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🔍 Regex Tester

Test, explore, and refine your regular expressions in real-time. Quickly find matches, preview replacements, and understand your regex with helpful explanations and highlights.

Replace Preview:
Contact: alice@example.com, bob123@test.org, invalid@domain, test.user@mail.co.uk

Match Count: 0

Total Match Length: 0 characters

Exec Time: ms

Test Result: ❌ false

🧠 Regex Explanation

[word boundary][word character][one or more]@[word character][one or more]\[any character][word character][one or more][word boundary]

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📖 User Guide & FAQ

How to Use the Regex Tester

  1. Enter your regex pattern in the Regex Pattern input box.
  2. Toggle the flags g, i, and m as needed to customize matching behavior.
  3. Type or paste the text you want to test against in the Test Text area.
  4. Optionally, enter a replacement string in the Replace With input to preview replacements.
  5. View highlighted matches in the test text area below and the replacement preview in real-time.
  6. If your regex is invalid, error messages will appear to help you fix it.
  7. Use preset buttons to quickly load common regex patterns like Email, URL, or Phone.
  8. Copy your regex, test text, or matched results with the handy buttons for easy sharing or use elsewhere.

Real-World Use Cases

This Regex Tester is perfect for anyone working with regular expressions in various contexts:

  • Developers crafting regex for form validation, search, or parsing tasks.
  • QA engineers verifying regex-based input validation rules.
  • Data analysts extracting structured data from text logs or reports.
  • Students and learners practicing regex with immediate feedback.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes! This Regex Tester is completely free with no login or sign-up needed. Test your regular expressions instantly without restrictions.
The tool supports common flags like global (g), case-insensitive (i), and multiline (m), which you can toggle on or off to modify your pattern's behavior.
Absolutely! You can enter a replacement string and see a live preview of the replaced text right below the input fields.
The tester uses JavaScript's native RegExp engine, so it behaves exactly as regex does in modern JS environments.
  • Developers debugging or building regex for validation or extraction.
  • QA engineers testing patterns for automated input validation.
  • Writers or data analysts extracting patterns from text data.
  • Anyone learning regex and wanting instant feedback with explanations.