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Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	Last.*?(\d+.?\d*)
Description	Plucks the last quote of a Stock from the MSN MoneyCentral WebQuote page for any given stock symbol. The URL of the web page where this RegEx should be applied is: http://localhost/asp/webquote.htm?ipage=qd&Symbol=,give the stock symbol here> You must also use the singleline option.
Matches	<TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT> </TD><TD>Last</TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT NOW
Non-Matches	[AADDSS]
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Prasad DV

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	\(([0-9]{2}|0{1}((x|[0-9]){2}[0-9]{2}))\)\s*[0-9]{3,4}[- ]*[0-9]{4}
Description	Match diferent styles for brazilian Phone number code. Only DDD (12), complete DDD (012), complete DDD + Telephony Company (0xx12) plus 3 or 4 digits (city code) plus 4 digits (phone number).
Matches	(12) 123 1234 | (01512) 123 1234 | (0xx12) 1234 1234
Non-Matches	12 123 1234 | (012) 123/1234 | (012) 123 12345
Author	Rating: Samuel Mota

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	^\w+[\w-\.]*\@\w+((-\w+)|(\w*))\.[a-z]{2,3}$
Description	Email validation. With this short expression you can validate for proper email format. It's short and accurate.
Matches	[email protected] | [email protected] | [email protected]
Non-Matches	[email protected] | [email protected] | smith@foo_com
Author	Rating: Eric Lebetsamer

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	^#?([a-f]|[A-F]|[0-9]){3}(([a-f]|[A-F]|[0-9]){3})?$
Description	Tests for valid HTML hexadecimal color codes. The # symbol is optional. And it will except either the 3 digit form for the 216 Web safe colors, or the full 6 digit form. I am use it on my site to allow users to customize the site's colors.
Matches	#00ccff | #039 | ffffcc
Non-Matches	blue | 0x000000 | #ff000
Author	Rating: Chris Craft

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	^([0-9]( |-)?)?(\(?[0-9]{3}\)?|[0-9]{3})( |-)?([0-9]{3}( |-)?[0-9]{4}|[a-zA-Z0-9]{7})$
Description	Matches US phone number format. 1 in the beginning is optional, area code is required, spaces or dashes can be used as optional divider between number groups. Also alphanumeric format is allowed after area code.
Matches	1-(123)-123-1234 | 123 123 1234 | 1-800-ALPHNUM
Non-Matches	1.123.123.1234 | (123)-1234-123 | 123-1234
Author	Rating: Igor Kravtsov

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	^\s*[a-zA-Z,\s]+\s*$
Description	Any Expression Upper/Lower Case, with commas and space between the text, with any amount of space before or after
Matches	Smith, Ed | Ed Smith | aBcDeFgH
Non-Matches	a123 | AB5 | Mr. Ed
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Mart Maasikas

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	^[a-zA-Z0-9\s.\-]+$
Description	ANY alphanumeric string with spaces, commas, dashes.
Matches	2222 Mock St. | 1 A St. | 555-1212
Non-Matches	[A Street] | (3 A St.) | {34 C Ave.}
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Mart Maasikas

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	^([0-1][0-9]|[2][0-3]):([0-5][0-9])$
Description	Matches a string if it is a valid time in the format of HH:MM
Matches	02:04 | 16:56 | 23:59
Non-Matches	02:00 PM | PM2:00 | 24:00
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Koen Hoorelbeke

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	^[0,1]?\d{1}\/(([0-2]?\d{1})|([3][0,1]{1}))\/(([1]{1}[9]{1}[9]{1}\d{1})|([2-9]{1}\d{3}))$
Description	This expression checks the validity of a date (US, but it is easily editable for other format's). Year's 1990-9999, Month's 1 or 01 to 12, Day's 1 or 01 to 31. Still needs to have individual months added (i.e., Feb's 28 days), and some how to check for leap year...the months issue should not be to hard, but the leap year seems like a real chore. Please let me know if you have any suggestions for leap year.
Matches	01/01/1990 | 12/12/9999 | 3/28/2001
Non-Matches	3-8-01 | 13/32/1001 | 03/32/1989
Author	Rating: Scott Watermasysk

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	((\(\d{3}\)?)|(\d{3}))([\s-./]?)(\d{3})([\s-./]?)(\d{4})
Description	US Phone number that accept a dot, a space, a dash, a forward slash, between the numbers. Will Accept a 1 or 0 in front. Area Code not necessary
Matches	1.2123644567 | 0-234.567/8912 | 1-(212)-123 4567
Non-Matches	0-212364345 | 1212-364,4321 | 0212\345/6789
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Mart Maasikas

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	\[link="(?<link>((.|\n)*?))"\](?<text>((.|\n)*?))\[\/link\]
Description	This can be used in conjunction with the replace method to provide pseudo-code support without having to enable HTML. The replacement string (in ASP.NET, use RegExp.Replace(SourceString, RegularExpressionPattern, ReplacementString) is &lt;a href=&quot;${link}&quot;&gt;${text}&lt;/a&gt;.
Matches	[link="http://www.yahoo.com"]Yahoo[/link]
Non-Matches	[link]http://www.yahoo.com[/link] | [link=http://www.yahoo.com]Yahoo[/link]
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Ryan S

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	[0-9]{4}\s*[a-zA-Z]{2}
Description	Dutch zip code expression 4 numbers - space yes/no - 2 letters
Matches	1054 WD | 1054WD | 1054 wd
Non-Matches	10543
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Roland Mensenkamp

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	(^1300\d{6}$)|(^1800|1900|1902\d{6}$)|(^0[2|3|7|8]{1}[0-9]{8}$)|(^13\d{4}$)|(^04\d{2,3}\d{6}$)
Description	Australian phone numbers: Matches all known formats incl normal 10-digit landline numbers (valid area code mandatory) 13, 1300, 1800, 1900, 1902 plus mobile 10 and 11-digit formats. Use a Replace function first to remove non-numerics which are probably separators (E.g. newNum = number.replace(/[\D]/g, ""). Please contact me if you find any valid Aussie numbers being rejected.
Matches	0732105432 | 1300333444 | 131313
Non-Matches	32105432 | 13000456
Author	Rating: Bill Hely

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	^([0-9]{6}[\s\-]{1}[0-9]{12}|[0-9]{18})$
Description	This regular expression matches 'Switch' card numbers - a payment method used extensively in the UK.
Matches	000000 000000000000 | 000000-000000000000 | 000000000000000000
Non-Matches	000000_000000000000
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Scott Frampton

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	^(([1-9])|(0[1-9])|(1[0-2]))\/((0[1-9])|([1-31]))\/((\d{2})|(\d{4}))$
Description	Matches U.S. dates with leading zeros and without and with 2 or four digit years
Matches	01/01/2001 | 1/1/2001 | 01/1/01
Non-Matches	13/01/2001 | 1/2/100 | 09/32/2001
Author	Rating: Chris Becker

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	^(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[0-1]{1}[0-9]{2}|[1-9]{1}[0-9]{1}|[1-9])\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[0-1]{1}[0-9]{2}|[1-9]{1}[0-9]{1}|[1-9]|0)\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[0-1]{1}[0-9]{2}|[1-9]{1}[0-9]{1}|[1-9]|0)\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[0-1]{1}[0-9]{2}|[1-9]{1}[0-9]{1}|[0-9])$
Description	RegExp for validating the format of IP Addresses. This works great with the ASP.NET RegularExpressionValidator server control.
Matches	127.0.0.1 | 255.255.255.0 | 192.168.0.1
Non-Matches	1200.5.4.3 | abc.def.ghi.jkl | 255.foo.bar.1
Author	Rating: G. Andrew Duthie

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	(\w+)\s+\1
Description	This expression uses a BackReference to find occurrences of the same word twice in a row (separated by a space). Matches things like 'mandate dated', which may not be desirable. See Sean Carley's update for a better expression for true repeated word matching.
Matches	hubba hubba | mandate dated | an annual
Non-Matches	may day | gogo | 1212
Author	Rating: Steven Smith

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	^(\(?\+?[0-9]*\)?)?[0-9_\- \(\)]*$
Description	A regular expression to match phone numbers, allowing for an international dialing code at the start and hyphenation and spaces that are sometimes entered.
Matches	(+44)(0)20-12341234 | 02012341234 | +44 (0) 1234-1234
Non-Matches	(44+)020-12341234 | 12341234(+020)
Author	Rating: James Burton

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	((\d{2})|(\d))\/((\d{2})|(\d))\/((\d{4})|(\d{2}))
Description	This matches simple dates against 1 or 2 digits for the month, 1 or 2 digit for the day, and either 2 or 4 digits for the year
Matches	4/5/91 | 04/5/1991 | 4/05/89
Non-Matches	4/5/1
Author	Rating: Andrew Lader

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	^[0-9]{4}\s{0,1}[a-zA-Z]{2}$
Description	Regular expression to evaluate dutch zipcodes. This is an updated version of Roland Mensenkamp.
Matches	2034AK | 2034 AK | 2034 ak
Non-Matches	2034 AK | 321321 AKSSAA
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Jon van Leuven