Online Regex Tester for PHP, PCRE, Python, Golang and JavaScript
Online regex tester and debugger with real-time match highlighting, detailed explanations, substitutions, unit tests, benchmarking, and code generation. Supports PCRE2, JavaScript, Python, Go, Java, .NET, Rust, POSIX ERE, and POSIX BRE.
Online Regex Tester for PHP, PCRE, Python, Golang and JavaScript launched on August 25, 2018 with 21 votes, #842 of 2,619 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 8 years on.
In plain words
Regular Expressions 101 is an online regex tester and debugger supporting multiple programming languages including PCRE2, JavaScript, Python, Go, Java, .NET, Rust, and POSIX variants. It features real-time match highlighting, detailed explanations of regex patterns, substitution testing, unit tests, benchmarking capabilities, and code generation. Developers use it to test, debug, and understand regular expressions across different platforms.
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