Regex Explainer

Understand regex patterns with plain English explanations

Regular Expression

Pattern Breakdown

^[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}$

Explanation

^Start of string

[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]Any character in: a-zA-Z0-9._%+-

+One or more of the previous

@Literal character: "@"

[a-zA-Z0-9.-]Any character in: a-zA-Z0-9.-

+One or more of the previous

\.Escaped character: .

[a-zA-Z]Any character in: a-zA-Z

{2,}2 or more of the previous

$End of string

Plain English

Start of string → Any character in: a-zA-Z0-9._%+- → One or more of the previous → Literal character: "@" → Any character in: a-zA-Z0-9.- → One or more of the previous → Escaped character: . → Any character in: a-zA-Z → 2 or more of the previous → End of string

Test String

Result

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