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Regex Highlight Tester — JavaScript Pattern Matching

Test JavaScript regular expressions in your browser with native RegExp. Supports flags such as i, g, and m, highlights matches, and shows capture groups with offsets for debugging email, crawler, and validation rules.

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Use cases

  • Debug email or URL validation patterns
  • Check whether greedy matching runs past the intended span
  • Inspect capture group text and match positions

How to use

  1. Enter a regular expression and choose flags
  2. Paste the text to test
  3. Review highlighted matches and capture groups

Example input and output

Pattern and text

\w+@\w+\.\w+ against help@uuup.dev

Result

Matches help@uuup.dev

FAQ

Which syntax is supported?

It follows the browser native RegExp implementation. Advanced features such as lookaround depend on the current browser.

Does the test text leave the browser?

No. Matching runs locally in your browser.

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