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Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	(^\+[0-9]{2}|^\+[0-9]{2}\(0\)|^\(\+[0-9]{2}\)\(0\)|^00[0-9]{2}|^0)([0-9]{9}$|[0-9\-\s]{10}$)
Description	Regular expression to evaluate dutch-style phone numbers. Possible example prefixes: +31, +31(0), (+31)(0), 0, 0031 followed by 9 numbers (which can contain a space or -).
Matches	+31235256677 | +31(0)235256677 | 023-5256677
Non-Matches	+3123525667788999 | 3123525667788 | 232-2566778
Author	Rating: Jon van Leuven

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	^(s-|S-){0,1}[0-9]{3}\s?[0-9]{2}$
Description	Validates swedish zipcodes (postnr) with or without space between groups. With leading s- or not. Can be disconnected by removing ''(s-|S-){0,1}''.
Matches	12345 | 932 68 | S-621 46
Non-Matches	5367 | 425611 | 31 545
Author	Rating: Tommy Ullberg

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	(^\d{5}-\d{3}|^\d{2}.\d{3}-\d{3}|\d{8})
Description	Validar o do CEP Brasileiro com 8 posicoes podendo usar mascara . e - ou somente numeros
Matches	12.345-678 | 12345-678 | 12345678
Non-Matches	12.345678 | 12345-1 | 123
Author	Rating: Fernando Cerqueira

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	(\/\/-->\s*)?<\/?SCRIPT([^>]*)>(\s*<!--\s)?
Description	Can be used to remove <SCRIPT language="JavaScript"> <!-- //--> </SCRIPT> from embeded javascript Should be used as case insensitive
Matches	<SCRIPT language="JavaScript"> <!-- //--> </SCRIPT> | <SCRIPT l
Non-Matches	<!-- //-->
Author	Rating: Mike t

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	^(1|2|3)((\d{2}((0[13578]|1[02])(0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(0[13456789]|1[012])(0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|02(0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))|([02468][048]|[13579][26])0229)(\d{5})$
Description	This pattern matches a Valid Civil ID Number in Kuwait.
Matches	175123112345 | 279020412345
Non-Matches	479020412345 | 275043112345
Author	Rating: Ronnel Santiago

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	(^(4|5)\d{3}-?\d{4}-?\d{4}-?\d{4}|(4|5)\d{15})|(^(6011)-?\d{4}-?\d{4}-?\d{4}|(6011)-?\d{12})|(^((3\d{3}))-\d{6}-\d{5}|^((3\d{14})))
Description	This provides an expression to calidate the four major credit cards. It can be easily broken up to use for a specific type of card. It does not validate the number being a potential real number, only in the correct format.
Matches	4111-1234-1234-1234 | 6011123412341234 | 3711-123456-12345
Non-Matches	1234567890123456 | 4111-123-1234-1234 | 412-1234-1234-1234
Author	Rating: Chris Love

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	^\(\d{1,2}(\s\d{1,2}){1,2}\)\s(\d{1,2}(\s\d{1,2}){1,2})((-(\d{1,4})){0,1})$
Description	Meets german norm-standard: DIN 5008: 1996-05 for telephone numbers
Matches	(0 34 56) 34 56 67 | (03 45) 5 67 67 | (0 45) 2 33 45-45
Non-Matches	(2345) 34 34 | (0 56) 456 456 | (3 45) 2 34-45678
Author	Rating: Gerald Martin

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	^[a-zA-Z][0-9][a-zA-Z]\s?[0-9][a-zA-Z][0-9]$
Description	Match Canadia Zip Code. You can have a space in the middle Like T2P 3C7, or no space like T2P3C7
Matches	T2p 3c7 | T3P3c7 | T2P 3C7
Non-Matches	123456 | 3C7T2P | 11T21RWW
Author	Rating: Qing Jiang

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	<[iI][mM][gG]([^>]*[^/>])
Description	simple little RegExp to get the IMG tag from HTML
Matches	<img src="abc.jpg"> | <img src="abc.jpg"/> | <ImG src="abc.j
Non-Matches	none
Author	Rating: Asim Goheer

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	^[^']*$
Description	This one matches all strings that do not contain the single quotation mark (').
Matches	asljas | %/&89uhuhadjkh | "hi there!"
Non-Matches	'hi there!' | It's 9 o'clock | '''''
Author	Rating: Peter Friese

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	<[^>\s]*\bauthor\b[^>]*>
Description	This expression will match the corresponding XML/HTML elements opening and closing tags. Useful to handle documents fragments, without loading an XML DOM.
Matches	<author name="Daniel"> | </sch:author> | <pp:author name="Daniel"
Non-Matches	<other> | </authors> | <work>author</work>
Author	Rating: Daniel Cazzulino

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	^([A-Za-z]\d[A-Za-z][-]?\d[A-Za-z]\d)
Description	Regular expression to match a canadian postal code where it matches a string with or without the hyphen and in upercase or lowercase
Matches	a1a-1a1 | A1A1A1
Non-Matches	1a1-a1a | aaa-aaa | 111-111
Author	Rating: Rico lour

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	^(\{|\[|\().+(\}|\]|\)).+$
Description	Matches "clan" nicks/names.
Matches	{CLaN}nick | [Clan]Nick | (Clan)Nick
Non-Matches	Nick
Author	Rating: Jag fire

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	\u221E
Description	Matches infinity symbol. Pretty simple, yet I dont think existed on RegExLib before.
Matches	8
Non-Matches	anything else
Author	Rating: Roman Lukyanenko

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	(\d*)'*-*(\d*)/*(\d*)"
Description	This regular expression is for parsing feet and inches measurements.
Matches	5'-3/16" | 1'-2" | 5/16"
Non-Matches	1 3/16
Author	Rating: Felix Osegueda

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	^(?!^(PRN|AUX|CLOCK\$|NUL|CON|COM\d|LPT\d|\..*)(\..+)?$)[^\x00-\x1f\\?*:\";|/]+$
Description	Checks for a valid windows file name (Must be used with the case-insensitive option Checks that the file has at lease one char, does not contain any invalid characters and does not have a reserved word as a file name. "If you see a " in the regex replace it with a " character"
Matches	test.txt | test.jpg.txt | a&b c.bmp
Non-Matches	CON | .pdf | test:2.pdf
Author	Rating: Andre Van Der Merwe

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	(^.+\|+[A-Za-z])
Description	Anti-Spam/Spam stopper: Detects all words with the character "|" instead of an "l" or "1"
Matches	| comp|eted | fu|l-sized | annua|ly
Non-Matches	www.fireflyfx.net | www.trustmusic.nl
Author	Rating: Louis Ostendorf

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	^(eth[0-9]$)|(^eth[0-9]:[1-9]$)
Description	regex to validate unix device names (linux). useful for scripts using ifconfig or stuff
Matches	eth0 | eth0:4 | eth4:9
Non-Matches	eth0: | eth0:0 | eth0:1d
Author	Rating: Joey Brunner

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	(^([1-3]{1}[0-9]{0,}(\.[0-9]{1})?|0(\.[0-9]{1})?|[4]{1}[0-9]{0,}(\.[0]{1})?|5(\.[5]{1}))$)
Description	GPA (Grade Point Average) expression. Validates the standars 0.0 thru 4.0 and also accepts 5.5 -- which I use as unknown.
Matches	0.0 | 4.0 | 5.5
Non-Matches	0. | .9 | 4.1
Author	Rating: Jay Wasser Jr

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	^[A-Z]{2}[0-9]{6}[A-DFM]{1}$
Description	UK National Insurance Number (NINO) validation. (The following modifications have been made: Only A to D are permitted as the last letter, and all letters should be in uppercase. For temporary numbers F and M are permitted for female and male holders.)
Matches	AB123456D | AB123456F | AB123456M
Non-Matches	AB123456E | ab123456d
Author	Rating: Peter Whyte