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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
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  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • 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
  • Match everything enclosed
    (?:...)
  • Capture everything enclosed
    (...)
  • 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

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const regex = /[a-z](?:[a-z]|\d|[+-.])*:(?:\/\/(?:(?:[a-z]|\d|[-._~]|%[0-9a-f]{2}|[!$&'()*+,;=]|:)*@)?(?:\[(?:(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:){6}(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:[0-9a-f]{1,4}|(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]\d|\d)\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]\d|\d))|::(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:){5}(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:[0-9a-f]{1,4}|(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]\d|\d)\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]\d|\d))|(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4})?::(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:){4}(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:[0-9a-f]{1,4}|(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]\d|\d)\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]\d|\d))|(?:(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:)?[0-9a-f]{1,4})?::(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:){3}(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:[0-9a-f]{1,4}|(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]\d|\d)\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]\d|\d))|(?:(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:){0,2}[0-9a-f]{1,4})?::(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:){2}(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:[0-9a-f]{1,4}|(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]\d|\d)\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]\d|\d))|(?:(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:){0,3}[0-9a-f]{1,4})?::[0-9a-f]{1,4}:(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:[0-9a-f]{1,4}|(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]\d|\d)\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]\d|\d))|(?:(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:){0,4}[0-9a-f]{1,4})?::(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:[0-9a-f]{1,4}|(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]\d|\d)\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]\d|\d))|(?:(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:){0,5}[0-9a-f]{1,4})?::[0-9a-f]{1,4}|(?:(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:){0,6}[0-9a-f]{1,4})?::|v(?:[0-9a-f])+\.(?:[a-z]|\d|[-._~]|[!$&'()*+,;=]|:)+)]|(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]\d|\d)\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]\d|\d)|(?:[a-z]|\d|[-._~]|%[0-9a-f]{2}|[!$&'()*+,;=])*)(?::(?:\d)*)?(?:\/(?:[a-z]|\d|[-._~]|%[0-9a-f]{2}|[!$&'()*+,;=]|[:@])*)*|\/(?:(?:[a-z]|\d|[-._~]|%[0-9a-f]{2}|[!$&'()*+,;=]|[:@]){1,}(?:\/(?:[a-z]|\d|[-._~]|%[0-9a-f]{2}|[!$&'()*+,;=]|[:@])*)*)?|(?:[a-z]|\d|[-._~]|%[0-9a-f]{2}|[!$&'()*+,;=]|[:@]){1,}(?:\/(?:[a-z]|\d|[-._~]|%[0-9a-f]{2}|[!$&'()*+,;=]|[:@])*)*|)(?:\?(?:[a-z]|\d|[-._~]|%[0-9a-f]{2}|[!$&'()*+,;=]|[:@]|[/?])*)?(?:#(?:[a-z]|\d|[-._~]|%[0-9a-f]{2}|[!$&'()*+,;=]|[:@]|[/?])*)?/i; // Alternative syntax using RegExp constructor // const regex = new RegExp('[a-z](?:[a-z]|\\d|[+-.])*:(?:\\\/\\\/(?:(?:[a-z]|\\d|[-._~]|%[0-9a-f]{2}|[!$&\'()*+,;=]|:)*@)?(?:\\[(?:(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:){6}(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:[0-9a-f]{1,4}|(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|1\\d\\d|[1-9]\\d|\\d)\\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|1\\d\\d|[1-9]\\d|\\d))|::(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:){5}(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:[0-9a-f]{1,4}|(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|1\\d\\d|[1-9]\\d|\\d)\\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|1\\d\\d|[1-9]\\d|\\d))|(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4})?::(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:){4}(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:[0-9a-f]{1,4}|(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|1\\d\\d|[1-9]\\d|\\d)\\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|1\\d\\d|[1-9]\\d|\\d))|(?:(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:)?[0-9a-f]{1,4})?::(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:){3}(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:[0-9a-f]{1,4}|(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|1\\d\\d|[1-9]\\d|\\d)\\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|1\\d\\d|[1-9]\\d|\\d))|(?:(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:){0,2}[0-9a-f]{1,4})?::(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:){2}(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:[0-9a-f]{1,4}|(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|1\\d\\d|[1-9]\\d|\\d)\\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|1\\d\\d|[1-9]\\d|\\d))|(?:(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:){0,3}[0-9a-f]{1,4})?::[0-9a-f]{1,4}:(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:[0-9a-f]{1,4}|(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|1\\d\\d|[1-9]\\d|\\d)\\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|1\\d\\d|[1-9]\\d|\\d))|(?:(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:){0,4}[0-9a-f]{1,4})?::(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:[0-9a-f]{1,4}|(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|1\\d\\d|[1-9]\\d|\\d)\\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|1\\d\\d|[1-9]\\d|\\d))|(?:(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:){0,5}[0-9a-f]{1,4})?::[0-9a-f]{1,4}|(?:(?:[0-9a-f]{1,4}:){0,6}[0-9a-f]{1,4})?::|v(?:[0-9a-f])+\\.(?:[a-z]|\\d|[-._~]|[!$&\'()*+,;=]|:)+)]|(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|1\\d\\d|[1-9]\\d|\\d)\\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|1\\d\\d|[1-9]\\d|\\d)|(?:[a-z]|\\d|[-._~]|%[0-9a-f]{2}|[!$&\'()*+,;=])*)(?::(?:\\d)*)?(?:\\\/(?:[a-z]|\\d|[-._~]|%[0-9a-f]{2}|[!$&\'()*+,;=]|[:@])*)*|\\\/(?:(?:[a-z]|\\d|[-._~]|%[0-9a-f]{2}|[!$&\'()*+,;=]|[:@]){1,}(?:\\\/(?:[a-z]|\\d|[-._~]|%[0-9a-f]{2}|[!$&\'()*+,;=]|[:@])*)*)?|(?:[a-z]|\\d|[-._~]|%[0-9a-f]{2}|[!$&\'()*+,;=]|[:@]){1,}(?:\\\/(?:[a-z]|\\d|[-._~]|%[0-9a-f]{2}|[!$&\'()*+,;=]|[:@])*)*|)(?:\\?(?:[a-z]|\\d|[-._~]|%[0-9a-f]{2}|[!$&\'()*+,;=]|[:@]|[\/?])*)?(?:#(?:[a-z]|\\d|[-._~]|%[0-9a-f]{2}|[!$&\'()*+,;=]|[:@]|[\/?])*)?', 'i') const str = `local://[A:A:A:A:A:A::AFCE]//kill/0`; let m; if ((m = regex.exec(str)) !== null) { // 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