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# Regex Tutorial | |
Regex or Regular expressions are patterns used to match character combinations in strings. In this tutorial, we will be taking a brief look into what Regex (regular expressions) are and how they work. While regular expressions may seem to be overwhelming at first glance, | |
just like with any language that can be broken down into its most simple parts and easily understood. A Regular expressions is a sequence of characters that defines a specific search pattern. They are often used to validate input data | |
## Summary | |
Regex (short for regular expression) is a string of text that allows you to create search patterns that match, manage, and locate text. An example code snippet of regex shows as following: | |
``` | |
/[\w._%+-]+@[\w.-]+\.[a-zA-z]{2,4}/ |