Regex.md

regex

Trim sapces

^[\s]*(.*?)[\s]*$

HTML Tag

<([a-z]+)([^<]+)*(?:>(.*)<\/\1>|\s+\/>)

Hexadecimal value

\B#(?:[a-fA-F0–9]{6}|[a-fA-F0–9]{3})\b

Valid email (RFC5322)

\b[\w.!#$%&’*+\/=?^`{|}~-]+@[\w-]+(?:\.[\w-]+)*\b

Username

(3 <= len <= 16, leters, numbers, or dashes)

/^[a-z0-9_-]{3,16}$/

Strong password

Minimum length of 6, at least one uppercase letter, at least one lowercase letter, at least one number, at least one special character

(?=^.{6,}$)((?=.*\w)(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[0-9])(?=.*[|!"$%&\/\(\)\?\^\'\\\+\-\*]))^.*

URL (http, https or ftp) 

^(((https?|ftp):\/\/)?([\w\-\.])+(\.)([\w]){2,4}([\w\/+=%&_\.~?\-]*))*$

Cannot verify name like www…example.com. will check later

IPv4 address

\b(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[01]?\d\d?)\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[01]?\d\d?)\b

SSN - Social Security Nubmer

^((?<area>[\d]{3})[-][\d]{2}[-][\d]{4})$

Alpha-numeric, literals, digits, lowercase, uppercase chars only

\w                //alpha-numeric only
[a-zA-Z]          //literals only
\d                //digits only
[a-z]             //lowercase literal only
[A-Z]             //uppercase literal only

Other useful topics:

  • Boundaries — \b and \B
  • Back-references — \1
    1. ([abc])\1
      using \1 it matches the same text that was matched by the first capturing group -> Try it!
    2. ([abc])([de])\2\1
      we can use \2 (\3, \4, etc.) to identify the same text that was matched by the second (third, fourth, etc.) capturing group -> Try it!
    3. (?<foo>[abc])\k<foo>
      we put the name foo to the group and we reference it later (\k<foo>). The result is the same of the first regex -> Try it!
  • Look-ahead and Look-behind — (?=) and (?<=)
    1. d(?=r)
      matches a d only if is followed by r, but r will not be part of the overall regex match -> Try it!
    2. (?<=r)d
      matches a d only if is preceded by an r, but r will not be part of the overall regex match -> Try it!](https://regex101.com/r/cO8lqs/19)

reference:

https://medium.com/factory-mind/regex-cookbook-most-wanted-regex-aa721558c3c1

https://medium.com/factory-mind/regex-tutorial-a-simple-cheatsheet-by-examples-649dc1c3f285