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Regex-Tester

Reguläre Ausdrücke testen und debuggen

Muster
Ein Regex-Muster eingeben
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Treffer
Muster und Testzeichenkette eingeben, um Treffer zu sehen
Muster und Testzeichenkette eingeben, um Treffer zu sehen

Anleitung

1

Text eingeben oder einfügen

Geben Sie Ihren Text, Code oder Ihre Daten in das Eingabefeld ein.

2

Optionen auswählen

Wählen Sie die gewünschte Umwandlung oder das Format aus.

3

Ergebnis kopieren

Kopieren Sie die Ausgabe mit einem Klick in Ihre Zwischenablage.

Warum dieses Werkzeug nutzen

100 % Kostenlos

Keine versteckten Kosten, keine Premium-Stufen — jede Funktion ist kostenlos.

Keine Installation

Läuft vollständig in Ihrem Browser. Keine Software zum Herunterladen oder Installieren.

Privat & Sicher

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Funktioniert auf Mobilgeräten

Vollständig responsiv — nutzbar auf Smartphone, Tablet oder Desktop.

Regular Expressions: Pattern Matching Mastery

Key Takeaways

  • Regular expressions provide powerful pattern matching for text validation, extraction, search, and transformation.
  • Understanding regex quantifiers, character classes, groups, and lookaheads is essential for writing efficient patterns.
  • All regex testing runs in your browser — your test data is never sent to any server.

Regular expressions (regex) are one of the most powerful tools in a developer's toolkit, enabling complex text pattern matching in a single expression. From validating email addresses and parsing log files to extracting data from unstructured text, regex is used across virtually every programming language and text processing tool. Mastering regex dramatically increases productivity in text-heavy development tasks.

Regular expressions are supported natively in over 30 programming languages and virtually every text editor.

Universal Support

Key Concepts

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Character Classes and Quantifiers

Character classes ([a-z], \d, \w, \s) match categories of characters. Quantifiers (*, +, ?, {n,m}) control how many times a pattern repeats. Combining them creates powerful matchers.

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Capture Groups and Backreferences

Parentheses create capture groups that extract matched substrings. Named groups (?<name>...) improve readability. Backreferences (\1 or \k<name>) match the same text again.

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Lookaheads and Lookbehinds

Lookahead (?=...) and lookbehind (?<=...) assert that text exists before or after the match without including it in the result. Negative versions (?!...) and (?<!...) assert absence.

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Greedy vs. Lazy Matching

By default, quantifiers are greedy (match as much as possible). Adding ? makes them lazy (match as little as possible). This distinction is critical for avoiding over-matching in complex patterns.

Pro Tips

Start with a simple pattern and incrementally add complexity — debugging a complex regex all at once is extremely difficult.

Use non-capturing groups (?:...) when you need grouping for alternation or quantifiers but do not need to capture the match.

Beware of catastrophic backtracking — nested quantifiers like (a+)+ on non-matching input can cause exponential processing time.

Use the 'u' flag in JavaScript regex for proper Unicode handling, especially when working with international text.

All regular expression testing is performed entirely in your browser using JavaScript's built-in RegExp engine. Your test strings and patterns are never transmitted to any server.

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