Regular Expressions 101

Pro

1st Alternative.*[^\d^+^(^)^\-^\s]+.*(?:\d)

.*any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

Negated Character Class[^\d^+^(^)^\-^\s]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

\da digit

^the literal ^ (94₁₀ / 136₈ / 5E₁₆)

+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

\-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

^the literal ^ (94₁₀ / 136₈ / 5E₁₆)

\sany whitespace character

.*any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

Non-Capturing Group(?:\d)

\da digit

2nd Alternative(?:\d)(?=.*[^\d^+^(^)^\-^\s]+.*)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\d)

\da digit

Positive Lookahead(?=.*[^\d^+^(^)^\-^\s]+.*)

.*any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

Negated Character Class[^\d^+^(^)^\-^\s]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

\da digit

^the literal ^ (94₁₀ / 136₈ / 5E₁₆)

+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

\-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

^the literal ^ (94₁₀ / 136₈ / 5E₁₆)

\sany whitespace character

.*any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

3rd Alternative(\d)

Group 1(\d)

\da digit

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

.*[^\d^+^(^)^\-^\s]+.*(?:\d)|(?:\d)(?=.*[^\d^+^(^)^\-^\s]+.*)|(\d)

New

+123 (456) 7-8
123a45a432432
1234 B
a12345
a+123 (456) 7-8
+123 a(456) 7-8
+123 a(456) 7-8a

+123 (456) 7-8
123a45a432432
1234 B
a12345
a+123 (456) 7-8
+123 a(456) 7-8
+123 a(456) 7-8a