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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
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Cron schedule

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

/
(\s+[^a-z0-9]+|[^a-z0-9']+\s+|[\s&\/]|^)+(\w)
/
g
Open regex in editor

Description

Selects first letter of space separted word with exceptions. This allows bypassing 's and such.

Forcing separating charter can be set at [\s&\/]

$1: separating part $2: first letter of a word

Submitted by anonymous - 9 years ago