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Regex101
Interactive regex testing and debugging with AI-powered explanations

What is Regex101?

Regex101 provides an interactive environment for working with regular expressions, featuring real-time analysis and AI-generated explanations as users type their patterns. The platform supports multiple regex flavors including PCRE2, ECMAScript, Python, Golang, Java, .NET 7.0, and Rust, making it versatile for different programming contexts.

The tool offers comprehensive testing capabilities with match information display, substitution functions, unit testing, and debugging tools. Users can save and share their regex patterns, access community patterns, and utilize various utilities like code generators and benchmark tools to optimize their regular expressions.

Features

  • Multiple Flavor Support: Works with PCRE2, ECMAScript, Python, Golang, Java, .NET 7.0, Rust, and PCRE regex flavors
  • AI-Powered Explanation: Automatically generates explanations for regex patterns as users type them
  • Comprehensive Testing Tools: Includes match testing, substitution functions, list processing, and unit testing capabilities
  • Debugging Utilities: Features regex debugger, code generator, export matches, and benchmark tools
  • Pattern Management: Allows saving, sharing, and accessing community regex patterns

Use Cases

  • Testing and debugging complex regular expressions before implementation
  • Learning regex syntax through interactive explanations and examples
  • Converting regex patterns between different programming language flavors
  • Generating code snippets for regex implementation in various languages
  • Optimizing regex performance through benchmarking and analysis tools

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