Regular Expressions 101

^start of line

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

Group 1([.-]\w+)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Character Class[.-]

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

@the literal @ (64₁₀ / 100₈ / 40₁₆)

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

Group 2([.-]\w+)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Character Class[.-]

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

Group 3(\.\w{2,8})+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

\w{2,8}any word character, repeated between 2 and 8 times

$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

^\w+([.-]\w+)*@\w+([.-]\w+)*(\.\w{2,8})+$

New

testing123@testing123.testing123
testing123@testing123.com