Regular Expressions 101

^start of line

Group 1(\+?\d+ ?)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\+?optionally matches the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

\d+a digit, repeated at least once

?optionally matches the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Group 2($\d{1,}$ ?)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

\d{1,}a digit, repeated at least once

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

?optionally matches the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Group 3([\d\- ]+)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Character Class[\d\- ]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

\da digit

\-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\da digit

$end of line

Global pattern flags

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

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

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Regular Expression

^(\+?\d+ ?)?(\(\d{1,}\) ?)?([\d\- ]+)*\d$

+27824908354
+27 82 490 8354
+27(82)4908354
+27(82)490 8354
+27(82)490-8354
+27(82)490-- 8354
+27(82)490-8354
0824908354
(082)4908354