Expressive Regex¶

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This project was made with inspiration from Super Expressive for JavaScript.

Expressive Regex allow you to build regular expressions in almost natural language and without external dependency.

Example to match a telephone number that can be in the format 555-555-555, 555 555 555 or 555555555.

ExpressiveRegex()\
    .exactly(2).group\
        .oneOrMore.digit\
        .optional.setOfLiterals\
            .char('-')\
            .whitespaceChar\
        .end()\
    .end()\
    .oneOrMore.digit\
.toRegexString()

"(?:\d+[\-\s]?){2}\d+"