regex101: JavaScript Match Workspace

^start of line

Non-Capturing Group(?:\+?(61))?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

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

Group 1(61)

61the literal text 61

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

Non-Capturing Group(?:$(?=.*$))?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Positive Lookahead(?=.*\))

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

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

Group 2(0?[2-57-8])

0?optionally matches the literal 0 (48₁₀ / 60₈ / 30₁₆)

Character Class[2-57-8]

2-5one character from 2 (50₁₀) to 5 (53₁₀)

7-8one character from 7 (55₁₀) to 8 (56₁₀)

\)?optionally matches the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

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

Group 3(\d\d(?:[- ](?=\d{3})|(?!\d\d[- ]?\d[- ]))\d\d[- ]?\d[- ]?\d{3})

\da digit

Non-Capturing Group(?:[- ](?=\d{3})|(?!\d\d[- ]?\d[- ]))

1st Alternative[- ](?=\d{3})

Character Class[- ]

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Positive Lookahead(?=\d{3})

\d{3}a digit, repeated exactly 3 times

2nd Alternative(?!\d\d[- ]?\d[- ])

Negative Lookahead(?!\d\d[- ]?\d[- ])

\da digit

Character Class[- ]?

?matches at most one character from the set below:

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\da digit

Character Class[- ]

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\da digit

Character Class[- ]?

?matches at most one character from the set below:

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\da digit

Character Class[- ]?

?matches at most one character from the set below:

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\d{3}a digit, repeated exactly 3 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

26 tokens

Regular Expression

^(?:\+?(61))? ?(?:\((?=.*\)))?(0?[2-57-8])\)? ?(\d\d(?:[- ](?=\d{3})|(?!\d\d[- ]?\d[- ]))\d\d[- ]?\d[- ]?\d{3})$

New

+61(02)89876544
+61 2 8986 6544
02 8986 6544
+61289876544
0414 570776
0414570776
0414 570 776
04 1457 0776
+61 414 570776
+61 (04)14 570776
+61 (04)14-570-776

Longest possible match:
+61 (04) 12 131 212

Fail cases:
+61(0289876544
0414 57 0776
123456789
(715) 867-5309
+1 661 2019-835

Substitution

+61(02)89876544
+61 2 8986 6544
02 8986 6544
+61289876544
0414 570776
0414570776
0414 570 776
04 1457 0776
+61 414 570776
+61 (04)14 570776
+61 (04)14-570-776

Longest possible match:
+61 (04) 12 131 212

Fail cases:
+61(0289876544
0414 57 0776
123456789
(715) 867-5309
+1 661 2019-835