Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

^start of line

https:the literal text https: (case sensitive)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Character Class[a-z0-9]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

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

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

Non-Capturing Group(?:[.-][a-z0-9]+)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Character Class[.-]

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Character Class[a-z0-9]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

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

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

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:[a-z]{2,11}|[0-9]{1,5})

1st Alternative[a-z]{2,11}

Character Class[a-z]{2,11}

{2,11}matches between 2 and 11 characters from the set below:

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

2nd Alternative[0-9]{1,5}

Character Class[0-9]{1,5}

{1,5}matches between 1 and 5 characters from the set below:

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

Non-Capturing Group(?::[0-9]{1,5})?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Character Class[0-9]{1,5}

{1,5}matches between 1 and 5 characters from the set below:

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

Group 1(\/.*)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

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

$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

^https:\/\/[a-z0-9]+(?:[.-][a-z0-9]+)*\.(?:[a-z]{2,11}|[0-9]{1,5})(?::[0-9]{1,5})?(\/.*)?$

New

https://www.tst.com

Substitution

https://www.tst.com