Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

^start of line

Character Class[a-zA-Z0-9]

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

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

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

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

Negated Character Class[^a-z]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

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

Character Class[a-z]

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

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

Negated Character Class[^A-Z]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

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

Character Class[A-Z]

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

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

\D*any character that's not a digit, repeated any number of times

Character Class[0-9]

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

Positive Lookahead(?=[^-+_!@#$%^&*.,?]*[-+_!@#$%^&*.,?])

Negated Character Class[^-+_!@#$%^&*.,?]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

_the literal _ (95₁₀ / 137₈ / 5F₁₆)

!the literal ! (33₁₀ / 41₈ / 21₁₆)

@the literal @ (64₁₀ / 100₈ / 40₁₆)

#the literal # (35₁₀ / 43₈ / 23₁₆)

$the literal $ (36₁₀ / 44₈ / 24₁₆)

%the literal % (37₁₀ / 45₈ / 25₁₆)

^the literal ^ (94₁₀ / 136₈ / 5E₁₆)

&the literal & (38₁₀ / 46₈ / 26₁₆)

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

?the literal ? (63₁₀ / 77₈ / 3F₁₆)

Character Class[-+_!@#$%^&*.,?]

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

_the literal _ (95₁₀ / 137₈ / 5F₁₆)

!the literal ! (33₁₀ / 41₈ / 21₁₆)

@the literal @ (64₁₀ / 100₈ / 40₁₆)

#the literal # (35₁₀ / 43₈ / 23₁₆)

$the literal $ (36₁₀ / 44₈ / 24₁₆)

%the literal % (37₁₀ / 45₈ / 25₁₆)

^the literal ^ (94₁₀ / 136₈ / 5E₁₆)

&the literal & (38₁₀ / 46₈ / 26₁₆)

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

?the literal ? (63₁₀ / 77₈ / 3F₁₆)

Character Class[-+_!@#$%^&*.,?a-zA-Z0-9]{7,}

{7,}matches at least 7 characters from the set below:

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

_the literal _ (95₁₀ / 137₈ / 5F₁₆)

!the literal ! (33₁₀ / 41₈ / 21₁₆)

@the literal @ (64₁₀ / 100₈ / 40₁₆)

#the literal # (35₁₀ / 43₈ / 23₁₆)

$the literal $ (36₁₀ / 44₈ / 24₁₆)

%the literal % (37₁₀ / 45₈ / 25₁₆)

^the literal ^ (94₁₀ / 136₈ / 5E₁₆)

&the literal & (38₁₀ / 46₈ / 26₁₆)

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

?the literal ? (63₁₀ / 77₈ / 3F₁₆)

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

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

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

$end of line

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

^[a-zA-Z0-9](?=[^a-z]*[a-z])(?=[^A-Z]*[A-Z])(?=\D*[0-9])(?=[^-+_!@#$%^&*.,?]*[-+_!@#$%^&*.,?])[-+_!@#$%^&*.,?a-zA-Z0-9]{7,}$

New

ABcAcs!12
9A9a$adfa
ABcAcs!
9A9a$ad

Extraction

ABcAcs!12
9A9a$adfa
ABcAcs!
9A9a$ad