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Regex Tester

Test regular expressions against text with match highlighting, groups, and flags support.

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What is Regex Tester?

Regex Tester lets you test regular expressions against sample text in real time. See all matches with positions, capture groups, and named groups. Supports flags like case-insensitive, multiline, and dotall.

Use cases

  • Develop and debug regex patterns for data extraction
  • Validate input patterns for form fields
  • Test log parsing expressions
  • Learn regex with instant visual feedback

Key features

Full match, findall, and group capture
Support for i, m, s, x flags
Named group display
Full match check (entire string)

Frequently asked questions

Use the format: pattern|||test_string|||flags. Separate pattern, test text, and optional flags with triple pipes (|||).

Python's re module, which supports most Perl-compatible regex syntax.