Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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  • Substitution
  • A single character of: a, b or c
    [abc]
  • A character except: a, b or c
    [^abc]
  • A character in the range: a-z
    [a-z]
  • A character not in the range: a-z
    [^a-z]
  • A character in the range: a-z or A-Z
    [a-zA-Z]
  • Any single character
    .
  • Alternate - match either a or b
    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
  • Any non-whitespace character
    \S
  • Any digit
    \d
  • Any non-digit
    \D
  • Any word character
    \w
  • Any non-word character
    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
  • Capturing group
    (...)
  • Zero or one of a
    a?
  • Zero or more of a
    a*
  • One or more of a
    a+
  • Exactly 3 of a
    a{3}
  • 3 or more of a
    a{3,}
  • Between 3 and 6 of a
    a{3,6}
  • Start of string
    ^
  • End of string
    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
  • Non-word boundary
    \B

Regular Expression
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r"
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gm

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const regex = new RegExp('(?:(?:https?|ftp):\\/\\/)?(?:\\S+(?::\\S*)?@)?(?:((25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9])\\.){3}(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9])|(?:(?:[a-z\\u00a1-\\uffff0-9]+-?)*[a-z\\u00a1-\\uffff0-9]+)(?:\\.(?:[a-z\\u00a1-\\uffff0-9]+-?)*[a-z\\u00a1-\\uffff0-9]+)*(?:\\.(?:[a-z\\u00a1-\\uffff]{2,})))(?::\\d{2,5})?(?:\\/[^\\s]*)?', 'gm') const str = `https://face.com http://face.com https://www.face.com/ face.com www.face.com w3.face.com 0.0.0.0 ac31.23.53.122asd 92.168.202.9712121212121 1292.168.202.97 192.168.202.97 224.168.202.97 92.18.2.97 http://74.251.154.247/find-ip-address-of-web-site.html 74.201.154.247/find-ip-address-of-web-site.html 74.201.154.247 foo.com http://92.18.2.97 SHOULD MATCH: http://foo.com/blah_blah http://foo.com/blah_blah/ http://foo.com/blah_blah_(wikipedia) http://foo.com/blah_blah_(wikipedia)_(again) http://www.example.com/wpstyle/?p=364 https://www.example.com/foo/?bar=baz&inga=42&quux http://✪df.ws/123 http://userid:password@example.com:8080 http://userid:password@example.com:8080/ http://userid@example.com http://userid@example.com/ http://userid@example.com:8080 http://userid@example.com:8080/ http://userid:password@example.com http://userid:password@example.com/ http://142.42.1.1/ http://142.42.1.1:8080/ http://➡.ws/䨹 http://⌘.ws http://⌘.ws/ http://foo.com/blah_(wikipedia)#cite-1 http://foo.com/blah_(wikipedia)_blah#cite-1 http://foo.com/unicode_(✪)_in_parens http://foo.com/(something)?after=parens http://☺.damowmow.com/ http://code.google.com/events/#&product=browser http://j.mp ftp://foo.bar/baz http://foo.bar/?q=Test%20URL-encoded%20stuff http://مثال.إختبار http://例子.测试 http://उदाहरण.परीक्षा http://-.~_!\$&'()*+,;=:%40:80%2f::::::@example.com http://1337.net http://a.b-c.de http://223.255.255.254 `; // Reset `lastIndex` if this regex is defined globally // regex.lastIndex = 0; let m; while ((m = regex.exec(str)) !== null) { // This is necessary to avoid infinite loops with zero-width matches if (m.index === regex.lastIndex) { regex.lastIndex++; } // The result can be accessed through the `m`-variable. m.forEach((match, groupIndex) => { console.log(`Found match, group ${groupIndex}: ${match}`); }); }

Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for JavaScript, please visit: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Regular_Expressions