Regular Expression (Regex) - Examples and Solutions
Regular Expression (Regex) - Examples and Solutions
Regular expression (or in short regex) is a very useful tool that is used to describe a search pattern for matching the text. Regex is nothing but a sequence of some characters that defines a search pattern. Regex is used for parsing, filtering, validating, and extracting meaningful information from large text, such as logs and output generated from other programs.
Regular expression to extract text between square brackets
Example
package main
import (
"fmt"
"regexp"
"strings"
)
func main() {
str1 := "this is a [sample] [[string]] with [SOME] special words"
re := regexp.MustCompile(`\[([^\[\]]*)\]`)
fmt.Printf("Pattern: %v\n", re.String()) // print pattern
fmt.Println("Matched:", re.MatchString(str1)) // true
fmt.Println("\nText between square brackets:")
submatchall := re.FindAllString(str1, -1)
for _, element := range submatchall {
element = strings.Trim(element, "[")
element = strings.Trim(element, "]")
fmt.Println(element)
}
}
Output
Pattern: \[([^\[\]]*)\]
Matched: true
Text between square brackets:
sample
string
SOME
Regular expression to extract all Non-Alphanumeric Characters from a String
Example
package main
import (
"fmt"
"regexp"
)
func main() {
str1 := "We @@@Love@@@@ #Go!$! ****Programming****Language^^^"
re := regexp.MustCompile(`[^a-zA-Z0-9]+`)
fmt.Printf("Pattern: %v\n", re.String()) // print pattern
fmt.Println(re.MatchString(str1)) // true
submatchall := re.FindAllString(str1, -1)
for _, element := range submatchall {
fmt.Println(element)
}
}
Output
Pattern: [^a-zA-Z0-9]+
true
@@@
@@@@ #
!$! ****
****
^^^
Regular expression to extract date(YYYY-MM-DD) from string
Example
package main
import (
"fmt"
"regexp"
)
func main() {
str1 := "If I am 20 years 10 months and 14 days old as of August 17,2016 then my DOB would be 1995-10-03"
re := regexp.MustCompile(`\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}`)
fmt.Printf("Pattern: %v\n", re.String()) // print pattern
fmt.Println(re.MatchString(str1)) // true
submatchall := re.FindAllString(str1, -1)
for _, element := range submatchall {
fmt.Println(element)
}
}
Output
Pattern: \d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}
true
1995-10-03
Regular expression to extract DNS host-name or IP Address from string
Example
package main
import (
"fmt"
"regexp"
)
func main() {
str1 := `Proxy Port Last Check Proxy Speed Proxy Country Anonymity 118.99.81.204
118.99.81.204 8080 34 sec Indonesia - Tangerang Transparent 2.184.31.2 8080 58 sec
Iran Transparent 93.126.11.189 8080 1 min Iran - Esfahan Transparent 202.118.236.130
7777 1 min China - Harbin Transparent 62.201.207.9 8080 1 min Iraq Transparent`
re := regexp.MustCompile(`(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)(\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)){3}`)
fmt.Printf("Pattern: %v\n", re.String()) // print pattern
fmt.Println(re.MatchString(str1)) // true
submatchall := re.FindAllString(str1, -1)
for _, element := range submatchall {
fmt.Println(element)
}
}
Output
Pattern: (25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)(\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)){3}
true
118.99.81.204
118.99.81.204
2.184.31.2
93.126.11.189
202.118.236.130
62.201.207.9
Regular expression to extract domain from URL
Example
package main
import (
"fmt"
"regexp"
)
func main() {
str1 := `http://www.suon.co.uk/product/1/7/3/`
re := regexp.MustCompile(`^(?:https?:\/\/)?(?:[^@\/\n]+@)?(?:www\.)?([^:\/\n]+)`)
fmt.Printf("Pattern: %v\n", re.String()) // print pattern
fmt.Println(re.MatchString(str1)) // true
submatchall := re.FindAllString(str1,-1)
for _, element := range submatchall {
fmt.Println(element)
}
}
Output
Pattern: ^(?:https?:\/\/)?(?:[^@\/\n]+@)?(?:www\.)?([^:\/\n]+)
true
http://www.suon.co.uk
Regular expression to validate email address
Example
package main
import (
"fmt"
"regexp"
)
func main() {
str1 := "ç$€§/az@gmail.com"
str2 := "abcd@gmail_yahoo.com"
str3 := "abcd@gmail-yahoo.com"
str4 := "abcd@gmailyahoo"
str5 := "abcd@gmail.yahoo"
re := regexp.MustCompile("^[a-zA-Z0-9.!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?(?:\\.[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?)*$")
fmt.Printf("Pattern: %v\n", re.String()) // print pattern
fmt.Printf("\nEmail: %v :%v\n", str1, re.MatchString(str1))
fmt.Printf("Email: %v :%v\n", str2, re.MatchString(str2))
fmt.Printf("Email: %v :%v\n", str3, re.MatchString(str3))
fmt.Printf("Email: %v :%v\n", str4, re.MatchString(str4))
fmt.Printf("Email: %v :%v\n", str5, re.MatchString(str5))
}
Output
Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9.!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?(?:\.[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?)*$
Email: ç$?§/az@gmail.com :false
Email: abcd@gmail_yahoo.com :false
Email: abcd@gmail-yahoo.com :true
Email: abcd@gmailyahoo :true
Email: abcd@gmail.yahoo :true
Regular expression to validate phone number
Example
package main
import (
"fmt"
"regexp"
)
func main() {
str1 := "1(234)5678901x1234"
str2 := "(+351) 282 43 50 50"
str3 := "90191919908"
str4 := "555-8909"
str5 := "001 6867684"
str6 := "001 6867684x1"
str7 := "1 (234) 567-8901"
str8 := "1-234-567-8901 ext1234"
re := regexp.MustCompile(`^(?:(?:\(?(?:00|\+)([1-4]\d\d|[1-9]\d?)\)?)?[\-\.\ \\\/]?)?((?:\(?\d{1,}\)?[\-\.\ \\\/]?){0,})(?:[\-\.\ \\\/]?(?:#|ext\.?|extension|x)[\-\.\ \\\/]?(\d+))?$`)
fmt.Printf("Pattern: %v\n", re.String()) // print pattern
fmt.Printf("\nPhone: %v\t:%v\n", str1, re.MatchString(str1))
fmt.Printf("Phone: %v\t:%v\n", str2, re.MatchString(str2))
fmt.Printf("Phone: %v\t\t:%v\n", str3, re.MatchString(str3))
fmt.Printf("Phone: %v\t\t\t:%v\n", str4, re.MatchString(str4))
fmt.Printf("Phone: %v\t\t:%v\n", str5, re.MatchString(str5))
fmt.Printf("Phone: %v\t\t:%v\n", str6, re.MatchString(str6))
fmt.Printf("Phone: %v\t\t:%v\n", str7, re.MatchString(str7))
fmt.Printf("Phone: %v\t:%v\n", str8, re.MatchString(str8))
}
Output
Pattern: ^(?:(?:\(?(?:00|\+)([1-4]\d\d|[1-9]\d?)\)?)?[\-\.\ \\\/]?)?((?:\(?\d{1,}\)?[\-\.\ \\\/]?){0,})(?:[\-\.\ \\\/]?(?:#|ext\.?|extension|x
)[\-\.\ \\\/]?(\d+))?$
Phone: 1(234)5678901x1234 :true
Phone: (+351) 282 43 50 50 :true
Phone: 90191919908 :true
Phone: 555-8909 :true
Phone: 001 6867684 :true
Phone: 001 6867684x1 :true
Phone: 1 (234) 567-8901 :true
Phone: 1-234-567-8901 ext1234 :true
Regular expression to validate the date format in "dd/mm/yyyy"
Example
package main
import (
"fmt"
"regexp"
)
func main() {
str1 := "31/07/2010"
str2 := "1/13/2010"
str3 := "29/2/2007"
str4 := "31/08/2010"
str5 := "29/02/200a"
str6 := "29/02/200a"
str7 := "55/02/200a"
str8 := "2_/02/2009"
re := regexp.MustCompile("(0?[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])/(0?[1-9]|1[012])/((19|20)\\d\\d)")
fmt.Printf("Pattern: %v\n", re.String()) // print pattern
fmt.Printf("\nDate: %v :%v\n", str1, re.MatchString(str1))
fmt.Printf("Date: %v :%v\n", str2, re.MatchString(str2))
fmt.Printf("Date: %v :%v\n", str3, re.MatchString(str3))
fmt.Printf("Date: %v :%v\n", str4, re.MatchString(str4))
fmt.Printf("Date: %v :%v\n", str5, re.MatchString(str5))
fmt.Printf("Date: %v :%v\n", str6, re.MatchString(str6))
fmt.Printf("Date: %v :%v\n", str7, re.MatchString(str7))
fmt.Printf("Date: %v :%v\n", str8, re.MatchString(str8))
}
Output
Pattern: (0?[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])/(0?[1-9]|1[012])/((19|20)\d\d)
Date: 31/07/2010 :true
Date: 1/13/2010 :false
Date: 29/2/2007 :true
Date: 31/08/2010 :true
Date: 29/02/200a :false
Date: 29/02/200a :false
Date: 55/02/200a :false
Date: 2_/02/2009 :false
Regular expression to validate common Credit Card Numbers
Example
package main
import (
"fmt"
"regexp"
)
func main() {
str1 := "4111111111111111"
str2 := "346823285239073"
str3 := "370750517718351"
str4 := "4556229836495866"
str5 := "5019717010103742"
str6 := "76009244561"
str7 := "4111-1111-1111-1111"
str8 := "5610591081018250"
str9 := "30569309025904"
str10 := "6011111111111117"
re := regexp.MustCompile(`^(?:4[0-9]{12}(?:[0-9]{3})?|[25][1-7][0-9]{14}|6(?:011|5[0-9][0-9])[0-9]{12}|3[47][0-9]{13}|3(?:0[0-5]|[68][0-9])[0-9]{11}|(?:2131|1800|35\d{3})\d{11})$`)
fmt.Printf("Pattern: %v\n", re.String()) // print pattern
fmt.Printf("\nCC : %v :%v\n", str1, re.MatchString(str1))
fmt.Printf("CC : %v :%v\n", str2, re.MatchString(str2))
fmt.Printf("CC : %v :%v\n", str3, re.MatchString(str3))
fmt.Printf("CC : %v :%v\n", str4, re.MatchString(str4))
fmt.Printf("CC : %v :%v\n", str5, re.MatchString(str5))
fmt.Printf("CC : %v :%v\n", str6, re.MatchString(str6))
fmt.Printf("CC : %v :%v\n", str7, re.MatchString(str7))
fmt.Printf("CC : %v :%v\n", str8, re.MatchString(str8))
fmt.Printf("CC : %v :%v\n", str9, re.MatchString(str9))
fmt.Printf("CC : %v :%v\n", str10, re.MatchString(str10))
}
Output
Pattern: ^(?:4[0-9]{12}(?:[0-9]{3})?|[25][1-7][0-9]{14}|6(?:011|5[0-9][0-9])[0-9]{12}|3[47][0-9]{13}|3(?:0[0-5]|[68][0-9])[0-9]{11}|(?:2131|18
00|35\d{3})\d{11})$
CC : 4111111111111111 :true
CC : 346823285239073 :true
CC : 370750517718351 :true
CC : 4556229836495866 :true
CC : 5019717010103742 :false
CC : 76009244561 :false
CC : 4111-1111-1111-1111 :false
CC : 5610591081018250 :true
CC : 30569309025904 :true
CC : 6011111111111117 :true
Replace any non-alphanumeric character sequences with a dash using Regex
Example
package main
import (
"fmt"
"log"
"regexp"
)
func main() {
reg, err := regexp.Compile("[^A-Za-z0-9]+")
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
newStr := reg.ReplaceAllString("#Golang#Python$Php&Kotlin@@", "-")
fmt.Println(newStr)
}
Output
-Golang-Python-Php-Kotlin-
Replace first occurrence of string using Regexp
Example
package main
import (
"fmt"
"regexp"
)
func main() {
strEx := "Php-Golang-Php-Python-Php-Kotlin"
reStr := regexp.MustCompile("^(.*?)Php(.*)$")
repStr := "${1}Java$2"
output := reStr.ReplaceAllString(strEx, repStr)
fmt.Println(output)
}
Output
Java-Golang-Php-Python-Php-Kotlin
Regular expression to split string on white spaces
Example
package main
import (
"fmt"
"regexp"
)
func main() {
str1 := "Split String on \nwhite \tspaces."
re := regexp.MustCompile(`\S+`)
fmt.Printf("Pattern: %v\n", re.String()) // Print Pattern
fmt.Printf("String contains any match: %v\n", re.MatchString(str1)) // True
submatchall := re.FindAllString(str1, -1)
for _, element := range submatchall {
fmt.Println(element)
}
}
Output
Pattern: \S+
String contains any match: true
Split
String
on
white
spaces.
Regular expression to extract numbers from a string
Example
package main
import (
"fmt"
"regexp"
)
func main() {
str1 := "Hello X42 I'm a Y-32.35 string Z30"
re := regexp.MustCompile(`[-]?\d[\d,]*[\.]?[\d{2}]*`)
fmt.Printf("Pattern: %v\n", re.String()) // Print Pattern
fmt.Printf("String contains any match: %v\n", re.MatchString(str1)) // True
submatchall := re.FindAllString(str1, -1)
for _, element := range submatchall {
fmt.Println(element)
}
}
Output
Pattern: [-]?\d[\d,]*[\.]?[\d{2}]*
String contains any match: true
42
-32.35
30
Regular expression to extract filename from given path
Example
package main
import (
"fmt"
"regexp"
)
func main() {
re := regexp.MustCompile(`^(.*/)?(?:$|(.+?)(?:(\.[^.]*$)|$))`)
str1 := `http://www.golangprograms.com/regular-expressions.html`
match1 := re.FindStringSubmatch(str1)
fmt.Println(match1[2])
str2 := `/home/me/dir3/dir3a/dir3ac/filepat.png`
match2 := re.FindStringSubmatch(str2)
fmt.Println(match2[2])
}
Output
regular-expressions
filepat
Split a string at uppercase letters using regular expression
Example
package main
import (
"fmt"
"regexp"
)
func main() {
str1 := "Hello X42 I'm a Y-32.35 string Z30"
re := regexp.MustCompile(`[A-Z][^A-Z]*`)
fmt.Printf("Pattern: %v\n", re.String()) // Print Pattern
submatchall := re.FindAllString(str1, -1)
for _, element := range submatchall {
fmt.Println(element)
}
}
Output
Pattern: [A-Z][^A-Z]*
Hello
X42
I'm a
Y-32.35 string
Z30
Regular Expression to get a string between parentheses
Example
package main
import (
"fmt"
"regexp"
"strings"
)
func main() {
str1 := "This is a (sample) ((string)) with (SOME) special words"
re := regexp.MustCompile(`\((.*?)\)`)
fmt.Printf("Pattern: %v\n", re.String()) // print pattern
fmt.Println("\nText between parentheses:")
submatchall := re.FindAllString(str1, -1)
for _, element := range submatchall {
element = strings.Trim(element, "(")
element = strings.Trim(element, ")")
fmt.Println(element)
}
}
Output
Pattern: \((.*?)\)
Text between parentheses:
sample
string
SOME
Replace symbols with white space in string
@Output@ how much for the maple syrup 20 99 That s ridiculous
Example
@Example@
package main
import (
"fmt"
"log"
"regexp"
)
func main() {
str1 := "how much for the maple syrup? $20.99? That's ridiculous!!!"
re, err := regexp.Compile(`[^\w]`)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
str1 = re.ReplaceAllString(str1, " ")
fmt.Println(str1)
}
Output
How much for the apple cider 120 99 It is too much
Regex to extract image name from HTML
Example
package main
import (
"fmt"
"regexp"
)
func main() {
str1 := `
`
re := regexp.MustCompile(`]+\bsrc=["']([^"']+)["']`)
submatchall := re.FindAllStringSubmatch(str1, -1)
for _, element := range submatchall {
fmt.Println(element[1])
}
}
Output
1.png
2.png
Replace emoji characters in string using regex
@Output@ Thats a nice joke 😆😆😆 😛
Example
@Example@
package main
import (
"fmt"
"regexp"
)
func main() {
var emojiRx = regexp.MustCompile(`[\x{1F600}-\x{1F6FF}|[\x{2600}-\x{26FF}]`)
var str = emojiRx.ReplaceAllString("Thats a nice joke 😆😆😆 😛", `[e]`)
fmt.Println(str)
}
Output
Thats a nice joke [e][e][e] [e]
Regular Expression to text between textarea HTML tag
Example
package main
import (
"fmt"
"regexp"
)
func main() {
str1 := `<html><body>
<form name="query" action="http://www.example.net/action.php" method="post">
<textarea type="text" name="nameiknow">The text I want</textarea>
<div id="button">
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</div>
</form>
</body></html>`
re := regexp.MustCompile(`<textarea.*?>(.*)</textarea>`)
submatchall := re.FindAllStringSubmatch(str1, -1)
for _, element := range submatchall {
fmt.Println(element[1])
}
}
Output
The text I want
Regular expression for matching HH:MM time format
Example
package main
import (
"fmt"
"regexp"
)
func main() {
str1 := "8:2"
str2 := "9:9"
str3 := "12:29"
str4 := "02:5"
str5 := "23:59"
str6 := "55:59"
str7 := "0:01"
re := regexp.MustCompile(`^([0-9]|0[0-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-3]):([0-9]|[0-5][0-9])$`)
fmt.Printf("Pattern: %v\n", re.String()) // print pattern
fmt.Printf("Time: %v\t:%v\n", str1, re.MatchString(str1))
fmt.Printf("Time: %v\t:%v\n", str2, re.MatchString(str2))
fmt.Printf("Time: %v\t:%v\n", str3, re.MatchString(str3))
fmt.Printf("Time: %v\t:%v\n", str4, re.MatchString(str4))
fmt.Printf("Time: %v\t:%v\n", str5, re.MatchString(str5))
fmt.Printf("Time: %v\t:%v\n", str6, re.MatchString(str6))
fmt.Printf("Time: %v\t:%v\n", str7, re.MatchString(str7))
}
Output
Pattern: ^([0-9]|0[0-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-3]):([0-9]|[0-5][0-9])$
Time: 8:2 :true
Time: 9:9 :true
Time: 12:29 :true
Time: 02:5 :true
Time: 23:59 :true
Time: 55:59 :false
Time: 0:01 :true
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