regex101: JavaScript Match Workspace

1st Alternative(^((25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1?\d?\d)\.){3}(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1?\d?\d)$)

Group 1(^((25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1?\d?\d)\.){3}(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1?\d?\d)$)

^start of line

Group 2((25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1?\d?\d)\.){3}

{3}repeats the group contents below exactly 3 times:

Group 3(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1?\d?\d)

1st Alternative25[0-5]

25the literal text 25

Character Class[0-5]

0-5one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 5 (53₁₀)

2nd Alternative2[0-4]\d

2the literal 2 (50₁₀ / 62₈ / 32₁₆)

Character Class[0-4]

0-4one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 4 (52₁₀)

\da digit

3rd Alternative1?\d?\d

1?optionally matches the literal 1 (49₁₀ / 61₈ / 31₁₆)

\d?optionally matches a digit

\da digit

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

Group 4(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1?\d?\d)

1st Alternative25[0-5]

25the literal text 25

Character Class[0-5]

0-5one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 5 (53₁₀)

2nd Alternative2[0-4]\d

2the literal 2 (50₁₀ / 62₈ / 32₁₆)

Character Class[0-4]

0-4one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 4 (52₁₀)

\da digit

3rd Alternative1?\d?\d

1?optionally matches the literal 1 (49₁₀ / 61₈ / 31₁₆)

\d?optionally matches a digit

\da digit

$end of line

2nd Alternative(([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){7,7}[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,7}:|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,6}:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,5}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,2}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,4}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,3}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,3}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,4}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,2}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,5}|[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:((:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,6})|:((:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,7}|:)|fe80:(:[0-9a-fA-F]{0,4}){0,4}%[0-9a-zA-Z]{1,}|::(ffff(:0{1,4}){0,1}:){0,1}((25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9])\.){3,3}(25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9])|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,4}:((25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9])\.){3,3}(25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9]))

Group 5(([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){7,7}[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,7}:|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,6}:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,5}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,2}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,4}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,3}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,3}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,4}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,2}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,5}|[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:((:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,6})|:((:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,7}|:)|fe80:(:[0-9a-fA-F]{0,4}){0,4}%[0-9a-zA-Z]{1,}|::(ffff(:0{1,4}){0,1}:){0,1}((25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9])\.){3,3}(25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9])|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,4}:((25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9])\.){3,3}(25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9]))

1st Alternative([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){7,7}[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}

Group 6([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){7,7}

{7,7}repeats the group contents below exactly 7 times:

Character Class[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}

{1,4}matches between 1 and 4 characters from the set below:

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

a-fone character from a (97₁₀) to f (102₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Fone character from A (65₁₀) to F (70₁₀) (case sensitive)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Character Class[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}

{1,4}matches between 1 and 4 characters from the set below:

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

a-fone character from a (97₁₀) to f (102₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Fone character from A (65₁₀) to F (70₁₀) (case sensitive)

2nd Alternative([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,7}:

Group 7([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,7}

{1,7}repeats the group contents below between 1 and 7 times:

Character Class[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}

{1,4}matches between 1 and 4 characters from the set below:

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

a-fone character from a (97₁₀) to f (102₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Fone character from A (65₁₀) to F (70₁₀) (case sensitive)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

3rd Alternative([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,6}:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}

Group 8([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,6}

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Character Class[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}

4th Alternative([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,5}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,2}

5th Alternative([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,4}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,3}

6th Alternative([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,3}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,4}

7th Alternative([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,2}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,5}

8th Alternative[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:((:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,6})

9th Alternative:((:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,7}|:)

10th Alternativefe80:(:[0-9a-fA-F]{0,4}){0,4}%[0-9a-zA-Z]{1,}

11th Alternative::(ffff(:0{1,4}){0,1}:){0,1}((25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9])\.){3,3}(25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9])

12th Alternative([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,4}:((25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9])\.){3,3}(25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9])

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

(^((25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1?\d?\d)\.){3}(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1?\d?\d)$)|(([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){7,7}[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,7}:|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,6}:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,5}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,2}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,4}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,3}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,3}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,4}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,2}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,5}|[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:((:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,6})|:((:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,7}|:)|fe80:(:[0-9a-fA-F]{0,4}){0,4}%[0-9a-zA-Z]{1,}|::(ffff(:0{1,4}){0,1}:){0,1}((25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9])\.){3,3}(25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9])|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,4}:((25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9])\.){3,3}(25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9]))

Test String
New

1200:0000:AB00:1234:0000:2552:7777:1313
192.168.1.1
255.255.0.0
172.16.18.21
172.16.18.500
1600:0000:AB30:1234:0000:2552:7777:1313
172.16.300.21
172.16.18.23
172.256.18.21
255.255.255.0
255.255.255.255

Regular Expressions 101

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