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Regular Expression

Regular expressions (regex) are patterns used for matching and manipulating text, useful for validating input, searching, and data extraction. They consist of characters and special symbols, with specific syntax and character classes to define patterns. The document also provides an example of a regex for validating email addresses and lists resources for further learning about regex.

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Regular Expression

Regular expressions (regex) are patterns used for matching and manipulating text, useful for validating input, searching, and data extraction. They consist of characters and special symbols, with specific syntax and character classes to define patterns. The document also provides an example of a regex for validating email addresses and lists resources for further learning about regex.

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Regular Expression

Umar Balarabe
Regular Expression
• Regular expressions (or "regex") are patterns used to match and
manipulate text. They are a powerful tool for tasks like:
Validating user input
Searching and replacing text
 Parsing and extracting data
Basic Syntax
• Regular expressions are enclosed in forward slashes `/` and consist of
a pattern of characters and special symbols

Example: `/^[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}$/`
Special Characters
• -`.` - Matches any character except newline
• `\d` - Matches any digit character
• `\w` - Matches any word character (letter, digit, or underscore)
• `\s` - Matches any whitespace character
• `^` - Matches the start of the string
• `$` - Matches the end of the string
Character Classes
• `[abc]` - Matches any character in the set (a, b, or c)
• `[^abc]` - Matches any character not in the set
• `[a-z]` - Matches any character in the range (a to z)
Email cont..
• if (preg_match( '/^[a-zA-Z0-9.%_+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}$/',
$email) ) {

echo "Valid email";

}
Email Validation
• The following regex checks that the input is a valid
email address: `/^[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.
[a-zA-Z]{2,}$/`
• It validates the username, domain, and top-level
domain
Sources
• Regex101 ([Link] Online regex tester and debugger
• [Link] ([Link]
Comprehensive regex tutorial
• The Complete Regex Course ([Link]
complete-regex-course/

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