Regex Tester
Test and validate regular expressions by entering a pattern, flags, and sample text.
The tester highlights matches, displays the number of hits, and shows captured groups
to help you understand how your regular expression behaves.
You can freely combine flags such as global, case-insensitive, or multiline, and instantly see the results reflected in the output.
Syntax errors are detected immediately and shown as clear error messages, making it easier to debug and refine complex patterns.
This tool is useful for developers, data analysts, and anyone working with text processing, log analysis, form validation, or search patterns.
All testing is performed locally in your browser, and no input text or patterns
are sent to any server, allowing safe and private experimentation.
Regular Expression Tester
Regular expressions are powerful for searching, validating, and extracting text, but complex patterns are hard to reason about without feedback. This regex tester lets you enter a pattern and sample text, then inspect matches, groups, and behavior while you iterate.
Common use cases
- Validate input patterns: Test patterns for emails, IDs, slugs, filenames, and log lines.
- Extract structured data: Check capture groups before using a regex in scripts or backend code.
- Debug replacements: Understand why a pattern matches too much, too little, or nothing at all.
Regex review tip
Be careful with overly broad patterns and catastrophic backtracking in production code. Test representative examples, including invalid inputs and edge cases, before relying on a pattern in a form, parser, or data pipeline.