semantic-versioning-regex.md

Semantic Version regex

Matches SemVer (Semantic Versioning) strings.

The string may start with a "v" but it is not matched.

/(?<=^[Vv]|^)(?:(?<major>(?:0|[1-9](?:(?:0|[1-9])+)*))[.](?<minor>(?:0|[1-9](?:(?:0|[1-9])+)*))[.](?<patch>(?:0|[1-9](?:(?:0|[1-9])+)*))(?:-(?<prerelease>(?:(?:(?:[A-Za-z]|-)(?:(?:(?:0|[1-9])|(?:[A-Za-z]|-))+)?|(?:(?:(?:0|[1-9])|(?:[A-Za-z]|-))+)(?:[A-Za-z]|-)(?:(?:(?:0|[1-9])|(?:[A-Za-z]|-))+)?)|(?:0|[1-9](?:(?:0|[1-9])+)*))(?:[.](?:(?:(?:[A-Za-z]|-)(?:(?:(?:0|[1-9])|(?:[A-Za-z]|-))+)?|(?:(?:(?:0|[1-9])|(?:[A-Za-z]|-))+)(?:[A-Za-z]|-)(?:(?:(?:0|[1-9])|(?:[A-Za-z]|-))+)?)|(?:0|[1-9](?:(?:0|[1-9])+)*)))*))?(?:[+](?<build>(?:(?:(?:[A-Za-z]|-)(?:(?:(?:0|[1-9])|(?:[A-Za-z]|-))+)?|(?:(?:(?:0|[1-9])|(?:[A-Za-z]|-))+)(?:[A-Za-z]|-)(?:(?:(?:0|[1-9])|(?:[A-Za-z]|-))+)?)|(?:(?:0|[1-9])+))(?:[.](?:(?:(?:[A-Za-z]|-)(?:(?:(?:0|[1-9])|(?:[A-Za-z]|-))+)?|(?:(?:(?:0|[1-9])|(?:[A-Za-z]|-))+)(?:[A-Za-z]|-)(?:(?:(?:0|[1-9])|(?:[A-Za-z]|-))+)?)|(?:(?:0|[1-9])+)))*))?)$/

Matches

Text	Result
1.2.3	match
1.2.3-pre	match
1.2.3+build	match
1.2.3-pre+build	match
v1.2.3	match
v1.2.3-pre	match
v1.2.3+build	match
v1.2.3-pre+build	match
1.2	no match
1.2.x	no match
1.x.x	no match
1.2.3-	no match
1.2.3+	no match

Match Groups

• major – Major version number
• minor – Minor version number
• patch – Patch version number
• prerelease – Prerelease version (example: alpha)
• build – Build metadata