regex101: Multiple MAC Address Validation

Pro

1st Alternative([0-9A-Fa-f]{2}[:-]){5}([0-9A-Fa-f]{2}),{1,100}

Group 1([0-9A-Fa-f]{2}[:-]){5}

{5}repeats the group contents below exactly 5 times:

Character Class[0-9A-Fa-f]{2}

{2}matches exactly 2 characters from the set below:

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

A-Fone character from A (65₁₀) to F (70₁₀) (case sensitive)

a-fone character from a (97₁₀) to f (102₁₀) (case sensitive)

Character Class[:-]

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Group 2([0-9A-Fa-f]{2})

Character Class[0-9A-Fa-f]{2}

{2}matches exactly 2 characters from the set below:

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

A-Fone character from A (65₁₀) to F (70₁₀) (case sensitive)

a-fone character from a (97₁₀) to f (102₁₀) (case sensitive)

,{1,100}the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆) , repeated between 1 and 100 times

2nd Alternative([0-9a-fA-F]{4}\\.[0-9a-fA-F]{4}\\.[0-9a-fA-F]{4}),{1,100}

Group 3([0-9a-fA-F]{4}\\.[0-9a-fA-F]{4}\\.[0-9a-fA-F]{4})

Character Class[0-9a-fA-F]{4}

{4}matches exactly 4 characters from the set below:

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

a-fone character from a (97₁₀) to f (102₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Fone character from A (65₁₀) to F (70₁₀) (case sensitive)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

.any character (except for line terminators)

Character Class[0-9a-fA-F]{4}

{4}matches exactly 4 characters from the set below:

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

a-fone character from a (97₁₀) to f (102₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Fone character from A (65₁₀) to F (70₁₀) (case sensitive)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

.any character (except for line terminators)

Character Class[0-9a-fA-F]{4}

{4}matches exactly 4 characters from the set below:

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

a-fone character from a (97₁₀) to f (102₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Fone character from A (65₁₀) to F (70₁₀) (case sensitive)

,{1,100}the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆) , repeated between 1 and 100 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

25 tokens

Regular Expression

([0-9A-Fa-f]{2}[:-]){5}([0-9A-Fa-f]{2}),{1,100}|([0-9a-fA-F]{4}\\.[0-9a-fA-F]{4}\\.[0-9a-fA-F]{4}),{1,100}

10-10-02-03-16-01,10-10-02-03-16-02,10-10-02-03-16-03,10-10-02-03-16-04,10-10-02-03-16-05,10-10-02-03-16-06,10-10-02-03-16-07,10-10-02-03-16-08,10-10-02-03-16-09,10-10-02-03-16-10,

Extraction

10-10-02-03-16-01,10-10-02-03-16-02,10-10-02-03-16-03,10-10-02-03-16-04,10-10-02-03-16-05,10-10-02-03-16-06,10-10-02-03-16-07,10-10-02-03-16-08,10-10-02-03-16-09,10-10-02-03-16-10,