Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

^start of line

Character Class[+-]?

?matches at most one character from the set below:

+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:0|[1-9]\d*)

1st Alternative0

0the literal 0 (48₁₀ / 60₈ / 30₁₆)

2nd Alternative[1-9]\d*

Character Class[1-9]

1-9one character from 1 (49₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

\d*a digit, repeated any number of times

Non-Capturing Group(?:\.\d+)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

\d+a digit, repeated at least once

$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

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25 tokens

^[+-]?(?:0|[1-9]\d*)(?:\.\d+)?$

New

VALID

+1
-1
1

+1.0
-1.0
1.0

+0.01
-0.01
0.01

+111.111
-111.111
111.111

INVALID

+-0
00
01
1.1.1
1,0
abc
1.