Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • Substitution
  • A single character of: a, b or c
    [abc]
  • A character except: a, b or c
    [^abc]
  • A character in the range: a-z
    [a-z]
  • A character not in the range: a-z
    [^a-z]
  • A character in the range: a-z or A-Z
    [a-zA-Z]
  • Any single character
    .
  • Alternate - match either a or b
    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
  • Any non-whitespace character
    \S
  • Any digit
    \d
  • Any non-digit
    \D
  • Any word character
    \w
  • Any non-word character
    \W
  • Match everything enclosed
    (?:...)
  • Capture everything enclosed
    (...)
  • Zero or one of a
    a?
  • Zero or more of a
    a*
  • One or more of a
    a+
  • Exactly 3 of a
    a{3}
  • 3 or more of a
    a{3,}
  • Between 3 and 6 of a
    a{3,6}
  • Start of string
    ^
  • End of string
    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
  • Non-word boundary
    \B

Regular Expression
No Match

/
/
img

Test String

Code Generator

Generated Code

const regex = /^(?:(?:https?|ftp):\/\/)(?:\S+(?::\S*)?@)?(?:(?!(?:10|127)(?:\.\d{1,3}){3})(?!(?:169\.254|192\.168)(?:\.\d{1,3}){2})(?!172\.(?:1[6-9]|2\d|3[0-1])(?:\.\d{1,3}){2})(?:[1-9]\d?|1\d\d|2[01]\d|22[0-3])(?:\.(?:1?\d{1,2}|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])){2}(?:\.(?:[1-9]\d?|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-4]))|(?:(?:[a-z\u00a1-\uffff0-9]-*)*[a-z\u00a1-\uffff0-9]+)(?:\.(?:[a-z\u00a1-\uffff0-9]-*)*[a-z\u00a1-\uffff0-9]+)*(?:\.(?:[a-z\u00a1-\uffff]{2,}))\.?)(?::\d{2,5})?(?:[/?#]\S*)?$/img; // Alternative syntax using RegExp constructor // const regex = new RegExp('^(?:(?:https?|ftp):\\\/\\\/)(?:\\S+(?::\\S*)?@)?(?:(?!(?:10|127)(?:\\.\\d{1,3}){3})(?!(?:169\\.254|192\\.168)(?:\\.\\d{1,3}){2})(?!172\\.(?:1[6-9]|2\\d|3[0-1])(?:\\.\\d{1,3}){2})(?:[1-9]\\d?|1\\d\\d|2[01]\\d|22[0-3])(?:\\.(?:1?\\d{1,2}|2[0-4]\\d|25[0-5])){2}(?:\\.(?:[1-9]\\d?|1\\d\\d|2[0-4]\\d|25[0-4]))|(?:(?:[a-z\\u00a1-\\uffff0-9]-*)*[a-z\\u00a1-\\uffff0-9]+)(?:\\.(?:[a-z\\u00a1-\\uffff0-9]-*)*[a-z\\u00a1-\\uffff0-9]+)*(?:\\.(?:[a-z\\u00a1-\\uffff]{2,}))\\.?)(?::\\d{2,5})?(?:[\/?#]\\S*)?$', 'img') const str = `http://foo.com/blah_blah http://foo.com/blah_blah/ http://foo.com/blah_blah_(wikipedia) http://foo.com/blah_blah_(wikipedia)_(again) http://www.example.com/wpstyle/?p=364 https://www.example.com/foo/?bar=baz&inga=42&quux http://✪df.ws/123 http://userid:password@example.com:8080 http://userid:password@example.com:8080/ http://userid@example.com http://userid@example.com/ http://userid@example.com:8080 http://userid@example.com:8080/ http://userid:password@example.com http://userid:password@example.com/ http://142.42.1.1/ http://142.42.1.1:8080/ http://➡.ws/䨹 http://⌘.ws http://⌘.ws/ http://foo.com/blah_(wikipedia)#cite-1 http://foo.com/blah_(wikipedia)_blah#cite-1 http://foo.com/unicode_(✪)_in_parens http://foo.com/(something)?after=parens http://☺.damowmow.com/ http://code.google.com/events/#&product=browser http://j.mp ftp://foo.bar/baz http://foo.bar/?q=Test%20URL-encoded%20stuff http://مثال.إختبار http://例子.测试 http://उदाहरण.परीक्षा http://-.~_!\$&'()*+,;=:%40:80%2f::::::@example.com http://1337.net http://a.b-c.de http://223.255.255.254 http:// http://. http://.. http://../ http://? http://?? http://??/ http://# http://## http://##/ http://foo.bar?q=Spaces should be encoded // //a ///a /// http:///a foo.com rdar://1234 h://test http:// shouldfail.com :// should fail http://foo.bar/foo(bar)baz quux ftps://foo.bar/ http://-error-.invalid/ http://a.b--c.de/ http://-a.b.co http://a.b-.co http://0.0.0.0 http://10.1.1.0 http://10.1.1.255 http://224.1.1.1 http://1.1.1.1.1 http://123.123.123 http://3628126748 http://.www.foo.bar/ http://www.foo.bar./ http://.www.foo.bar./ http://10.1.1.1 http://10.1.1.254`; let m; while ((m = regex.exec(str)) !== null) { // This is necessary to avoid infinite loops with zero-width matches if (m.index === regex.lastIndex) { regex.lastIndex++; } // The result can be accessed through the `m`-variable. m.forEach((match, groupIndex) => { console.log(`Found match, group ${groupIndex}: ${match}`); }); }

Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for JavaScript, please visit: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Regular_Expressions