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Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	(?i)(pharmacy)|((p(.{1,3})?h(.{1,3})?a(.{1,3})?r(.{1,3)?m(.{1,3})?a(.{1,3})?c(.{1,3})?y))
Description	AntiSpam: matches variations on the word "pharmacy"
Matches	phaaarmacy | pphhaarrmmaaccyy | ppharmacy
Non-Matches	armacy
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Louis Ostendorf

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	(\b)(\w+(\b|\n|\s)){3}
Description	This script attempts to return phrases from a string (Example above looks for {3} word phrases) Combine this with some .Net code, you can display most popular X word phrases in a string. -If anyone can help me count "Phrase and Phrase as 2 instances of Phrase please contact me
Matches	three blind mice | see how they run
Non-Matches	three blind | they run
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Dan Hall

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	^\.([rR]([aA][rR]|\d{2})|(\d{3})?)$
Description	RAR file extensions. Works also with '*.part01.rar' given '.rar' to be the file extension. Does not support volumes exceed 101 for s## (r99, s00, s01, ...) serie.
Matches	.RAr | .r01 | .012
Non-Matches	.rxr | .a01 | .0112
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Jack Yang

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	[AaEeIiOoUuYy]
Description	This simple reg-ex accepts any vowel letter.
Matches	a | o | e
Non-Matches	z | x | w
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Alexander Pinsker

Title	Test Details UK National Insurance Number
Expression	^((A[ABEHKLMPRSTWXYZ])|(B[ABEHKLMT])|(C[ABEHKLR])|(E[ABEHKLMPRSTWXYZ])|(GY)|(H[ABEHKLMPRSTWXYZ])|(J[ABCEGHJKLMNPRSTWXYZ])|(K[ABEHKLMPRSTWXYZ])|(L[ABEHKLMPRSTWXYZ])|(M[AWX])|(N[ABEHLMPRSWXYZ])|(O[ABEHKLMPRSX])|(P[ABCEGHJLMNPRSTWXY])|(R[ABEHKMPRSTWXYZ])|(S[ABCGHJKLMNPRSTWXYZ])|(T[ABEHKLMPRSTWXYZ])|(W[ABEKLMP])|(Y[ABEHKLMPRSTWXYZ])|(Z[ABEHKLMPRSTWXY]))\d{6}([A-D]|\s)$
Description	UK National Insurance (NI) Number, updated 14 Dec 2005 and current for 2006.
Matches	NS123456A | AA555555A | ZY654321
Non-Matches	QB123456A | DD123456D | MB654321X
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Amos Hurd

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	^(?=.*\d)(?=.*[a-zA-Z])(?!.*[\W_\x7B-\xFF]).{6,15}$
Description	Password validator Requires 6-20 characters including at least 1 upper or lower alpha, and 1 digit. It should disallow just about everything else, inluding extended characters.
Matches	abc123 | BA99342bob | 1232z123311
Non-Matches	abcdef | 123456 | 123'ABC
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Tim Conama

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	"[^"\r\n]*"
Description	returns string between two quotes
Matches	Return Parent.DB.GetDataReader("CauseImmediateGet", MyIncidentEventTypeID)
Non-Matches	Return Parent.DB.GetDataReader(CauseImmediateGet", MyIncidentEventTypeID)
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Sonal Bordia

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	^([34|37]{2})([0-9]{13})$
Description	Validate against any american express number. All american express numbers start with either a 34 or 37, followed by 13 other numbers.
Matches	341256321524212 | 371524254523125
Non-Matches	425152365212542 | 34256321523621 | 3712563212523651
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Jeff Johns

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	^([4]{1})([0-9]{12,15})$
Description	Validate against a visa card number. All visa cards start with a 4 and are followed by 12 to 15 more numbers.
Matches	4125632152365 | 418563256985214 | 4125632569856321
Non-Matches	3125652365214 | 41256321256 | 42563985632156322
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Jeff Johns

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	(\S*)+(\u007C)+(\S*)
Description	Useful for grabbing pipe delimited text from a string.
Matches	this is a sentence with tokens alpha|bravo|charlie
Non-Matches	only pipes not alpha,bravo
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Richard Johnn

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	^([6011]{4})([0-9]{12})$
Description	Validate against any discover card number. All DC's start with 6011 and are followed by 12 other numbers.
Matches	6011212541254121 | 6011523654125685
Non-Matches	5021152365212541 | 601126523652321 | 60112563212563215
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Jeff Johns

Title	Test Details Word Break
Expression	^(?:[ -~]{10,25}(?:$|(?:[\w!?.])\s))
Description	Word Break. This regex can be used to break a long line of text on a full word. The qualifiers specify the minimum and maximum number of character allow before the break and can be changed according to your need. Blogge about this here http://regexadvice.com/blogs/mash/archive/2005/02/09/324.aspx
Matches	This is just a simple sample
Non-Matches	A sample
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Michael Ash

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	(\S+)\x20{2,}(?=\S+)
Description	Trim Inside. This pattern can be used with a replace value of "$1 " to remove multiple consecutive spaces between characters and replace with a single space. Trailing and leading spaces are NOT altered.
Matches	Too Many spaces.
Non-Matches	No extra spaces | No Extra spaces Inside
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Michael Ash

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	([^\.\?\!]*)[\.\?\!]
Description	Finds sentences (assuming they end with a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark).
Matches	This is a series of sentences. They end predictably! Where would we be without punctuation?
Non-Matches	This sentence just trails off
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Mike Reeves-McMillan

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	(À|Á|Â|Ã|Ä|Å|à|á|â|ã|ä|å|a|A|@|@|α|À|Á|Â|Ã|Ä|Å|À|Á|Â|Ã|Ä|Å|à|á|â|ã|ä|å|à|á|â|ã|ä|å)
Description	spam stopper, catches non english language flocks for letter A
Matches	ENLÃRGMENT | àll new | eãsy go
Non-Matches	ENLARGMENT | all new | easy go
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Alanski Perryman

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	^([1-9]{1}[0-9]{3}[,]?)*([1-9]{1}[0-9]{3})$
Description	Matches a comma-seperated list of year(s).
Matches	1999,2001,1988 | 1999
Non-Matches	0199,1997 | 0199 | 1999,
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Craig Pearson

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	^(?=((0[1-9]0)|([1-7][1-7]\d)|(00[1-9])|(0[1-9][1-9]))-(?=(([1-9]0)|(0[1-9])|([1-9][1-9]))-(?=((\d{3}[1-9])$|([1-9]\d{3})$|(\d[1-9]\d{2})$|(\d{2}[1-9]\d)$))))
Description	I wrote this regular expression because a project I was working on required a stricter validator on social security numbers. There are actually gov't standards on what is a valid social: The first 3 digits can't be > 779, The first 3 digits can't be 000, The second 2 digits can't be 00, and the last 4 digits can't be 0000. This regex handles all these cases and checks formatting for numbering and dashes (###-##-####)
Matches	053-27-0293 | 770-29-2012 | 063-71-9123
Non-Matches	780-20-1230 | 000-24-1290 | 123-00-1239
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Scott Long

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	(\b\w+\b) # Match a word and capture it \s+ \1 # Use backreference \1 to match double-ups
Description
Matches	This is is a match
Non-Matches	This isn't!
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Darren Neimke

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	[\\s+,]
Description	Simple expression for matching all commas and all whitespace characters: ASCII (13,10,44)
Matches	, | whitespace | carrage returns
Non-Matches	cat
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. andrew stone

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	(?<FirstName>[A-Z]\.?\w*\-?[A-Z]?\w*)\s?(?<MiddleName>[A-Z]\w+|[A-Z]?\.?)\s(?<LastName>[A-Z]?\w{0,3}[A-Z]\w+\-?[A-Z]?\w*)(?:,\s|)(?<Suffix>Jr\.|Sr\.|IV|III|II|)
Description	Fine-tuned the previous version to handle surnames with embedded caps like McCoy and DeCarlo.
Matches	David Walker | Bob MacDonald | Yvonne DeCarlo
Non-Matches	oscar peterson
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. David Walker