regex101: PCRE (Legacy) Match Workspace

^start of line

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[01]?\d\d?)\.(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[01]?\d\d?)\.(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[01]?\d\d?)\.(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[01]?\d\d?)|\*)

1st Alternative(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[01]?\d\d?)\.(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[01]?\d\d?)\.(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[01]?\d\d?)\.(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[01]?\d\d?)

Non-Capturing Group(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[01]?\d\d?)

1st Alternative25[0-5]

25the literal text 25

Character Class[0-5]

0-5one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 5 (53₁₀)

2nd Alternative2[0-4]\d

2the literal 2 (50₁₀ / 62₈ / 32₁₆)

Character Class[0-4]

0-4one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 4 (52₁₀)

\da digit

3rd Alternative[01]?\d\d?

Character Class[01]?

?matches at most one character from the set below:

0the literal 0 (48₁₀ / 60₈ / 30₁₆)

1the literal 1 (49₁₀ / 61₈ / 31₁₆)

\da digit

\d?optionally matches a digit

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[01]?\d\d?)

1st Alternative25[0-5]

25the literal text 25

Character Class[0-5]

0-5one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 5 (53₁₀)

2nd Alternative2[0-4]\d

2the literal 2 (50₁₀ / 62₈ / 32₁₆)

Character Class[0-4]

0-4one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 4 (52₁₀)

\da digit

3rd Alternative[01]?\d\d?

Character Class[01]?

?matches at most one character from the set below:

0the literal 0 (48₁₀ / 60₈ / 30₁₆)

1the literal 1 (49₁₀ / 61₈ / 31₁₆)

\da digit

\d?optionally matches a digit

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[01]?\d\d?)

1st Alternative25[0-5]

25the literal text 25

Character Class[0-5]

0-5one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 5 (53₁₀)

2nd Alternative2[0-4]\d

2the literal 2 (50₁₀ / 62₈ / 32₁₆)

Character Class[0-4]

0-4one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 4 (52₁₀)

\da digit

3rd Alternative[01]?\d\d?

Character Class[01]?

?matches at most one character from the set below:

0the literal 0 (48₁₀ / 60₈ / 30₁₆)

1the literal 1 (49₁₀ / 61₈ / 31₁₆)

\da digit

\d?optionally matches a digit

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[01]?\d\d?)

1st Alternative25[0-5]

25the literal text 25

Character Class[0-5]

2nd Alternative2[0-4]\d

3rd Alternative[01]?\d\d?

2nd Alternative\*

Non-Capturing Group(?:,\s*(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[01]?\d\d?)\.(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[01]?\d\d?)\.(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[01]?\d\d?)\.(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[01]?\d\d?)|\*))*

$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

Search reference

Regular Expression

^(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[01]?\d\d?)\.(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[01]?\d\d?)\.(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[01]?\d\d?)\.(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[01]?\d\d?)|\*)(?:,\s*(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[01]?\d\d?)\.(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[01]?\d\d?)\.(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[01]?\d\d?)\.(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[01]?\d\d?)|\*))*$

New

192.168.1.1,192.56.3.23,189.35.2.2,198.23.45.56,198.168.1.255,*

*, 192.168.1.1,192.56.3.23,189.35.2.2,198.23.45.56,198.168.1.255

Regular Expressions 101

Regular Expression

Extraction