Regular Expression Builder

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Hi,

Can anyone recommend a tool (free or cheap, online or desktop) to help build regular expressions, preferably with real-time highlighting of matches.

I've tried searching on this and I seem to get a hotchpotch of old links that are either broken, install adware or simply crash. There must be something decent out there. I'm prepared to reward the programmer with a reasonable fee if the app is okay.

Kind wishes - Patrick

Posted 31-Mar-13 23:37pm

Patrick Skelton

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Thomas Daniels · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-31T23:39:00

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Hi,

Try Expresso[^]

Posted 31-Mar-13 23:39pm

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Kenneth Haugland · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-31T23:39:00

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This is the one I use:
Expresso - A Tool for Building and Testing Regular Expressions[^]

OThers are also availiable:
http://www.codeproject.com/search.aspx?q=regex+tool&x=0&y=0&sbo=kw[^]

Posted 31-Mar-13 23:39pm

Kenneth Haugland

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Patrick Skelton 2-Apr-13 13:06pm

Thank you for this. Just personal preference, but this one does exactly what I want with no fuss: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/24040/RegEx-Tester-Regular-Expression-Tester?msg=4531244#xx4531244xx

Kenneth Haugland 2-Apr-13 13:13pm

I used Expresso when I designed this regex in the article:
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/199800/Evaluate-complex-and-real-math-calculator
That would not have been easy without some regex tester utility. I havent tried your suggestion, but it looks good.

**Zoltán Zörgő** · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-31T23:38:00

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There it is: http://www.weitz.de/regex-coach/[^]
I am using it for years.

Posted 31-Mar-13 23:38pm

Zoltán Zörgő