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Created April 19, 2021 02:49

regex tutorial for URL matching

Matching a URL using regular expressions - a tutorial

The following gist gives a thorough description of the central components in matching a given URL utilizing regular expressions in Javascript.

Regex uses a sequence of characters to define a specific search pattern. In the URL matching regex, regex matches any valid URL.

/^(https?:\/\/)?([\da-z\.-]+)\.([a-z\.]{2,6})([\/\w \.-]*)*\/?$/

mambru82 / regex-tutorial.md

Last active April 19, 2021 02:51

Gist describing a regex search function

The following gist gives a thorough description of the central components in matching a given URL utilizing regular expressions in Javascript.

Regex uses a sequence of characters to define a specific search pattern. In the URL matching regex, regex matches any valid URL.

/^(https?:\/\/)?([\da-z\.-]+)\.([a-z\.]{2,6})([\/\w \.-]*)*\/?$/