Regex Tester

Test JavaScript regular expressions live with match highlighting, capture groups and replace preview. Includes a cheat sheet. Free regex tester.

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Matches highlighted (2)
Contact alice@example.com or bob@test.com. Not an email: hello@world
#MatchIndexGroups
1alice@example.com8$1=alice $2=example
2bob@test.com29$1=bob $2=test
Cheat sheet
\d digit
\w word char
\s whitespace
. any char
^ $ start / end
* 0 or more
+ 1 or more
? optional
{2,5} 2 to 5 times
[abc] any of a,b,c
(…) capture group
(?<name>…) named group
a|b a or b
\b word boundary

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