Regular Expressions 101

Save & Share

Flavor

  • PCRE2 (PHP >=7.3)
  • PCRE (PHP <7.3)
  • ECMAScript (JavaScript)
  • Python
  • Golang
  • Java 8
  • .NET 7.0 (C#)
  • Rust
  • Regex Flavor Guide

Function

  • Match
  • Substitution
  • List
  • Unit Tests

Tools

Sponsors
There are currently no sponsors. Become a sponsor today!
An explanation of your regex will be automatically generated as you type.
Detailed match information will be displayed here automatically.
  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • Substitution
  • A single character of: a, b or c
    [abc]
  • A character except: a, b or c
    [^abc]
  • A character in the range: a-z
    [a-z]
  • A character not in the range: a-z
    [^a-z]
  • A character in the range: a-z or A-Z
    [a-zA-Z]
  • Any single character
    .
  • Alternate - match either a or b
    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
  • Any non-whitespace character
    \S
  • Any digit
    \d
  • Any non-digit
    \D
  • Any word character
    \w
  • Any non-word character
    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
  • Capturing group
    (...)
  • Zero or one of a
    a?
  • Zero or more of a
    a*
  • One or more of a
    a+
  • Exactly 3 of a
    a{3}
  • 3 or more of a
    a{3,}
  • Between 3 and 6 of a
    a{3,6}
  • Start of string
    ^
  • End of string
    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
  • Non-word boundary
    \B

Regular Expression
No Match

/
/
gm

Test String

Substitution

Processing...

Code Generator

Language

Generated Code

# coding=utf8 # the above tag defines encoding for this document and is for Python 2.x compatibility import re regex = r".*((?<=:\s)[\w\s]+(?=\s\(\d{5}\))).*((?<=\s)[\w._-]+@[\w._-]+).*" test_str = "Residential Status: Active LP: $3,495,000 Sales MLS #: 000000 Orig.Price: $3,695,000 Price: MT: 273 APN: 000-00 List Date: 02/11/2009 AMT: 269 Listing Type: Exclusive Agency (A) Court/Lndr Apprvl Needed: N Address: 16595 La Gracia Unit#/Space#: City: Rancho Santa Fe, CA Zip: 92067 MapCode: 1164D4 Bedrooms: 5 Year Built: 1990 Zoning: RR1 Units In Complex: Media: 12 - VT: http://www.previewfirst.com/ REMARKS AND SHOWING INFO Confidential Remarks: Showing Instructions: CLOFATS LISTING AGENT AND OFFICE INFORMATION Listing Agent: This Person (00000) Agent Phone: (000) 000-4024 Add'l Phone: (000) 000-4024 2nd Agent: Jason A. (000) 2nd Agt Phone: (000) 000-4024 2nd Add'l Phone: (000) 000-4024 Listing Office: Estates, Inc. Office Phone: (000) 000-4024 Broker Office ID: 000 Email: thisemail@aol.com Fax: (000) 000-9553 Pager: SOLD INFORMATION Off Market Date: Close of Escrow: Expiration Date: Sale Price: Selling Agent" subst = "Name: $1, Email: $2" # You can manually specify the number of replacements by changing the 4th argument result = re.sub(regex, subst, test_str, 0, re.MULTILINE) if result: print (result) # Note: for Python 2.7 compatibility, use ur"" to prefix the regex and u"" to prefix the test string and substitution.

Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for Python, please visit: https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html