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IP & MAC addresses [ edit ]
IP address: /^((25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9][0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9])\.){3}(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9][0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9])$/
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MAC address: /^[0-9a-fA-F]{2}:[0-9a-fA-F]{2}:[0-9a-fA-F]{2}:[0-9a-fA-F]{2}:[0-9a-fA-F]{2}:[0-9a-fA-F]{2}$/
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IP address: ^([[:xdigit:]]{2}:){5}[[:xdigit:]]{2}$
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IP address (IPv4): /^((25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1[0-9]|[1-9]|)[0-9])(\.|$)){4}/
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IP address (IPv6): /^(([0-9a-fA-F]{2})(:|$)){6}$/
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Best: http://ex-parrot.com/~pdw/Mail-RFC822-Address.html (Long regex) [5]
Okay: ([^\\x00-\\x20\\x22\\x28\\x29\\x2c\\x2e\\x3a-\\x3c\\x3e\\x40\\x5b-\\x5d\\x7f-\\xff]+|\\x22([^\\x0d\\x22\\x5c\\x80-\\xff]|\\x5c[\\x00-\\x7f])*\\x22)(\\x2e([^\\x00-\\x20\\x22\\x28\\x29\\x2c\\x2e\\x3a-\\x3c\\x3e\\x40\\x5b-\\x5d\\x7f-\\xff]+|\\x22([^\\x0d\\x22\\x5c\\x80-\\xff]|\\x5c\\x00-\\x7f)*\\x22))*\\x40([^\\x00-\\x20\\x22\\x28\\x29\\x2c\\x2e\\x3a-\\x3c\\x3e\\x40\\x5b-\\x5d\\x7f-\\xff]+|\\x5b([^\\x0d\\x5b-\\x5d\\x80-\\xff]|\\x5c[\\x00-\\x7f])*\\x5d)(\\x2e([^\\x00-\\x20\\x22\\x28\\x29\\x2c\\x2e\\x3a-\\x3c\\x3e\\x40\\x5b-\\x5d\\x7f-\\xff]+|\\x5b([^\\x0d\\x5b-\\x5d\\x80-\\xff]|\\x5c[\\x00-\\x7f])*\\x5d))*
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"This regex matches a number: interger or float, scientific notation or plain, plus or minus": [-+]?(?:\b[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]*)?|\.[0-9]+\b)(?:[eE][-+]?[0-9]+\b)?
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Remove trailing whitespaces /\s\+$//e
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US SSN ^(?!000)([0-6]\d{2}|7([0-6]\d|7[012]))([ -]?)(?!00)\d\d\3(?!0000)\d{4}$
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US phone with or without parentheses ^\([0-9]{3}\)\s?[0-9]{3}(-|\s)?[0-9]{4}$|^[0-9]{3}-?[0-9]{3}-?[0-9]{4}$
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ISO Date (19th to 21st century only) ^((18|19|20)\d\d)-(0[1-9]|1[012])-(0[1-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-9]|3[01])$
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