Regular Expressions 101

Character Class[a-zA-Z0-9!@#$%^&*?]{8,}

{8,}matches at least 8 characters from the set below:

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

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

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

!the literal ! (33₁₀ / 41₈ / 21₁₆)

@the literal @ (64₁₀ / 100₈ / 40₁₆)

#the literal # (35₁₀ / 43₈ / 23₁₆)

$the literal $ (36₁₀ / 44₈ / 24₁₆)

%the literal % (37₁₀ / 45₈ / 25₁₆)

^the literal ^ (94₁₀ / 136₈ / 5E₁₆)

&the literal & (38₁₀ / 46₈ / 26₁₆)

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

?the literal ? (63₁₀ / 77₈ / 3F₁₆)

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

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Regular Expression

[a-zA-Z0-9!@#$%^&*?]{8,}