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Free regex explainer. Break down any regular expression into human-readable plain English explanations. Understand what each part of your regex actually matches.
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Breaks down regex into human-readable explanation. Use XFree Regex Explainer free, right on this page, no signup required.
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^start of the string (or line, with the m flag)\wany word character (letter, digit, underscore)+the previous token, one or more times@a literal "@" character[a-zA-Z0-9-]any one character in the set [a-zA-Z0-9-]+the previous token, one or more times\.a literal "." character (escaped)\wany word character (letter, digit, underscore){2,}the previous token, 2 or more times$end of the string (or line, with the m flag)Covers common regex syntax (anchors, classes, groups, quantifiers, alternation). Advanced/rare constructs are shown as literal tokens.
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- 1Paste regex
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- 3Learn pattern meaning
$ Example
^[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}$🔒 Privacy Guarantee
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