regex101: Phone number regex

Group 1(1(\s|-)?)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

1the literal 1 (49₁₀ / 61₈ / 31₁₆)

Group 2(\s|-)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

1st Alternative\s

\sany whitespace character

2nd Alternative-

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Group 3(\+\d{1,3}\s?)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

\d{1,3}a digit, repeated between 1 and 3 times

\s?optionally matches any whitespace character

Group 4(($\d{3}$\s?)|(\d{3})(\s|-?))

1st Alternative($\d{3}$\s?)

Group 5($\d{3}$\s?)

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

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

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

\s?optionally matches any whitespace character

2nd Alternative(\d{3})(\s|-?)

Group 6(\d{3})

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

Group 7(\s|-?)

1st Alternative\s

\sany whitespace character

2nd Alternative-?

-?optionally matches the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Group 8(\d{3}(\s|-?))

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

Group 9(\s|-?)

1st Alternative\s

\sany whitespace character

2nd Alternative-?

-?optionally matches the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Group 10(\d{4})

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

Group 11(\s?(([E|e]xt[:|.|]?)|x|X)(\s?\d+))?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\s?optionally matches any whitespace character

Group 12(([E|e]xt[:|.|]?)|x|X)

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

Group 13([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[:|.|]?

?matches at most one character from the set below:

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

2nd Alternativex

xthe literal x (120₁₀ / 170₈ / 78₁₆) (case sensitive)

3rd AlternativeX

Group 14(\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

Search reference

Regular Expression

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

New

/* Regular local phone number (XXX) XXX-XXXX */
1231231231
123-1231231
123123-1231
123-123 1231
123 123-1231
123-123-1231
(123)123-1231
(123)123 1231
(123) 123-1231
(123) 123 1231
1(212)2231141
1 232 442 1123
1-233-223-4433
12232234433
1(732) 1131131

/* International codes +XXX (XXX) XXX-XXXX */
+99 1234567890
+991234567890

/* Extensions (XXX) XXX-XXXX Ext. XXX... */
1234567890 Ext 1123123
1234567890Ext 1123123
1234567890 Ext1123123
1234567890Ext1123123

1234567890 Ext: 1123123
1234567890Ext: 1123123
1234567890 Ext:1123123
1234567890Ext:1123123

1234567890 Ext. 1123123
1234567890Ext. 1123123
1234567890 Ext.1123123
1234567890Ext.1123123

1234567890 ext 1123123
1234567890ext 1123123
1234567890 ext1123123
1234567890ext1123123

1234567890 ext: 1123123
1234567890ext: 1123123
1234567890 ext:1123123
1234567890ext:1123123

1234567890 X 1123123
1234567890X1123123
1234567890X 1123123
1234567890 X1123123
1234567890 x 1123123
1234567890x1123123
1234567890 x1123123
1234567890x 1123123

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