Regex Tester

Test regular expressions with live matching, highlights, and group extraction.

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What is regex testing?

Regex testing validates your regular expression against test strings in real-time, showing matches and extracted groups.

When do you need it?

Validating email/phone patterns, debugging search-and-replace, learning regex, and building data extraction rules.

How to use
  1. 1) Enter your regex pattern (e.g. ^\d3-\d4$).
  2. 2) Enter the test string to match against.
  3. 3) View highlighted matches and extracted groups.

FAQs

What is a regex tester?

A regex tester lets you write and test regular expressions in real-time, showing matches and groups.

What is regex?

Regex is a pattern-matching language used for searching, validating, and extracting text.

What are capture groups?

Capture groups (parentheses) let you extract specific parts of a matched pattern.

Does it store my data?

No. All processing happens locally in your browser. Your patterns and text are never uploaded or stored.

Is it free?

Yes. The regex tester is completely free with no signup or limits.

Privacy: All processing runs in your browser. Nothing is stored.