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Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	(^.+\|+[A-Za-z])
Description	Anti-Spam/Spam stopper: Detects all words with the character "|" instead of an "l" or "1"
Matches	| comp|eted | fu|l-sized | annua|ly
Non-Matches	www.fireflyfx.net | www.trustmusic.nl
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Louis Ostendorf

Title	Test Details Simple Microsoft Product Key
Expression	^[A-Z1-9]{5}-[A-Z1-9]{5}-[A-Z1-9]{5}-[A-Z1-9]{5}-[A-Z1-9]{5}$
Description	Simple Microsoft product key check.
Matches	12345-12345-12345-12345-12345 | ABCDE-ABCDE-ABCDE-ABCDE-ABCDE | AB5DE-AB5DE-AB5DE-AB5DE-AB5DE
Non-Matches	12345-123-123456-12345 | ABC-ABCDEF-ABCDE-ABCDE | 12AB5-ABC-12AB567-12AB5
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Amos Hurd

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	((\(\d{3}\) ?)|(\d{3}-))?\d{3}-\d{4}
Description	US Phone Number -- doesn't check to see if first digit is legal (not a 0 or 1).
Matches	(123) 456-7890 | 123-456-7890
Non-Matches	1234567890
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Steven Smith

Title	Test Details Strongish Password
Expression	^[a-zA-Z]\w{3,14}$
Description	The password's first character must be a letter, it must contain at least 4 characters and no more than 15 characters and no characters other than letters, numbers and the underscore may be used
Matches	abcd | aBc45DSD_sdf | password
Non-Matches	afv | 1234 | reallylongpassword
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Steven Smith

Title	Test Details Alphanumeric
Expression	^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$
Description	Matches any alphanumeric string (no spaces).
Matches	10a | ABC | A3fg
Non-Matches	45.3 | this or that | $23
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Steven Smith

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	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	^[A-Z0-9]{8}-[A-Z0-9]{4}-[A-Z0-9]{4}-[A-Z0-9]{4}-[A-Z0-9]{12}$
Description	GUID Tester. It tests SQL Server GUIDs, which are alphanumeric characters grouped 8-4-4-4-12 (with the dashes). Make sure they don't have the brackets around them before you check them and have fun!
Matches	4D28C5AD-6482-41CD-B84E-4573F384BB5C | B1E1282C-A35C-4D5A-BF8B-7A3A51D9E388 | 91036A4A-A0F4-43F0-8CD
Non-Matches	{B1E1282C-A35C-4D3A-BF8B-7A3A51D9E388} | AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA | B;E1282C-A35C-4D3A-BF8B-7A3A51D9E38
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. James Bray

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	\b(\w+)\s+\1\b
Description	Uses backreferences and word boundaries to match repeated words seperated by whitespace without matching a word with the same ending as the next words beginning.
Matches	Tell the the preacher | some some | hubba hubba
Non-Matches	once an annual report | mandate dated submissions | Hubba hubba
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Sean Carley

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

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	^.{4,8}$
Description	Matches any string between 4 and 8 characters in length. Limits the length of a string. Useful to add to password regular expressions.
Matches	asdf | 1234 | asdf1234
Non-Matches	asd | 123 | asdfe12345
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Steven Smith

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	^(user=([a-z0-9]+,)*(([a-z0-9]+){1});)?(group=([a-z0-9]+,)*(([a-z0-9]+){1});)?(level=[0-9]+;)?$
Description	This re was used for a security routine. The format is: [user=name1,name2,...,nameN;][group=group1,group2,...,groupN;][level=number;] Each component is optional, but they must appear the in order listed if applicable.
Matches	user=foo,bar,quux;group=manager,admin;level=100; | group=nobody;level=24;
Non-Matches	user=foo | blahh
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Michael Scovetta

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	(?-i:\b\p{Ll}+\b)
Description	This pattern matches lower-case letters
Matches	test | holã | p
Non-Matches	Test | 123 | ?S
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Michael Ash

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	(?-i:\b\p{Lu}+\b)
Description	Matches uppercase unicode alpha characters
Matches	ABCDE | ??G?? | Æ
Non-Matches	abc | aß?d | æ
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Michael Ash

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	\p{IsBasicLatin}
Description	Matches any character is the Basic Latin Unicode Range \U0000-U007F (Ascii 0-127) I've blogged about this and other expressions here http://blogs.regexadvice.com/mash/archive/2004/04/17/988.aspx
Matches	ABCxyz | 123 | +-=
Non-Matches	? | ? | ?
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Michael Ash

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	\p{N}
Description	Matches numbers. Note: the second match (?) and the second non-match (IV) are not the same. I cover this in more detail here http://blogs.regexadvice.com/mash/archive/2004/04/17/988.aspx
Matches	123890 | ? | ½
Non-Matches	AAABB | IV | Ten
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Michael Ash

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	\p{Sm}
Description	Math Symbols. NOTE: the second examples of match and non-match are not the same. The non-match is the keyboard dash. The match is the unicode minus sign.
Matches	+= | - | ± v =
Non-Matches	1 | - | 1x2
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Michael Ash

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	([0-1][0-9]|2[0-3]):[0-5][0-9]
Description	Validate an hour entry to be between 00:00 and 23:59
Matches	00:00 | 13:59 | 23:59
Non-Matches	24:00 | 23:60
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Steve Charland

Title	Test Details Pattern Title
Expression	^0[1-6]{1}(([0-9]{2}){4})|((\s[0-9]{2}){4})|((-[0-9]{2}){4})$
Description	Regular Expression that validate phone in France.
Matches	01 46 70 89 12 | 01-46-70-89-12 | 0146708912
Non-Matches	01-46708912 | 01 46708912 | +33235256677
Author	Rating: Not yet rated. Bertrand Perrin