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Parsing browser User Agents

PCRE (PHP <7.3)
From a (fairly large) list of User Agent strings, extract the OS, Browser, and Device Type.
Submitted by OnlineCop - 10 years ago (Last modified a year ago)
11

Conventional Commits validation

Python
This regex prevents the writing of non-standard conventional commits. I'm available on my github
Submitted by Krisque - 3 years ago (Last modified 3 years ago)
19

Get path from any text

Recommended
PCRE2 (PHP >=7.3)
Get path (windows style) from any type of text (error message, e-mail corps ...), quoted or not. THIS IS THE SINGLE LINE VERSION !_ If you want understand how it work or edit it, go https://regex101.com/r/7o2fyy Relative path are not supported...
Submitted by nitrateag - 2 years ago (Last modified a year ago)
35

Strict Password Validator

ECMAScript (JavaScript)
This regex matches only when all the following are true: password must contain 1 number (0-9) password must contain 1 uppercase letters password must contain 1 lowercase letters password must contain 1 non-alpha numeric number...
Submitted by qho - 7 years ago (Last modified a year ago)
13

CSS Color Matcher

ECMAScript (JavaScript)
Pattern matching and extracting color code formats using RegEx. https://github.com/Kyza/color-regex/
Submitted by Kyza - a year ago
30

Cron schedule

Recommended
PCRE (PHP <7.3)
Validate cron lines (even the ones commented out)
Submitted by anonymous - 9 years ago
23

best youtube id match ( iframe embed replace ready )

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PCRE (PHP <7.3)
MATCH ANY YOUTUBE ID author : mi-ca v1.0 – 2017.03.08 This Regex match any youtube url and grab the ID. Embed ready √ --...
Submitted by mi-ca.ch - 6 years ago
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Community Library Entry

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Regular Expression
ECMAScript (JavaScript)

/
^\d{2}-\d{7}$
/
gm
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Description

An Employer Identification Number (EIN) is also known as a Federal Tax Identification Number, and is used to identify a business entity. Generally, businesses need an EIN.

It expects 2 digits at start, then a dash ('-') and then 7 digits. No assumptions regarding the allowed prefixes, etc.

Submitted by @uazure - 8 months ago