Regular Expressions 101

Character Class[a-f0-9]{8}

{8}matches exactly 8 characters from the set below:

a-fone character from a (97₁₀) to f (102₁₀) (case sensitive)

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

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Character Class[a-f0-9]{4}

{4}matches exactly 4 characters from the set below:

a-fone character from a (97₁₀) to f (102₁₀) (case sensitive)

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

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Character Class[a-f0-9]{4}

{4}matches exactly 4 characters from the set below:

a-fone character from a (97₁₀) to f (102₁₀) (case sensitive)

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

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Character Class[a-f0-9]{4}

{4}matches exactly 4 characters from the set below:

a-fone character from a (97₁₀) to f (102₁₀) (case sensitive)

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

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Character Class[a-f0-9]{12}

{12}matches exactly 12 characters from the set below:

a-fone character from a (97₁₀) to f (102₁₀) (case sensitive)

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

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-f0-9]{8}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{12}

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