Regular Expressions 101

^start of line

Group 1(\+)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

Group 2(0|27)

1st Alternative0

0the literal 0 (48₁₀ / 60₈ / 30₁₆)

2nd Alternative27

27the literal text 27

Group 3([5-9])

Character Class[5-9]

5-9one character from 5 (53₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

Group 4([0-9])

Character Class[0-9]

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

Group 5( )?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Group 6([0-9]{3})

Character Class[0-9]{3}

{3}matches exactly 3 characters from the set below:

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

Group 7( )?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Group 8([0-9]{4})

Character Class[0-9]{4}

{4}matches exactly 4 characters from the set below:

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

$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

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Search reference

Regular Expression

^(\+)?(0|27)([5-9])([0-9])( )?([0-9]{3})( )?([0-9]{4})$

+27827860965
27827860965
0827860965
034567891
082 786 0965
+2782 786 0965
2782 786 0965