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cron expression

ECMAScript (JavaScript)
This is a relaxed cron validation, meaning that any valid cron expression should pass this; but not anything that passes regex validation is a good cron expression. Used as preliminary validation in web ui. Supports all special characters. Includes seconds field.
Submitted by enlait - 10 years ago
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UK (Europe) DateTime

ECMAScript (JavaScript)
Validates input to match UK Date Time standard
Submitted by Bascoder - 10 years ago
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Validate credit card numbers

PCRE (PHP <7.3)
Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Diners Club, Discover, JCB
Submitted by www.regular-expressions.info/creditcard.html - 10 years ago
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IPv4

Python
allows for all legal IPv4 addresses
Submitted by anonymous - 10 years ago
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Twitter Date format

ECMAScript (JavaScript)
no description available
Submitted by hjgabrielsen - 10 years ago
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Expression that does not include a subexpression

PCRE (PHP <7.3)
Pattern that matches all expression that not include a subexpression. The subexpression could be replaced by a string.
Submitted by aquintas - 10 years ago
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Parse all adresses in href

PCRE (PHP <7.3)
no description available
Submitted by anonymous - 9 years ago
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Match words in a string

ECMAScript (JavaScript)
no description available
Submitted by anonymous - 9 years ago
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username in url

PCRE (PHP <7.3)
should start with letter follow by letters and numbers and (-) - zero or more can't start or finish with (-) can't have two or more consecutive (-) char
Submitted by Ali Azmoude - 9 years ago
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twitter ids

ECMAScript (JavaScript)
no description available
Submitted by jaybill - 9 years ago
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Select the numeric part of a price following an ascii dollar sign

PCRE (PHP <7.3)
no description available
Submitted by anonymous - 9 years ago
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JSON KEY VALUE

PCRE (PHP <7.3)
Get key value in json string
Submitted by Marcio Paiva Barbosa - 9 years ago
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Date format regex for ddMMMyyyy

ECMAScript (JavaScript)
no description available
Submitted by anonymous - 9 years ago
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twitter usernames

Python
no description available
Submitted by anonymous - 9 years ago
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finds the instance of two or more repeating letters

Python
no description available
Submitted by cp0153 - 9 years ago
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checklists item

Python
checklists item
Submitted by Tobias Hochgürtel - 9 years ago
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filter

Python
no description available
Submitted by anonymous - 9 years ago
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Word ending with colon

ECMAScript (JavaScript)
no description available
Submitted by hj - 9 years ago
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Mathematical Expressions

PCRE (PHP <7.3)
ValidatesMathematical Expressions. Ignores whitespace. Includes parenthesis matching.
Submitted by Jeremy Friesen - 9 years ago
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HTML <script> regex

PCRE (PHP <7.3)
no description available
Submitted by anonymous - 9 years ago
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Community Library Entry

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Regular Expression
PCRE2 (PHP >=7.3)

/
\b[a-z0-9]{6}\b
/
g
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Description

StackOverflow RegEx, lower case letters and numbers, with exact length of 6

  • RegEx without boundary (1st try) [a-z0-9]{6}
  • RegEx with boundary (solution) \b[a-z0-9]{6}\b
Submitted by Nicolas Karg - 2 years ago