Regex Cheatsheet

Positive Integers:        ^\d+$
Negative Integers:        ^-\d+$
Integers:                 ^-?\d+$
Lowercase letters only:   ^([a-z])*$
Uppercase letters only:   ^([A-Z])*$
Date (DD/MM/YYYY):        ^(0?[19]|[12][09]|3[01])[- /.](0?[19]|1[012])[- /.](19|20)?[09]{2}$
Date (MM/DD/YYYY):        ^(0?[19]|1[012])[- /.](0?[19]|[12][09]|3[01])[- /.](19|20)?[09]{2}$
Date (YYYY/MM/DD):        ^(19|20)?[09]{2}[- /.](0?[19]|1[012])[- /.](0?[19]|[12][09]|3[01])$

Username:     ^[\w.]{4,16}$
email:        ^([a-zA-Z0–9._%-]+@ [a-zA-Z09.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,})*$

Passwords:
6 length, 1 lowercase, 1 uppercase, 1 number, 1 special character: /^(?=.[a-z])(?=.[A-Z])(?=.[0-9])(?=.[!@#\$%\^&\*])(?=.{6,})/
6 length, 1 lowercase 1 uppercase, 1 number: /^(?=.[a-z])(?=.[A-Z])(?=.*\d).{6,}$/
6 length, 1 lowercase, 1 uppercase: /^(?=.[a-z])(?=.[A-Z]).{6,}$/

Alpha-numeric characters:               ^[a-zA-Z09]*$
Alpha-numeric characters with spaces:   ^[a-zA-Z09 ]*$

IPv4 address:   ^((?:(?:25[05]|2[04][09]|[01]?[09][09]?)\.){3}(?:25[05]|2[04][09]|[01]?[09][09]?))*$
URL:            ^(((http|https|ftp):\/\/)?([[a-zA-Z09]\-\.])+(\.)([[a-zA-Z09]]){2,4}([[a-zA-Z09]\/+=%&_\.~?\-]*))*$

VISA credit card numbers:         ^(4[09]{12}(?:[09]{3})?)*$
MasterCard credit card numbers:   ^(5[15][09]{14})*$

Hashtags: Including hashtags with preceding text (abc123#xyz456) or containing white spaces within square brackets (#[foo bar]) : \S*#(?:\[[^\]]+\]|\S+)
@mentions: \B@ [a-z0–9_-]+

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