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Regex Tester with Plain English Explainer

Test any regex live with match highlighting and a plain-English breakdown of each token. Common pattern library (email, URL, IPv4, phone) and shareable links.

Matches

Match list

#MatchIndexGroups

Plain-English breakdown

    How the math works

    Matching uses the native JavaScript RegExp engine. The explainer walks the pattern token-by-token: character classes (\\w \\d \\s), quantifiers (* + ? {n,m}), anchors (^ $ \\b), groups, alternation and common escapes.

    Bad patterns are reported instead of crashing. Use the g flag to find all matches; i for case insensitive.

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    regex testerregex to englishregex explainerregex visualizer

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