Regular Expressions 101

^start of string

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

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

Character Class[#?!@$%^&*-]

#the literal # (35₁₀ / 43₈ / 23₁₆)

?the literal ? (63₁₀ / 77₈ / 3F₁₆)

!the literal ! (33₁₀ / 41₈ / 21₁₆)

@the literal @ (64₁₀ / 100₈ / 40₁₆)

$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 - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

.{8,}any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least 8 times

$end of string, or before its final line terminator

Global pattern flags

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

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Search reference

Regular Expression

^(?=.*?[#?!@$%^&*-]).{8,}$

New

fghdfghdf!