

Character Class[-]{0,2}

{0,2}matches between 0 and 2 characters from the set below:

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

2nd Alternative[\s]

Character Class[\s]

\sany whitespace character

Group 5(\d{3})

\d{3}a digit, repeated exactly 3 times

Group 6([-]{0,2}|[\s])?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

1st Alternative[-]{0,2}

Character Class[-]{0,2}

{0,2}matches between 0 and 2 characters from the set below:

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

2nd Alternative[\s]

Character Class[\s]

\sany whitespace character

Group 7(\d{4})

\d{4}a digit, repeated exactly 4 times

Group 8(\s?(([E|e]xt[:|.|]?)|x|X)(\s?\d+))?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\s?optionally matches any whitespace character

Group 9(([E|e]xt[:|.|]?)|x|X)

1st Alternative([E|e]xt[:|.|]?)

Group 10([E|e]xt[:|.|]?)

Character Class[E|e]

Ethe literal E (69₁₀ / 105₈ / 45₁₆) (case sensitive)

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

ethe literal e (101₁₀ / 145₈ / 65₁₆) (case sensitive)

xtthe literal text xt (case sensitive)

Character Class[:|.|]?

2nd Alternativex

3rd AlternativeX

Group 11(\s?\d+)

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

27 tokens

Regular Expression

(\+?[\d]{1,3}([-]{0,2}|[\s]+)?)?\(?(\d{3})\)?([-]{0,2}|[\s])?(\d{3})([-]{0,2}|[\s])?(\d{4})(\s?(([E|e]xt[:|.|]?)|x|X)(\s?\d+))?

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