RegExr: A website for interactive regex prototyping with syntax highlighting

Post by silentrob » Thu, May 21, 2015, 8:48 PM UTC

anon3_ wrote: post #5

nodesocket wrote: post #3

RegExr looks really nice, but my go to is still http://rubular.com .

What do you think makes it better? I think the UX on rubular is much cleaner. Don't they both serve a different flavor of regex?

Rubular is my go to as well, even though I primarily write JS expressions and there are some gotcha.

Having the numbered capture groups and clean simple interface is amazing. I also test and create tiny urls embedded in my code to show how the expression work. Handy for coming back later and making changes.

I don't doubt there is something better, but it is still hard to change.

Post by piyush_soni » Thu, May 21, 2015, 9:24 PM UTC

wodenokoto wrote: post #63

jasode wrote: post #36

Unfortunately, RegExr does not color-code the different capturing groups. For example, replace the RegExr sample regex with "([A-Z])\w+\s\w(\d.\d)" and compare[1][2] its color coding capability to the other regex helpers. The other sites such as regex101.com & debuggex.com will delineate the capture groups within the matched text using different colors. This is very helpful for complex captures because making the bou…

Just wanted to chime in and give my recommendation for regex101.com that parent links to. This is by far the best regex "composer" I have ever used, on or offline.

Yup. regex101.com is really awesome and has been a time saver for me many times.

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