Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

^start of line

Group 1(.+[^\/ajax\/]\/)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

.+any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

Negated Character Class[^\/ajax\/]

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

athe literal a (97₁₀ / 141₈ / 61₁₆) (case sensitive)

jthe literal j (106₁₀ / 152₈ / 6A₁₆) (case sensitive)

xthe literal x (120₁₀ / 170₈ / 78₁₆) (case sensitive)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Group 2([^\/]+[^index.cfm])

Negated Character Class[^\/]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^index.cfm]

ithe literal i (105₁₀ / 151₈ / 69₁₆) (case sensitive)

nthe literal n (110₁₀ / 156₈ / 6E₁₆) (case sensitive)

dthe literal d (100₁₀ / 144₈ / 64₁₆) (case sensitive)

ethe literal e (101₁₀ / 145₈ / 65₁₆) (case sensitive)

xthe literal x (120₁₀ / 170₈ / 78₁₆) (case sensitive)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

cthe literal c (99₁₀ / 143₈ / 63₁₆) (case sensitive)

fthe literal f (102₁₀ / 146₈ / 66₁₆) (case sensitive)

mthe literal m (109₁₀ / 155₈ / 6D₁₆) (case sensitive)

.any character (except for line terminators)

cfmthe literal text cfm (case sensitive)

$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

Match Information

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Quick Reference

25 tokens

Regular Expression

^(.+[^\/ajax\/]\/)?([^\/]+[^index.cfm]).cfm$

New

http://mysite.com/contact
http://mysite.com/index.cfm?p=contact
http://mysite.com/contact.cfm
http://mysite.com/ajax/contact-form.cfm
http://mysite.com/index.cfm?p=contact.cfm

Substitution

http://mysite.com/contact
http://mysite.com/index.cfm?p=contact
http://mysite.com/contact.cfm
http://mysite.com/ajax/contact-form.cfm
http://mysite.com/index.cfm?p=contact.cfm