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Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	<!--[\s\S]*?-->
Description	Removes pesky comments and commented javascript from HTML
Matches	<!-- comments --> | <!-- x = a > b - 3 -->
Non-Matches	<COMMENTS>this is a comment</COMMENTS>
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Lewis Moten

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	</?(\w+)(\s+\w+=(\w+|"[^"]*"|'[^']*'))*>
Description	Finds any HTML tag and sub-matches properties weather it has an apposterphee, quote, or no quote/apposterphee
Matches	<TD> | <TD bgColor="FFFFFF"> | </TD>
Non-Matches	No Tag Here ...
Author	Rating: Lewis Moten

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	^\{?[a-fA-F\d]{8}-([a-fA-F\d]{4}-){3}[a-fA-F\d]{12}\}?$
Description	Validates a GUID with and without brackets. 8,4,4,4,12 hex characters seperated by dashes.
Matches	{e02ff0e4-00ad-090A-c030-0d00a0008ba0} | e02ff0e4-00ad-090A-c030-0d00a0008ba0
Non-Matches	0xe02ff0e400ad090Ac0300d00a0008ba0
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Lewis Moten

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	</?([a-zA-Z][-A-Za-z\d\.]{0,71})(\s+(\S+)(\s*=\s*([-\w\.]{1,1024}|"[^"]{0,1024}"|'[^']{0,1024}'))?)*\s*>
Description	Searches for tags and there atributes according to the HTML 2.0 specification to limit length of tags to 72 characters, and length of attribute values to 1024 characters.
Matches	<IMG src='stars.gif' alt="space" height=1>
Non-Matches	this is not a tag
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Lewis Moten

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	<[a-zA-Z][^>]*\son\w+=(\w+|'[^']*'|"[^"]*")[^>]*>
Description	Find HTML tags that have javascript events attached to them.
Matches	<IMG onmouseover="window.close()">
Non-Matches	<IMG src="star.gif">
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Lewis Moten

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	^[-\w`~!@#$%^&*\(\)+={}|\[\]\\:";'<>?,.\/ ]*$
Description	Make sure string only contains characters that appear on keyboard. Extended characters (such as those with ascii values above 127), will not pass the test.
Matches	My@Password!! | Lewis Moten
Non-Matches	°±²¦¦
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Lewis Moten

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	^[A-Z].*$
Description	Test string to verify it begins with an upper-case letter.
Matches	Lewis | Edward | Moten
Non-Matches	lewis | 1moten | @home
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Lewis Moten

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	\w+([-+.]\w+)*@\w+([-.]\w+)*\.\w+([-.]\w+)*([,;]\s*\w+([-+.]\w+)*@\w+([-.]\w+)*\.\w+([-.]\w+)*)*
Description	Validates 1 or more email addresses. Email addresses can be delimited with either comma or semicolon. White space is allowed after delimiter, but not necessary. I needed this to allow my users to specify multiple email addresses if they choose to do so.
Matches	[email protected] | [email protected], [email protected] | [email protected];[email protected]
Non-Matches	lewis@@moten.com
Author	Rating: Lewis Moten