Regular Expressions 101

^start of line

Group 1(\+\d-)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

\da digit

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\(?optionally matches the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Group 2(\d{1,3})

\d{1,3}a digit, repeated between 1 and 3 times

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

Character Class[\s-\.]?

?matches at most one character from the set below:

\sany whitespace character

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

Group 3(\d{1,3})

\d{1,3}a digit, repeated between 1 and 3 times

Character Class[\s-\.]?

?matches at most one character from the set below:

\sany whitespace character

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

Group 4(\d{1,4})

\d{1,4}a digit, repeated between 1 and 4 times

Character Class[\s-\.]?

?matches at most one character from the set below:

\sany whitespace character

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

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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25 tokens

Regular Expression

^(\+\d-)?\(?(\d{1,3})\)?[\s-\.]?(\d{1,3})[\s-\.]?(\d{1,4})[\s-\.]?

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