regex101: PCRE (Legacy) Match Workspace

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Non-Capturing Group(?:(?:(\+?972|$\+?972$|\+?$972$)(?:\s|\.|-)?([1-9]\d?))|(0[23489]{1})|(0[57]{1}[0-9]))

1st Alternative(?:(\+?972|$\+?972$|\+?$972$)(?:\s|\.|-)?([1-9]\d?))

Non-Capturing Group(?:(\+?972|$\+?972$|\+?$972$)(?:\s|\.|-)?([1-9]\d?))

Group 1(\+?972|$\+?972$|\+?$972$)

1st Alternative\+?972

\+?optionally matches the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

972the literal text 972

2nd Alternative$\+?972$

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

\+?optionally matches the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

972the literal text 972

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

3rd Alternative\+?$972$

\+?optionally matches the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

972the literal text 972

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\s|\.|-)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

1st Alternative\s

\sany whitespace character

2nd Alternative\.

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

3rd Alternative-

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Group 2([1-9]\d?)

Character Class[1-9]

1-9one character from 1 (49₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

\d?optionally matches a digit

2nd Alternative(0[23489]{1})

Group 3(0[23489]{1})

0the literal 0 (48₁₀ / 60₈ / 30₁₆)

Character Class[23489]{1}

{1}matches one character from the set below:

2the literal 2 (50₁₀ / 62₈ / 32₁₆)

3the literal 3 (51₁₀ / 63₈ / 33₁₆)

4the literal 4 (52₁₀ / 64₈ / 34₁₆)

8the literal 8 (56₁₀ / 70₈ / 38₁₆)

9the literal 9 (57₁₀ / 71₈ / 39₁₆)

3rd Alternative(0[57]{1}[0-9])

Group 4(0[57]{1}[0-9])

0the literal 0 (48₁₀ / 60₈ / 30₁₆)

Character Class[57]{1}

{1}matches one character from the set below:

5the literal 5 (53₁₀ / 65₈ / 35₁₆)

7the literal 7 (55₁₀ / 67₈ / 37₁₆)

Character Class[0-9]

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

Non-Capturing Group(?:\s|\.|-)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

1st Alternative\s

\sany whitespace character

2nd Alternative\.

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

3rd Alternative-

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Group 5([^0\D]{1}\d{2}(?:\s|\.|-)?\d{4})

Negated Character Class[^0\D]{1}

\d{2}a digit, repeated exactly 2 times

Non-Capturing Group(?:\s|\.|-)?

\d{4}a digit, repeated exactly 4 times

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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

Search reference

Regular Expression

^(?:(?:(\+?972|\(\+?972\)|\+?\(972\))(?:\s|\.|-)?([1-9]\d?))|(0[23489]{1})|(0[57]{1}[0-9]))(?:\s|\.|-)?([^0\D]{1}\d{2}(?:\s|\.|-)?\d{4})$

New

Valid:
972 54-333-4444
+972-54-333-4444
02-3334444
02 3334444
023334444
050-333-4444
(+972)54-333-4444
+(972)50 333 4444
0753334444
972543334444


Invalid:
02-033-4444
23334444
02-33-4444
654-333-4444
973 54 3334444
972 054 3334444
972 02 333 4444

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